Articles
- Justice Department expands claims against Pa. courts in opioid addiction treatment case by Ed Mahon, Spotlight PA (January 25, 2024)
This article reviews the Department of Justice investigation and settlement of claims that Pennsylvania courts discriminate against people with opioid use disorder by restricting access to medications widely seen in the medical community as life-saving.
- Dying to Be Free: There’s A Treatment For Heroin Addiction That Actually Works. Why Aren’t We Using It? – Jason Cherkis (2015)
Subtitle: There’s A Treatment for Heroin Addiction That Actually Works. Why Aren’t We Using It. Published on the Huffington Post website.
- Expecting Better: Improving Health and Rights for Pregnant Women Who Use Drugs – Open Society Foundation (2018)
This policy report serves as a guide for those wishing to implement gender-responsive approaches and policies which are tailored for pregnant women who use drugs. In the development of this publication, the reports from women with personal experiences of drug use during pregnancy was considered as important as the peer-reviewed research and exemplary policy approaches cited.
- What’s working (or not) in state policies for substance use during pregnancy by Andrea Wilkinson, Child Trends, doi: 10.56417/422m6039q (2024)
This article presents three categories of state policy approaches, with examples, and offers evidence on their effectiveness, based on available literature and correspondence with an addiction medication professional.