An Overdose Antidote Becomes a Tricky Issue at Some Nightclubs Security guards have confiscated naloxone from bar and nightclub goers, even though city officials encourage people to carry the drug to save lives.
‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond Opioids Millions of U.S. drug users now are addicted to several substances, not just opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The shift is making treatment far more difficult.
To Combat the Opioid Epidemic, Cities Ponder Facilities for Drug Use Philadelphia is again the focus of a national campaign to open — or restrict — sites where people use drugs under medical supervision.
Narcan Available for Over-the-Counter Purchase: What to Know The overdose-reversal drug should be more widely available, health experts have said. It arrives in many stores next week, no prescription necessary.
NY’s Safe Injection Site, OnPoint, Stays Open After Legal Threat Bryan Ortiz quit a job as a paramedic to help people at a safe injection site for drugs like fentanyl and heroin. Now, his job is under legal threat.