Kanada. BC Government Keeps On Caving to Anti-Harm Reduction Pressure British Columbia’s government continues to cede ground on harm reduction, as an emboldened opposition, chasing victory in the province’s October 19 general election, expan...

Fact Sheet: The False Promises of Oregon’s Drug Recriminalization In 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved Ballot Measure 110. This made Oregon the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize possession of small amounts of all drugs, while gre...

Drug Decriminalization, Fentanyl, and Fatal Overdoses in Oregon.  Zoorob MJ, Park JN, Kral AH, Lambdin BH, del Pozo B.  JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(9):e2431612. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.31612 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/j...

Federal opioid agonist therapy policy: interrupted time series analysis of the impact of the methadone exemption removal across eight provinces in Canada.  Sud A, Campbell C, Sivakumar A, Upshur R, Moineddin R, Chiu K.  BMC Health Serv...

The Overdose Crisis Across the Globe: An Expert Panel Discussion (Video) Catch up on our special webinar on the global overdose crisis, as we mark International Overdose Awareness Day 2024. This webinar brings together a panel with diverse ...

USA. Older Black men are disproportionately affected by the overdose crisis  Saturday, August 31, is International Overdose Awareness Day , when we collectively remember those who have lost their lives to drug overdose, support those who gri...