There are many different ways to quantify the opioid crisis. The obvious is the dramatic rise in deaths from overdoses. Let’s not overlook the number of overdoses themselves – often as recorded by ...
The U.S. drug crisis is as bad as it’s ever been, and there are few signs things are getting better. About 110,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2023, about the same as in previous years. Fentanyl, ...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will invest $100 million to improve homelessness, opioid addiction and ...
The closure of safe consumption sites in Ontario flies in the face of scientific evidence and my experiences as a physician ...
Lisa Raville works as the executive director of the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver. (Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline) A few days per week, Richard volunteers at the Harm Reduction Action Center ...
We Need To Do the Opposite of What We’ve Been Doing to Solve Our Addiction Crisis Why have we been doing such a terrible job of helping people who struggle with drugs? Most addiction treatment in this ...