By Joel Sjerven For the St. Louis American Dec 30, 2019 A needle exchange program offers sterile needles to people who inject drugs. This harm reduction intervention has been effective at decreasing risk and improving the quality of life for those affected. Needle exchange is a low-cost intervention which saves…
Terry DeMio, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 9:34 p.m. ET March 3, 2020 | Updated 9:19 a.m. ET March 4, 2020 Ohio and Kentucky lead the nation in three dismal drug-use trends that make it clear that the region remains in an addiction epidemic. A newly released analysis of Millennium Health patient drug-testing results…
By Bobbie Curd Email the author Published 8:46 pm Wednesday, March 25, 2020 The Boyle County Health Department has found a trailblazing way to increase those who participate in its syringe exchange program. A former police chief is now heading up its operation, and Public Health Director Brent Blevins says he’s…
France finds that in order to reach people who use drugs, they first need to have a place where they’re comfortable enough to relax. This story is part of a series exploring harm reduction strategies and drug policies that have been successful in Western Europe. By Taylor Knopf BORDEAUX and…
Opioid fight shows glimmers of progress The Editorial Board, USA TODAYPublished 6:12 p.m. ET Dec. 26, 2018 War on overdose deaths includes policing with naloxone, giving inmates medication-assisted treatment, and expanding Medicaid: Our view (Photo: Mel Evans/AP) With drug overdoses now America’s leading accidental killer, cities and states have been struggling to…
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/29/upshot/fentanyl-drug-overdose-deaths.html The Numbers Are So Staggering.’Overdose Deaths Set a Record Last Year. By JOSH KATZ and MARGOT SANGER-KATZ NOV. 29, 2018 A class of synthetic drugs has replaced heroin in many major American drug markets, ushering in a more deadly phase of the opioid epidemic. New numbers Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and…
US has highest rate of drug overdoses, study says By Naomi Thomas, CNN Updated 5:00 PM ET, Mon November 12, 2018 (CNN)The United States has more than double the rate of premature overdose deaths of at least 12 other countries, according to a new study. The research, published Monday in the Annals…
Health September 21, 2018 In a comprehensive new report on the opioid crisis, the U.S. surgeon general writes that stigma remains a major barrier to treatment and urges a more supportive approach to those in need. Surgeon General Jerome Adams wrote in his Spotlight on Opioids report that stigma has prevented people…
Dan Bigg remembered as ‘revolutionary’ for approach to heroin crisis, pioneered life-saving naloxone, needle handouts Dan Bigg and Petra Hranova of the Chicago Recovery Alliance chat with an addict outside the organization’s van. The van is loaded with clean syringes and other drug supplies that addicts can get in exchange…
We’re failing in the opioid crisis. A new study shows a more serious approach would save lives. The study suggests a comprehensive approach is needed — one that goes way further than what America has done so far. By German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com Aug 23, 2018, 4:00pm EDT SHARE Javier Zarracina/Vox The opioid epidemic is the…
