Overdose Archives

09.15.2017 Two open handcuffs and key

Chronically Ill and Incarcerated

Recently released inmates are at a high risk of death. The Transitions Clinic Network (TCN) assists former inmates with medical care, mental health and substance use treatment, housing, food, and employment.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

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

07.10.2017 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

03.16.2017 Badges of Massachusetts police departments that have joined P.A.A.R.I.

A New Approach to Addiction

Facing a dramatic upswing in overdoses and deaths related to heroin and prescription opioid painkillers, the Arlington Police Department hired a public health clinician to help create treatment and care plans for at-risk individuals.

Fellow Jonathan Gang

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