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Hard to say, but good to know

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 27, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

Overdose reversal where medetomidine is involved is complicated by the fact that an opioid antagonist (naloxone) isn’t effective.

A Closer Look at Overdose

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 20, 2025 | Public Health | 0 |
The Scottish Problem

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 15, 2025 | In the News | 0 |
Will It Ever End?

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 21, 2025 | In the News | 0 |
A Bad Cut, at a Bad Time

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 11, 2025 | Public Policy | 0 |
A Bad Day For Baltimore

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 24, 2025 | Public Policy | 0 |

OD Epidemic Nearing an End?

by C. Scott McMillin | May 19, 2025 | Public Health | 0 |

I couldn’t help noticing: The lack of references to the effectiveness of interdiction and law-enforcement.

The Best Laid Plans…

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 21, 2025 | Treatment | 0 |

A user could count on a better exchange rate for the Safer Supply medication, whether in cash or illicit heroin, fentanyl, whatever.

Another wave of OD?

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 20, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

“Overdose deaths from carfentanil…[increased] from 29 between January and June 2023 to 238 in that same period in 2024.” That’s a heck of a year-over-year increase, although it still represents only a small percentage of total fatalities.

Safer Supply?

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 19, 2024 | In the News | 0 |

…it appears that a significant percent of the opioid medication is being diverted– for resale on the street, probably, or swapped for the illicit stuff.

Now Where?

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 16, 2024 | Public Policy | 0 |

Right now, and very recently, the curve of overdoses has sloped downward. It’s the first real decline we’ve seen in a long time.

Drug ODs in decline at last?

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 21, 2024 | Addiction | 0 |

A logical starting place for a community concerned about drug use would be with data collected by their own health departments and criminal justice agencies, with the aim of funding and implementing a continuum of services that reflects the actual (and likely future) needs of their own citizens.

7 Trips to Rehab, Part One

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 14, 2024 | Treatment | 0 |

These are issues that users seldom take into consideration, in the rush to get the drug. But healthcare professionals, and their attorneys, have to consider them.

Seniors Who OD

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 7, 2024 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

In some instances involving the elderly, the practitioner thinks treatment isn’t worth the effort. “I don’t see the point, especially when she may not have that much time left anyway,”

Life in a Hot Spot

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 30, 2024 | Prevention | 0 |

Make it a continuing effort, using strategies based in evidence, and harnessing the power of human interaction– instead of relying on a burst of anti-drug education, however intense.