Tag: overdose
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] So far only one prison in the ...
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 ...
Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Sites Open Outside Two BC Hospitals
After two weeks in Royal Jubilee Hospital with a bad bout of pneumonia, Jared ...
CBP Rolls Out Mildly Surprising Workforce Naloxone Policy
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented its first internal policy covering staff access ...
The Overdose Crisis Was Ignored in This Election Cycle
The overdose crisis claims over 100,000 lives each year in the United States, but ...
