Tag: overdose
“Another Dimension”—OD Deaths Fall Sharply in Areas Close to SCS
Safe consumption sites don’t just protect people from fatal overdose within their walls, suggests ...
Many Drug Users Aren’t Protected by “Good Samaritan” Laws
Kansas, one of the last two states without a “Good Samaritan” law for drug ...
A Year Into BC Drug Decrim, Opposing Narratives Clash
It’s now been over a year since British Columbia decriminalized adult possession of small ...
How Reducing Homelessness Would Reduce Drug-Related Deaths
New research has indicated the extent to which cutting rates of homelessness would save ...
With New Final Methadone Rule, SAMHSA Isn’t Coming to Save Us
People on methadone in the United States have been thrown under the bus yet ...
The DEA Made a “Fentanyl Facts” Quiz. Let’s See How They Did.
One of the weirder things to come out of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ...
Bill Seeks to Ring-Fence States’ Spending of Opioid Settlement Cash
State governments shouldn’t be stashing opioid settlement money in their general funds, say the ...
Vermont on the Verge of Authorizing Safe Consumption Sites
The Vermont House of Representatives passed a bill on January 11 to allow health ...
Mathematical Model Illuminates Potential of Safe Consumption Sites
New research aims to put numbers on how safe consumption sites (also known as ...
Outpouring of Solidarity as BC Prosecutors Push Back DULF Case
Two co-founders of a Vancouver compassion club have yet to face formal charges as ...
