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Global Commission on Drug Policy Suggests Harm Reduction and Decriminalization Author: Justin Mckibben The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) is an international institution of global leaders and intellectuals working to help study and inform initiatives on addressing drug use all around the world. This think tank offers recommendations concerning... Learn More

Flesh Eating Krokodil Drug Resurfaces on American East Coast [caption id="attachment_22579" align="aligncenter" width="461"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben Back in September of 2013 doctors in Arizona were understandably alarmed after two potentially related... Learn More

The Different Drug Categories and What Drugs Qualify When we are in a crucial time of combating substance use disorder and drug addiction in America, it could be useful to remind everyone of the key differences in different drug categories and which common drugs can qualify for these... Learn More

What Drugs Don’t Show Up on a Drug Test? Author: Justin Mckibben Now this is a pretty popular question. Whether it is coming from someone trying to dodge a consequence heading their way, or a parent trying to make sure they know what to look for when worried about... Learn More

Police Will Give Free Heroin to Addicts to Fight Crime Author: Justin Mckibben That’s right, you read the headline correctly. Law enforcement could soon be giving heroin to addicts, for free, in an attempt to fight addiction. While harm reduction is an admirable concept to preserve the lives of those... Learn More

OD Help App Could Make Getting Naloxone Like Getting an Uber Author: Justin Mckibben Naloxone expansion is something we consistently see as a topic of discussion. Naloxone, or the name-brand Narcan, is an opioid overdose antidote that is in high demand as one of the primary tools in the fight against... Learn More

New Florida Bills: One to Protect Addicts and One to Punish Author: Justin Mckibben Sometimes new policy can be good. Sometimes, not so much. The opiate epidemic in America has hit some states with staggering rates of overdose and death. The paralyzing truth gripping the nation today is that more people... Learn More

Fraud and Fentanyl: Big Pharma Executives Busted in Kick-back Scheme Author: Justin Mckibben In the midst of the nation’s opiate addiction crisis, fentanyl is like a virus. It is spreading in reach and destroying the lives of thousands, and with overdose deaths climbing every day this incredibly powerful element is... Learn More

Badlands of Philadelphia: Almost 50 Overdoses in One Day Author: Justin Mckibben In America, estimates say nearly a thousand people died from drug overdose per week in 2015. This year, we see how this problem continues to grow and strike some cities with terrible intensity. Drug overdose was the leading... Learn More

Palm Beach County Hosting Narcan Training Author: Justin Mckibben According to some statistics, opioids killed nearly 30,000 Americans in 2014. This includes illicit narcotics and prescription painkillers. In the last two years there have been reports from all over the country of surges in overdoses and... Learn More

New Drug Carfentanil More Dangerous Than Heroin and Fentanyl Author: Justin Mckibben In case you have never read one of my stories on Ohio, I am a born and raised Buckeye. While living away from home for a few years I have taken every opportunity to read about progress... Learn More

New Drug W-18 Stronger than Heroin and Fentanyl Author: Justin Mckibben First there was the opiate epidemic, with prescription opiate painkillers adding to an ever-increasing rate of heroin addiction. Then came the stories of fentanyl being laced into heroin in various states and soon all across the country,... Learn More

Global Commission on Drug Policy Suggests Harm Reduction and Decriminalization

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