Writing WrongsThe Indigenous tribe fighting back against the addiction epidemicverified_publisherGuardian US - Hallie Golden with photographs by Jovelle TamayoHarold Plaster had been awake for nine days when he noticed his face in the mirror. It was January 2017, and he was on his latest heroin binge inside a red house on the Lummi Reservation in north-western Washington state. The windows were covered in garbage bags and there were rats scurrying around. …
Writing Wrongs'Narcan Near Me': Philadelphia to pilot Narcan vending machines to help stop fatal overdosesbillypenn.com - Courtenay Harris Bond💌 Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day.Two machines that …
Writing Wrongs100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 12 months during the pandemicverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Dan Keating, Lenny BernsteinThe U.S. drug epidemic reached another terrible milestone Wednesday when the government announced that more than 100,000 people had died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. It is the first time that drug-related deaths have reached six figures in any 12-month period. The people who died …
Writing WrongsFundamental flaws: Addiction treatment providers in Pa. face little state scrutiny despite harm to clientsspotlightpa.org - Aneri PattaniInvestigationFundamental FlawsPennsylvania’s Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs has allowed providers to continue operating despite repeated …
Writing WrongsDeep brain stimulation may ease opioid addiction when other treatments failNBC News - Kate SnowDeep brain stimulation may help fight opioid addiction. Doctors at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute are testing the experimental procedure on patients for whom other treatments didn't work. As James Fisher awaited experimental brain surgery he underwent recently, he …
Writing WrongsAddiction treatment had failed. Could brain surgery save him?verified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Lenny BernsteinMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After nearly two decades of hardcore drug addiction — after overdoses and rehabs and relapses, homelessness and dead friends and ruined lives — Gerod Buckhalter had one choice left, and he knew it. He could go on the same way and die young in someone’s home or a parking lot, …
