overdose crisis
The Future of Drugs Is a Synthetic Cocktail From Hell
The worst wave of the overdose crisis is here and it’s drugs worse than fentanyl you’ve likely never heard of.
Drug Users Are Writing ‘Do Not Prosecute’ Letters So Their Dealers Aren’t Punished If They Die
The letters are a response to cases where dealers are charged and sentenced like murderers when their customers overdose.
Drug Users Can Now Legally Buy Pure Fentanyl for Dirt Cheap in Vancouver
A Vancouver harm-reduction organization is selling powder fentanyl capsules at street prices to stop overdoses.
Black Man Sentenced to 124 Years for Selling Fentanyl That Led to Overdose
The sentence is an “absurd” example of how Black people continue to be punished more harshly in the war on drugs, experts and users said.
Drug Users Are Losing Their Fingers and Toes After Shooting ‘Tranq Dope’
In Philadelphia, the animal tranquilizer xylazine has infiltrated the opioid supply, and it's been linked to horrific wounds and amputations.
Doctors Are Prescribing Fentanyl to Help People Addicted to Opioids
To stop overdoses, the British Columbia government is providing fentanyl patches and pills to people using street drugs.
A 13-Year-Old Died of a Fentanyl Overdose. Experts Say the Response Was ‘Theater.’
Students had to walk through an OxiClean solution and the school was shut down for a dayslong cleanup—measures addictions experts say don’t make sense.
‘Dopesick’ Is Unnecessarily Scaring People Away From Painkillers, Experts Say
A scene showing a character refusing OxyContin after surgery is further stigmatizing people who use opioids for pain, experts say.
San Francisco Mayor Says She’s Done With Open Drug-Use ‘Bullshit’
Mayor London Breed thinks more cops on the streets will solve San Francisco’s drug problem, ignoring all of history.
The DEA Is Making It Impossible for Many to Get Addiction Meds
As the overdose crisis rages, access to methadone and buprenorphine remains hindered by bureaucracy and stigma.
Here’s What Really Happens at Safe Drug Injection Sites
New York opened the only supervised injection sites in the U.S. Tuesday, and already two lives have been saved. Here’s what else to expect.
New York Opens First Safe Injection Sites in the US
The sites open as more than 100,000 Americans died in a one-year period due to fatal overdoses.