Tag: overdose
Justin Trudeau’s “Mixed Bag” Legacy on Drug Policy
As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s nine years in power come to an end, ...
Canada’s Supreme Court to Rule On Scope of Good Samaritan OD Law
In September 2020, a truck pulled over in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, to report an ...
White House Reviews Its Drug Control Strategy, Finds It’s Doing a Good Job
In 2022 the White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy (ONDCP) published its ...
Database Shows How States Have (or Haven’t) Used Opioid Settlement Cash
A new database tracking how jurisdictions across the country are allocating opioid settlement funds ...
DOJ Sues CVS, Alleging “Massive Public Harm” From Opioid Dispensing
The Department of Justice is accusing CVS Pharmacy Inc. of unlawfully filling opioid prescriptions ...
Lawmakers Omit Overdose Prevention Centers From MA Bill
Massachusetts lawmakers have dropped plans to authorize overdose prevention centers. Despite support from the ...
Baltimore’s $5.2 Billion Opioid Lawsuit Now in the Hands of One Judge
A Baltimore judge will soon decide the fate of a landmark opioid lawsuit. The ...
Offering Narcan to Just the Prisoners Being Released Doesn’t Work
[Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series] One of the most commonly ...
There Are Multiple Routes to Prisoner Naloxone Access. These Are the Best.
[Read Part 1 of this series here] No prison in the United States currently ...
Documents Show BC Scrapped OPC Plan at Hospitals Where Pop-Ups Ran
On November 18, the newly organized group Doctors for Safer Drug Policy set up ...
