Economic Impact

Source: Global State of Harm Reduction 2018|Harm Reduction International(HRI.global) Global State of Harm Reduction 2018 The 2018 Global State of Harm Reduction is the sixth edition of this report, and the most comprehensive ever thanks to a coordinated effort of over 100 harm reduction practitioners, academics, advocates and activists from around the world. ...

Source: The opioid epidemic’s first corporate casualty may be a drugmaker that helped fuel the crisis|the Star.com Sitting in a Boston courtroom in a dark, pinstriped suit, the former top sales executive at Insys Therapeutics Inc., Alec Burlakoff, listened as federal prosecutors read out crimes he and the company had allegedly ...

Source: When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis|The Atlantic Originally published September 6, 2017 Some shareholders of a major drug distributor are arguing that the company’s goals should be more in line with society’s. A pile of oxycodone pills JOHN MOORE / GETTY In a year of big stories, ...

Source: Pay drug users for expertise, insight to deal with overdose crisis: B.C. report|lfpress.com VANCOUVER — Drug users are often the first responders to an overdose and should be paid fairly for their contributions to research, service delivery and overdose prevention activities, says a report. The BC Centre for Disease Control ...

Source: A Closer Look at How the Opioid Epidemic Affects Employment|HBR.org Originally published August 20th 2018 The toll that the opioid epidemic has taken on the United States is undeniable. On average, 115 Americans die every day from a drug overdose involving an opioid, and even more suffer the debilitating effects of addiction. ...