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How Family Incarceration Sparks Teen Addiction

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

One Professor’s Journey from Prison to PhD: An Interview with Dr. Noel Vest

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

Connection as Medicine

Guest Author Lily Fotovat

Editor Monica L. Wang

The Unequal Toll of America’s Overdose Epidemic

Fellow Aidan Stotz

Why Many Say No to Addiction Treatment

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

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09.11.2017 Silhouette of a young man

Masculinit(ies) & Suicide: What’s Next?

Suicide rates are getting worse, and men continue to bear the brunt of the tragedy.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

07.15.2017 "Prepping a rig" - preparing heroin for injection

Moralism, Public Health, and Supervised Injection Facilities

Leonard Glantz compares two health policy decisions based on moralism that led to a failure in harm reduction, arguing that moralism undermines the efforts of public health.

Guest Author Leonard Glantz

07.13.2017 a star shaped badge with a bear

SIFs: The Wrong Message About Drug Use

PHP Fellow Qing Wai Wong spoke with Cory Salzillo, Legislative Director of the California State Sheriffs’ Association, about AB 186, which proposes allowing for the creation of supervised injection facilities in California.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

07.12.2017 A brick wall with the word addiction written in chalk

We Can Do Better

In the debate on the value of SIFs in the United States, questioning their value must be part of the discussion. Are SIFs enabling drug users, or simply giving up hope on them?

Guest Author Brianne Fitzgerald

07.11.2017 a needle with a drop of liquid

Busting Myths about Supervised Injection Facilities

Despite evidence attesting to their efficacy, policymakers and legislators face ideological resistance to the creation of supervised injection facilities. Faiz Kidwai unpacks some common myths about these facilities.

Guest Author Faiz Kidwai

07.10.2017 Insite, the first legal supervised injection facility in North America. Photo courtesy Vancouver Coastal Health.

Supervised Injection Facilities: The Time is Now

Senator William Brownsberger, sponsor of a bill to create a framework for the legal operation of supervised injection facilities (SIFs) in Massachusetts, writes the first article in our week-long debate on SIFs.

Guest Author William N. Brownsberger

07.06.2017 Graph showing inverse relationship between suicides and psychiatric hospital beds

Suicide Needs Unmet

A recent JAMA article by Gibbons, et al. demonstrates that the national suicide rate and the number of psychiatric beds have an inverse relationship.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

06.23.2017 Charts showing increase in suicide rates in Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan

Economics of Suicide

Risk of suicide is a complex, multifaceted issue that is notoriously hard to gauge patient by patient, but the state of the economy can predict an uptick.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

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