Tag: SCS
As OPC Opens in Rhode Island, the US Still Lags Far Behind
Rhode Island has made history by opening the United States’ first overdose prevention center ...
Safehouse Fights On for Philadelphia OPC With New Court Filings
The nonprofit Safehouse is fighting on in a legal struggle which has so far ...
Overdose Prevention Centers Are Health Care: Treat Them as Such
Nearly 300 people across the country die of a drug overdose every day. This ...
A Week to Ramp Up the Pressure for Overdose Prevention Centers
In 2022, over 100,000 people died from drug overdoses in the United States—more than ...
Providence, RI, Overdose Prevention Center Set to Open This Fall
Claire Macon in Providence, Rhode Island, has one of the rarest job titles in ...
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, ...
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 ...
“Another Dimension”—OD Deaths Fall Sharply in Areas Close to SCS
Safe consumption sites don’t just protect people from fatal overdose within their walls, suggests ...
Inside a Busy Safe Consumption Site in Portugal
[The following are the words of Maria Luísa Salazar, one of the organizers of ...
Vermont on the Verge of Authorizing Safe Consumption Sites
The Vermont House of Representatives passed a bill on January 11 to allow health ...
