Credit to Author: Manisha Krishnan| Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:12:26 GMT
To stop overdoses, the British Columbia government is providing fentanyl patches and pills to people using street drugs.
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Credit to Author: Maia Szalavitz| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:07:18 +0000
Hydromorphone, aka “Dilly,” is now available to people who aren’t ready or able to quit opioids.
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Credit to Author: Giles Bruce, Kaiser Health News| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:00:34 +0000
Public health experts say this reflects a continuing reluctance to treat addiction as a health issue.
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Credit to Author: Manisha Krishnan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 18:15:18 +0000
Read before your next vacation.
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Credit to Author: Sam Iravani | Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:24:57 +0000
In some parts of the world they conjure wild memories from the 2010s. In Russia, they’re more popular than weed.
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Credit to Author: Katie Way| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:41:53 +0000
Imprecise medical classifications have concealed that the opioid epidemic is somehow even worse than we thought.
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Credit to Author: Aliide Naylor| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:44:06 +0000
A look at the opioid problem in Estonia suggests that in some parts of the U.S. and Canada, fentanyl is likely to replace heroin for good. The country’s experience also offers a few workable solutions.
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Credit to Author: Alex Norcia| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:12:14 +0000
“In public health, there are always trade-offs.”
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Credit to Author: Emily J. Sullivan| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0000
Don’t have rehab sex, but do indulge your sweet tooth.
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Credit to Author: Aline Aronsky| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:12:14 +0000
Photographer Aline Aronsky submerged herself amid the Californian ravers whose mission is ‘peace, love, unity and respect’
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