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Report September 30, 2024

Report: The Drug Treatment Debate: Why Accessible and Voluntary Treatment Wins Out Over Forced

We all want people living with addiction to get the help they need. Forced “treatment” is rejected by scientific and health researchers for being ineffective or harmful. Substance use disorder treatment should be voluntary, effective, affordable, accessible, and appealing.

Fact Sheet September 25, 2024

Fact Sheet: California’s Prop 36: The Wrong Approach on Drug Issues

California is experiencing an unprecedented overdose crisis that can only be addressed through health-based solutions. Prop 36 is a false solution that would divert funding from treatment, homeless services, and other vital programs.

September 4, 2024

Plunder, Profit, and Punishment: A Syllabus on Drug War Profiteering

The war on drugs is immensely profitable — for some entities. People who use drugs have become one of the most commodified and exploited populations of a society that proves time and again that profit too often takes priority over the wellbeing of individuals. In order to successfully end the drug war and its associated harms, we have to follow the money to see who is benefiting from systematically punitive responses.

Fact Sheet August 29, 2024

Fact Sheet: The False Promises of Oregon’s Drug Recriminalization

In 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved Ballot Measure 110, which decriminalized possession of small amounts of all drugs, while greatly expanding addiction services and social supports. But in 2024, state leaders recriminalized drug possession after a disinformation campaign led by drug war defenders and backed by corporate interests. In a return to the failed war on drugs, people will cycle through the criminal legal system without connection to services. Policymakers must focus on implementing a thorough public health approach to drugs and real solutions to other pressing issues, not on the false promises of criminalizing drug possession.

Fact Sheet August 14, 2024

Fact Sheet: Drug-Induced Homicide Laws

Drug-induced homicide (DIH) refers to the practice of prosecutors bringing homicide charges against individuals who supply drugs that result in an overdose death. These laws are ineffective, counterproductive, and must end. Lives lost to overdose are best honored by implementing evidence-based solutions.

Fact Sheet August 9, 2024

Fact Sheet: The Impact of the Overdose Crisis on Latinx Communities in the United States

Recognizing racial disparities in overdose deaths can help develop effective policy solutions. Learn more about overdose death trends among the Latinx community, along with policy recommendations and strategies for how we can save lives.

Fact Sheet August 9, 2024

Fact Sheet: The Impact of the Overdose Crisis on Native American Communities in the United States

Recognizing racial disparities in overdose deaths can help develop effective policy solutions. Learn about overdose death trends among the Native American community, along with policy recommendations and strategies for how we can save lives.

Video August 5, 2024

Fentanyl and Public Drug Use: A Doctor Gives the Facts

People need safe and stable housing. But the U.S. housing crisis has left people to live on the street, putting their daily lives and traumas are on display. For some, this includes their drug use. We asked Dr. David Goodman-Meza, an addiction medicine specialist, to explain the root causes of public drug use and how we should address it.

Video August 5, 2024

Treatment and Services for Fentanyl Addiction: A Doctor Gives the Facts

Everyone deserves accessible, evidence-based treatment options. Many people who struggle with fentanyl addiction want treatment. Yet many of them cannot find, are unable to afford, or do not receive the most evidence-based treatments. We asked Dr. Goodman-Meza, an addiction medicine specialist, what treatments for fentanyl addiction are most effective and what services people need.

Video August 5, 2024

Reduce the Risk of Fentanyl Overdose: A Doctor Gives the Facts

No one should die from a drug overdose. These deaths are preventable. Many of the deaths we’ve seen in the overdose crisis have involved the potent opioid drug fentanyl. But there are strategies to help avoid drug use becoming fatal. We asked Dr. Goodman-Meza, an addiction medicine specialist, how people who use drugs can reduce the risk of overdose when using fentanyl.

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