BOSTON — MBTA officials are pouring cold water on a legislative push to make the opioid overdose reversing drug naloxone available at subway stations, citing a lack of…
Read more MBTA balks at expanding overdose prevention kiosksSALEM — A group of about 30 community members walked from the Salem Common to Riley Plaza on Thursday as a part of the annual Walk for Overdose…
Read more Annual Salem Walk for Overdose Awareness emphasizes need for community supportDoctors desperately need tools to battle the opioid epidemic, and they’re turning to cannabinoids for new ways to approach the problem of opioid use disorder (OUD). Recently researchers…
Read more Can Cannabinoids Help People Wean Off Opioids? | High TimesDespite the skewed messaging of the past suggesting that cannabis is a gateway drug or will lead to the use and abuse of more addictive and harmful substances,…
Read more Study: Cannabis May Be Effective Harm Reduction Tool To Ease Stimulant Cravings | High TimesRemember the “epidemic” of underage nicotine vaping? For years, activists, politicians, and public health officials have been warning that a surge in e-cigarette use by teenagers would hook…
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Read more What Happened When Oregon Decriminalized Hard DrugsIn July of 2019, I took an Amtrak train from my home in Boston to my father’s apartment outside of New York City. I had one intention for…
Read more My Dad Is A Crack User. It Drove Us Apart — Until I Had An Epiphany That Changed Everything.
