Opioids

Important win in the opioid crisis

Opioid addiction — opioid-use disorder — is a disease, a mental illness, a medical condition that can be treated by…

February 27, 2023

WW commentary: Drug harm reduction and the proletariat

Heroin (and by connection fentanyl analogues) are in the hands of the proletariat. People are using these to numb feelings…

October 13, 2022

Methadone clinics: ending stigma and social control

In the 1930s, the German company I.G. Farben was looking for a solution to the opium shortage and the company’s…

August 11, 2022

Big Pharma’s crime: profits from addiction

New Hampshire’s attorney general, John Formella, has launched a lawsuit against Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid and other pharmacies for failing…

August 5, 2022

Rhode Island takes first step in opioid harm reduction  

The movement to create safe injection and consumption sites for drug addicts is marching ever forward! Despite setbacks like one…

August 6, 2021

Drug-induced homicide laws kill

Almost everyone knows that the United States is home to the most destructive, most negative reaction to drugs and drug…

January 29, 2021