The Maryland Department of Health has scrubbed any mention of “harm reduction” from the state’s leading grant program for ...
Two studies have found that harm reduction vending machines installed across New York State are well utilized and provide critical, lifesaving services to high-risk individuals.
Harm reduction is an approach to treating those with alcohol and other substance-use problems that does not require patients to commit to complete abstinence before treatment begins. Instead, an array ...
Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis. This story was copublished and supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic ...
An overdose prevention center in New York City (OnPoint NYC) Source: Seth Wenig/AP Photo/Alamy By Abdullah Shihipar, Alexandria Macmadu, Ph.D., and Brandon Marshall, Ph.D. Drug policy in the United ...
The opioid crisis is one of the most urgent public health challenges in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. experienced a significant ...
Overdose deaths in the U.S. have seen a significant decline, attributed at least in part to harm reduction strategies. The Trump administration proposes cuts to harm reduction funding, raising ...
Across the Bay Area, coroners are reporting about half as many overdose deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl than during ...