Vending machines: A tool for distributing harm reduction equipment Vending machines are increasingly used to provide communities with access to equipment that can reduce harm and save lives. For people who use drugs, this may include syringes to pr…

Where Are the Best Public Places to Put Naloxone Kits? By placing public-access naloxone kits at transit stations, harm reduction programs can improve accessibility for bystanders to help during potential opioid poisonings, according to new researc…

A closer look at Doleac and Mukherjee (2022) and the effects of naloxone access laws on opioid ER admissions. Alexeev, S. (2025) Economic Inquiry, 1–34. Available from: doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13277 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1…

Intranasal Naloxone for Opioid Overdose To identify the key insights or developments described in this article  In 2021, opioid overdose deaths exceeded 80 000 in the US.1 Naloxone, a competitive opioid receptor antagonist that reverses…

WHO. Community management of opioid overdose (Guideline) Overview  An estimated 69 000 people die each year from opioid overdose. Opioid overdose is easily reversed with the opioid antidote naloxone and with basic life support. Such care is g…

USA. Buprenorphine Prescribing via Telehealth Delayed Two federal agencies have delayed implementation of two rules that would have allowed clinicians to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) for up to 6 months without an in-person…