Boston, Massachusetts Local News
MBTA balks at expanding overdose prevention kiosks
[ad_1] BOSTON — MBTA officials are pouring cold water on a legislative push to make the opioid overdose reversing drug naloxone available at subway…
Tag: harm reduction
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Annual Salem Walk for Overdose Awareness emphasizes need for community support
[ad_1] SALEM — A group of about 30 community members walked from the Salem Common to Riley Plaza on Thursday as a part of…
Cannabis
Can Cannabinoids Help People Wean Off Opioids? | High Times
[ad_1] Doctors desperately need tools to battle the opioid epidemic, and they’re turning to cannabinoids for new ways to approach the problem of opioid…
Cannabis
Study: Cannabis May Be Effective Harm Reduction Tool To Ease Stimulant Cravings | High Times
[ad_1] Despite the skewed messaging of the past suggesting that cannabis is a gateway drug or will lead to the use and abuse of…
Politics
Remember the teen vaping ‘epidemic’?
[ad_1] Remember the “epidemic” of underage nicotine vaping? For years, activists, politicians, and public health officials have been warning that a surge in e-cigarette…
Politics
What Happened When Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs
[ad_1] This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic,…
US News
My Dad Is A Crack User. It Drove Us Apart — Until I Had An Epiphany That Changed Everything.
[ad_1] In July of 2019, I took an Amtrak train from my home in Boston to my father’s apartment outside of New York City.…