Tag: overdose
Did ASAM Fight to Limit Federal Methadone Reform Bill?
The American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) successfully fought to prevent expansion of methadone ...
SF Chronicle’s “Honduran Drug Dealers” Series Fuels Xenophobia
In the past month, the San Francisco Chronicle has published a series of articles ...
Learn From Portugal Decriminalization, Says One-Time US “Drug Czar”
A former acting White House “drug czar” says the United States has a lot ...
It’s Not a Meth Overdose Crisis. It’s a Data Crisis.
When someone dies without a doctor present, and they hadn’t seen a doctor anytime ...
We’ve Now Lost Two of Our Children. How Can This End?
It’s a Saturday evening, the day before Mother’s Day. My husband and I are ...
Harm Reduction Among the Casualties of GOP Senate Walkout in Oregon
Republican Senators in Oregon are staging a “walkout” from the Democrat-controlled state legislature. The ...
Oklahoma Rolls Out Harm Reduction Vending Machines; More Is Needed
In Oklahoma, state officials are launching a program for residents to get free naloxone ...
Bereaved Parents Weaponized by DEA to Back More Drug War
There is no grief like that of a parent who has lost a child. ...
Fentanyl Patches Are Saving My Life. We Need to Make Them Accessible.
True safe supply means a legal and regulated supply of the same drugs people ...
Biden Under Fire for Backing Harsh GOP Fentanyl-Substances Bill
On May 23, a coalition of 20 national advocacy organizations sent an open letter ...
