Feb. 17, 2020: Best of: How a major tobacco settlement can inform the opioid crisis
How can 1998's Master Settlement Agreement with the Big Tobacco companies inform the legal fights on the opioid crisis? Cheryl Healton, Dean and Professor of Public Health Policy and Management at the College of Global Public Health at
Feb. 3, 2020: How a Big Tobacco settlement can inform opioid crisis response
How can 1998's Master Settlement Agreement with the Big Tobacco companies inform the legal fights on the opioid crisis? Cheryl Healton, Dean and Professor of Public Health Policy and Management at the College of Global Public Health at
December 12, 2019: Opioid crisis in New York
Has the state’s opioid tax brought in the crucial funds needed to address the crisis? John Coppola, Executive Director of the New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers, discussed that and what more the state can
OASAS leaders talks overdose prevention and funding
Dr. Chinazo Cunningham discusses overdose death rates, funding from her office, and access to opioid reversal agents.
Addiction treatment inaccessible at some prisons
The correction system has a mixed record of providing medication assisted treatment for substance abuse disorder.
State studies efficacy of stronger naloxone dose on overdoses
A state study has explored the potential benefits of doubling the standard dose of naloxone when responding to an opioid overdose.
Methadone clinics could face new threshold for opening
Assemblymember Tony Simone makes the case for requiring methadone clinics get local community before getting licensed.
State board urges research into controversial harm reduction tools
The State Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board is trying to build support for controversial harm reduction methods.
Introducing New York’s top doc
We have a wide ranging conversation Dr. Jim McDonald, the recently confirmed commissioner for the state health department.
Senate Dems endorse overdose prevention centers
Senate Democrats are calling for the state to invest resources into overdose prevention centers.
