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Overdose Crisis
Congress Has One Last Chance to Turn the Tide of the Overdose Crisis
Doctors urge the Senate to vote on bipartisan legislation that would expand access to lifesaving buprenorphine.
CDC Confirms Massive Racial Disparities in Overdose Deaths in 2020
Racist drug policing is fueling the crisis, but policy makers won’t talk about decriminalization.
Overdose Deaths Are Higher Than Ever, and the GOP Is Exploiting the Crisis
Experts say GOP plans to empower police would make the overdose crisis much more deadly.
Biden Embraces Some Harm Reduction Policies — But Doubles Down on Drug War
Biden’s recent budget request includes $355 million in additional funding for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
US Fatal Overdoses Top 100,000 Annually While NY Injection Sites See Zero Deaths
There's a small mountain of research showing that supervised injection sites also facilitate pathways to treatment.
No, Biden Is Not Handing Out Crack Pipes. Here’s Why Activists Do.
Racist right-wing outbursts over “crack pipes” reveal the depth of stigma against lifesaving harm reduction programs.
Prevention Centers Save Lives, But Only Radical Change Will End Overdose Crisis
Confronting the overdose crisis will require a society-wide transformation in how we approach the issue of drug use.
We Are Not Returning to “Normal.” 2022 Must Be a Year of Change.
Truthout looks back at a year of loss, shifting narratives and hope in resistance.
Medical Racism Is Fueling the Black Overdose Crisis, Advocates Say
Meanwhile, many Black patients are being denied pain medication even when they are in agony.
NYC’s Safe Drug Injection Sites Saved 15 Lives in First Week of Operation
New York's facilities are the first supervised illegal drug injection sites in the U.S.