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addiction
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Death, crime and care: What research says about harm reduction centers
Clear, evidence-based reporting is important to counter myths, explain legal uncertainty and show what harm reduction centers actually do.
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Building empathy into addiction and homelessness coverage
At HJ25, panelists spoke about fostering empathy and nuance in stories about people living with addiction and homelessness.
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Reporters urged to use precision and compassion when covering addiction
Covering addiction requires a delicate balance of accuracy, ethics and empathy, panelists said during a session at HJ25.
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Children in U.S. face rising risk of losing a parent to firearm violence or overdose
Drugs and firearms caused 23% of all parental deaths in the U.S. in 2020 compared to 12% in 1999, researchers…
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Problem gambling on the rise as more states legalize sports betting
Sports betting is now legal in 38 states and Washington, D.C., leading to the rise of problem gambling as a…
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Reporting on addiction accurately and ethically
In this webinar, learn how to avoid some of the most common errors reporters make when covering drug addiction.
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Mobile addiction services stop overdoses by meeting people where they are, panelists say
Reducing deaths from overdoses of fentanyl and other opioids requires stepping outside brick-and-mortar health clinics and taking substance use services…
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Reporting on addiction accurately and ethically
The organization Reporting on Addiction began as a response to what its founders identified as misinformed, harmful coverage of opioid…
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Lessons learned while tracking an anesthesiologist’s drug abuse and diversion case
This is any hospital’s or medical group practice’s — and thus any affected patient’s — worst nightmare. A long-time trusted…
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New data resource on opioids available in AHCJ’s medical studies topic area
Deaths from drug overdose in 2017 alone exceeded the total number of Americans who died during the entire Vietnam War,…
