A life-saving opioid antidote — Naloxone — has been approved for distribution over the counter since April of this year, but not a single pharmacy in Humboldt County is currently offering this option. Naloxone is available as an injection or nasal spray. Also known as Narcan, it can save the life of a person who […]
Addiction
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HSU Conference Focuses on Addiction, Social Change
“It’s not about quick fixes. It’s about commitment, persistence and showing up.” Virginia Belton, PhD candidate and founder of Redwood Palliative Psychology, says that our community is on the cusp of a change. With one of the highest drug-induced death rates in the state (far above the state average, according to the California Center on […]
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Dead of Night
How the fuck am I going to get home?” It’s about 12:15 a.m. on a Friday morning, and Matthew Page just walked out of the Humboldt County jail. “What am I supposed to do?” the 41-year-old self-described artist and musician asks. “I don’t even know Eureka. It’s 12:15, and I live in McKinleyville.” Temperatures are […]
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Meth
Where did you get that laminated, oversized piece of paper with the words “Tweeker Hunting Permit,” on it, the one taking up most of the back window of your car? Did you order it online? Or did you make it yourself? If you made it yourself, tell us about that trip to the copy shop. […]
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Taking on Meth
In the dark days following the brutal New Year’s morning slaying of St. Bernard’s Pastor Eric Freed, in Eureka, rumor circulated that the alleged murderer might have been meth-crazed. And membership in a new Facebook group, the Humboldt Meth Abuse Awareness Project, exploded. The night shift emergency room nurse who started the project, Beth Weissbart, […]