We’re Giving the Most Vulnerable People the Most Potent Opioid Painkiller Prescriptions
Every medicine has the possibility of harmful side effects, but for painkillers like OxyContin and Percocet, that potential…
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Seattle’s Mayor Agrees to Open Two Supervised Injection Sites
Seattle’s mayor and county executive have signed off on the opening of two so-called “safe” drug consumption sites…
Why Some Doctors’ Groups Blocked Opioid Reform
The American Cancer Society describes itself as a “health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer.” So it might come…
What An Obamacare Repeal Would Mean for Addiction Treatment
Six months after the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics began routinely asking all of their patients about drug use,…
Street Hustle: The Truth Behind the ‘New’ Police Tool for Fighting Fentanyl
A drug test manufacturer has repackaged an old, error-prone chemical formula and is marketing it as a new,…
As American HIV Rates Stall, the CDC Calls for a Controversial Solution
Since the peak of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s, the number of Americans who have…
How U.S. Drug Policy Looks to the Rest of the World
Sometimes, to understand something, you have to take an outsider’s point of view. That’s why, to get perspective…
How the U.S. Government Is Cracking Down on Scientific Quackery
The Federal Trade Commission has a new policy for homeopathic medications: Marketers must tell consumers that they don’t…
Unreliable and Unchallenged: Police Continue to Use Faulty Drug Kits
Years after the Las Vegas crime lab wanted to replace faulty police drug kits, they are still used…