Tag: overdose
Baltimore’s First Overdose Response Chief Endorses OPC and Safe Supply
With a historic drop in overdose deaths and hundreds of millions of opioid settlement ...
Inside Rhode Island’s Pioneering Overdose Prevention Center
In January, the United States’ first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) began operations in ...
Telehealth Bupe Is Expanding. To Take It Further, Fund Community Clinics.
In January, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a permanent rule change to expand buprenorphine ...
BC Government’s Crackdown on Safe Supply Spreads Fear
British Columbia’s provincial government has ended its take-home safe supply program for new participants, ...
Nearly Half BC’s New “Substance-Use Treatment Beds” Provide No Treatment
British Columbia recently unveiled 26 publicly funded “substance-use treatment beds” in four communities across ...
Maryland Lawmakers Renew Push for Overdose Prevention Centers
Urged on by the mayor at the epicenter of the nation’s overdose crisis, a ...
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 ...
