Pharmaceutical heroin. (Creative Commons)
Faced with Fentanyl, Is It Time for Heroin Buyers' Clubs? [FEATURE]
The BC Center for Substance Abuse is ready to go there.
Methadone & Other Opiate Maintenance
An Iowa Republican has become the first legislator in the country to file a bill for the legalization of some psychedelics/
Chronicle AM: Brazil Call for Drug Decriminalization, HI Legalization Bill Advances, More... (2/8/19)
The first state-level bill to legalize some psychedelics has been filed in Iowa, a marijuana legalization bill advances in Hawaii, so does asset forfeiture reform in New Jersey, a Brazilian committee of experts recommends drug decriminalization, and more.
meet the law of unintended consequences (Creative Commons)
Study: Crackdowns on Heroin, Pain Pills Gave Rise to Fentanyl Overdose Epidemic [FEATURE]
The black market always has an answer. Too bad this one is so deadly.
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The Opioid Crisis Could Cost a Half Million Lives in the Next Decade
There are some policy prescriptions that could lower that toll, but some other politically popular ones would likely increase it.
Bob Newman at a Beth Israel staff meeting in 1985 (Arthur H. Aufses Jr. MD Archives at Mt. Sinai)
Saying Goodbye to Mr. Methadone: Dr. Bob Newman Dead at Age 80
They called him "Mr. Methadone" for a reason.
diacetylmorphine AKA pharmaceutical heroin -- coming soon to Norway to treat hardcore addicts (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: Norway Heroin-Assisted Treatment Plan, NJ Pol Says Marijuana Legalization "Soon," More... (8/10/18)
New Jersey's Senate president says marijuana legalization is coming "soon," the Norwegians begin moving toward heroin-assisted treatment, and more.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) isn't on the same page as his counterparts in New York and New Jersey. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: PA Gov Says State Not Ready for Legal Pot, New FDA Guidelines on MATS, More... (8/9/18)
The FDA has issued new draft guidance aimed at expanding the use of medication-assisted treatments (MATs) for opioid addiction, Pennsylvania's governor says the state isn't ready for legal weed, the Oklahoma medical marijuana fight isn't over yet, and more.
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How to Prevent Opioid Overdoses? Provide Hard-Core Addicts Free Pharmaceutical Heroin
That's what the Dutch do, and it's working.
The measure is now before the Senate. (Creative Commons)
Advocates Claim "Overdose Prevention" Bill Would Drive People Out of Treatment and Increase Overdoses [FEATURE]
Drug treatment and recovery groups are lining up against the measure, which strips drug patients of crucial privacy protections.
partial view of Lisbon, looking toward the Tagus River (Wikimedia)
Culture Shock: American Activists Confront Compassionate Portuguese Drug Policy [FEATURE]
Who knew governments could actually do good things in the realm of drug policy?