USA. Changes In Opioid Supply Create New Risks As Stay-At-Home Rules Ease  There is no national data yet on the pandemic's impact on drug supply and overdose rates in the United States, but experts in addiction and law enforcement say availabi…

Schottland. Charity brings drug treatments to addicts' doors in lockdown Support workers in Edinburgh making contactless deliveries of methadone to vulnerable clients. (The Guardian, UK, 17.05.2020) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/17/…

USA. NYC Begins Home Methadone Deliveries. Will It Have Lasting Impact on the Rules? On April 29, New York City started delivering methadone to patients isolated at home due to the coronavirus. The courier system was rolled out last week, as F…

USA. The Coronavirus Pandemic Disrupts Opioid Addiction Treatments In Philadelphiahia The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted treatment of opioid addiction, as Philadelphia rehabs have closed. But there is hope in the increased use of telemedicine an…

Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dunlop A, Lokuge B, Masters D, Sequeira M, Saul P, Dunlop G, Ryan J, Hall M, Ezard N, Haber P, Lintzeris N, Maher L. Harm Reduct J. 2020 May 6;17(1…

USA. “We’re Human Beings. Help Us.”—Drugs and Homelessness in the Pandemic It’s fucking horrible right now,” Andy said. “Since this corona thing, the quality of the heroin on the streets is just shite. The stuff I bought today was this plastic-y, c…