Tag: overdose
Nicotine 101: The Truth About What It Is and What it Does
In July 2017, an announcement by the FDA declared that the agency “places nicotine, ...
A “Competence Vacuum” in Trump’s Opioid Response Team
In January, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) outlined its strategy “to address, head ...
Study: A Seattle Safer Consumption Site Would Save Money, as Well as Lives
Just one safer consumption space (SCS) for people who use drugs in Kings County, ...
Portugal’s Decriminalization of Drug Use, Explained
In 2001, Portugal was experiencing an opioid-involved overdose crisis, similar to the one gripping ...
Tennessee Plan to Mandate Lockable Prescription Bottles May Help, But Only Slightly
New Tennessee legislation hopes to tackle teenage prescription opioid use by keeping pill bottles ...
Heroin Buyers Clubs Proposed by Researchers to Reduce Overdose
The crisis of opioid-related deaths extends throughout North America. Similar to cities across the ...
Rate of Opioid-Related Deaths Will “Substantially Worsen” Under Current Conditions, Study Projects
Current drug and health policy is clearly not doing enough to end the crisis ...
Feds Take First Formal Swing at Stopping Supervised Consumption Space
The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania launched a preemptive strike ...
Fentanyl Overdoses Spike on Mexico’s Northern Border But Remain Invisible
When it landed three years ago, some six guys died here in one week,” ...
“Exhilarating”—The Life of a Career Drug Dealer Illustrates Hard Truths
Casper has lived a life out straight out of Pulp Fiction. Over a 26-year ...
