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All eyes on Oregon: the first US state to decriminalize drugs.
Recently, journalists have targeted Portland, OR as the exemplar for an emergent debate: as the addiction crisis rages on, are policies that decriminalize low-level drug crimes helping or hurting?
Stephanie Strong
CEO & Founder
Policy & Advocacy
A plea from the frontlines:
Telehealth treatment for opioid addiction is working. Pandemic flexibilities helped Americans access life-saving medications like buprenorphine without increasing misuse. So why are we going backward? The DEA’s newly proposed “guardrails” are more aptly “roadblocks” for addiction patients and providers alike.
Susanne Johnson MSN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Policy & Advocacy
When the Public Health Emergency Does(n't?) End
The COVID-era PHE made SUD care accessible in a profound new way. But that could all change once the PHE expires. Boulder has been preparing to ensure continuity of care for our current and future patients and is actively advocating for better regulations to help all people in need of addiction care.
Ben Maclean
General Counsel
Policy & Advocacy
Stacking Stigmas:
When the stigma of abortion is added to other forms of stigma, dangerous forces multiply. From her work delivering both reproductive and SUD care to patients in need, Dr. Amy Potter shares her firsthand perspective about the impact of the SCOTUS ruling.
Amy Potter, MD
Boulder Physician
Policy & Advocacy
Biden's SOTU change of heart:
Stephanie Strong, Boulder’s CEO, explains how powerful it was to hear President Biden acknowledge harm reduction and medicines to treat Opioid Use Disorder in his State of The Union speech, and what this change of heart could mean for the public health crisis going forward.
Stephanie Strong
CEO & Founder