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Washington drug use shifts to more smoking, less injecting; Meth remains #1 drug of choice

SEATTLE — A noteworthy shift in how people use illegal drugs has emerged among visitors to syringe-services programs in Washington state, according to a newly released health survey. In 2021, 93% of ...
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Indiana allowed some lethal injection drugs to expire

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drugs Indiana bought to carry out executions were wasted. Gov. Mike Braun told a gathering of reporters Tuesday that Indiana ...
STAT

Drug injection fades as smoking grows more common, marking sea change in U.S. fentanyl epidemic

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. ROCHESTER, N.H. — Megan Merrill paused, mid-hike, as she surveyed the steep drop before her. She was standing on a five-foot snow drift, icy ...
Daily Journal

Execution moves forward as questions linger around Indiana’s lethal injection drugs

Little is known about how Indiana acquired pentobarbital, a drug that state officials have used twice for executions in the last year. The drug is expected to be used again for death row inmate Roy ...
Forbes

New Executive Order Could Thwart Efforts To End HIV

Harm reduction initiatives, like syringe services programs, can reduce HIV transmission among people who inject drugs. A recent executive order threatens such programs. (Photo by Robert ...
STAT

Drug smoking can lead to severe burns, complicating harm reduction efforts

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. As U.S. drug use behavior has shifted away from injecting and toward smoking, public health experts have been almost uniform in their reaction ...
The Washington Post

Dangerous or life-saving? Why drug programs that stop disease are under fire.

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Lavender Timmons popped the trunk of her weather ...