A west Michigan nonprofit focused on helping those impacted by the opioid crisis is bolstering up its resources to continue providing help as the coronavirus outbreak spreads across the state.
The Grand Rapids Red Project will mail you Naloxone, also known as narcan, for free.
Read MoreIn places where needle exchanges are scarce or even illegal, one online, mail-based needle exchange is trying to get people safe injection supplies and overdose reversal materials.
Read MoreAs the nation’s opioid epidemic claims an average of 130 American lives every day, clinics and other medical services stand ready to help. But many drug users don’t seek treatment partly because of the stigma that follows addiction, according to the American Medical Association (AMA).
Read MoreIdeally, opioid addiction could be prevented altogether. But failing that, strategies to make drug use safer can curb opioid-related death.
Read MoreRecognizing the limited availability of naloxone, one company aims to sell the opioid overdose reversal drug online without needing a doctor’s prescription in all 50 states, including Virginia.
Read MoreSince people can already order fentanyl and other harmful drugs via the darknet, NEXT wants to make obtaining items that reduce harm just as easy to get.
Read MoreWhat I’ve learned is that [syringe exchange programs] are everywhere,” says Jamie Favaro, founder of Next Harm Reduction. “Even if we’re unsanctioned, unfunded, there are underground syringe exchanges across this country. And I’m finding out about new ones every day.”
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