Tag: overdose
San Francisco Overdose Deaths Falling in Early 2024: Will It Last?
San Francisco recorded slowly decreasing overdose deaths over the first three months of 2024, ...
The Campaign to Call Fentanyl Deaths “Poisoning” Is Working as Intended
A basic concept of toxicology is that “the dose makes the poison.” Any substance ...
FL Isn’t Really Criminalizing Fentanyl “Exposure.” It’s Punishing Possession.
Beginning October 1, Florida will consider it a second-degree felony to expose a first ...
Activists Pushing for Pennsylvania to Finally Authorize Syringe Programs
Pennsylvania harm reduction activists will rally at the State Capitol in Harrisburg on April ...
Federal Court Grants DOJ Request to Dismiss Safehouse SCS Challenge
A federal court has granted the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss a challenge from ...
CDC: Overdose Deaths Leveled Off in 2022, Still Setting New Record
The United States recorded 107,941 drug overdose deaths in 2022, according to final data ...
NE Syringe Program Bill Abandoned, by Senators Who’d Just Voted for It
Syringe service programs (SSP) will not become legal in Nebraska in 2024, after lawmakers ...
If You’re a Cop, There Are Better Ways for You to Use Narcan
As the overdose crisis escalates, so do law enforcement’s misconceptions about Narcan, the nasal-spray ...
Our Research Shows We Need Compassion Clubs to Stop OD Deaths
On March 7, a judicial review began of Health Canada’s 2022 decision to deny ...
Can Court Cases Turn the Tide for Canadian Harm Reduction?
Amid a wave of hostile public and political discourse, several cases before the courts ...
