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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 and counterproductive. 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

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.

Video August 5, 2024

Touching Fentanyl Cannot Cause Overdose: A Doctor Gives the Facts

People need information about drugs based in fact, not fear. Fentanyl misinformation has led to harmful policies and distracted from real information that can save lives. We asked Dr. David Goodman-Meza, an addiction medicine specialist, to explain why it’s impossible to overdose on fentanyl just by touching it.

Video August 5, 2024

Recognize and Respond to a Fentanyl Overdose: A Doctor Gives the Facts

No one should die from a drug overdose. Overdose deaths are preventable. Yet more than a million people have died from drug overdoses since the overdose crisis began. Many of those deaths have involved the potent opioid drug fentanyl. We asked Dr. David Goodman-Meza, an addiction medicine specialist, how to recognize the signs of a fentanyl overdose and what you should do if you realize an overdose is occurring.

Video August 5, 2024

A Doctor Gives the Facts on Fentanyl

We spoke with Dr. David Goodman-Meza, an addiction specialist, about fentanyl, the overdose crisis, and how we can save lives.

Report July 10, 2024

Report: “Disrupt and Vilify”: The War on Immigrants Inside the U.S. War on Drugs

A joint report from Human Rights Watch and the Drug Policy Alliance shows thousands of people are being deported every year for drug offenses that in many cases no longer exist under state laws, harming and separating immigrant families.

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