Tag: pharmaceuticals
Rx Drug Take Back Days Are Unhelpful at Best, Harmful at Worst
The Drug Enforcement Administration really, really wants you to give them your leftover prescription ...
Nan Goldin Isn’t Focused on the Sacklers Anymore
On March 10, 2018, photographer and activist Nan Goldin led dozens of protestors to ...
Will Missouri’s Opioid Settlement Payout Mean Much for Harm Reduction?
At least 1,921 Missourians died of opioid-involved overdose in 2020, an increase of almost ...
The US Faces a Naloxone Shortage at the Worst Possible Time
Life expectancy in the United States plunged by a year and a half in ...
Alzheimer’s Drug Approval “Damages FDA Credibility,” Advocates Say
When the Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new Alzheimer’s treatment on June ...
How Artists Are Reimagining the Overdose Crisis
Last year, I volunteered at a harm reduction center where fights and cold sweats ...
DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is looking to expand its anti-diversion surveillance infrastructure by ...
Elizabeth Warren Advocates to Formalize Barriers for Pain Patients
Five lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have renewed their demands for the DEA to ...
How COVID-19 Is Driving Risks in the Illicit Benzodiazepines Market
The life conditions imposed by the pandemic are leading many Americans to seek mental ...
Methadose: A Parable of Putting Profit Before Human Lives
Imagine being on a medication, any medication, and all a sudden it doesn’t work ...
