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Drug and alcohol treatment charity launches Saving Lives, Together campaign to expand life-saving health services

WithYou in Wigan and Leigh has launched a campaign to save lives through key health services, including blood-borne virus ...
Heartland

Public Grows Weary of ‘Harm Reduction’ – Commentary

Blue cities are moving away from so-called harm reduction strategies in combating overdose deaths from use of hard drugs. Harm reduction aims to decrease the negative consequences of risky behavior ...
The Baltimore Sun

What research says about Baltimore’s drug harm reduction strategy

The Baltimore City government’s expansion of drug harm reduction efforts may have a limited impact on overdose death rates, according to some recent studies. Baltimore won nearly $700 million in ...
inforum

Port: Harm reduction policies work for addicts and their communities

MINOT — To understand why harm reduction works, as a public policy, we must first consider what doesn’t work. Prohibition doesn’t work. We tried it with alcohol, and it was one of the most spectacular ...
Medical Xpress

Do harm reduction interventions for substance use lower or raise trust in government?

"Harm reduction" interventions for substance use—measures like needle exchange programs and methadone distribution that aim to reduce the adverse effects of substance use, rather than punish or ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Harm Reduction Services for People Who Use Drugs: Exploring Data Collection, Evidence Gaps, and Research Needs - A Workshop

Recognizing the public health emergency posed by opioid overdoses, there increasingly have been calls for a comprehensive approach to drug policy that includes a focuses on reducing harm for people ...
The Daily Tar Heel

Column: We can foster safer relations with drugs without expecting perfection

In a perfect world, recovering from a drug addiction is just as easy as falling into one, and immediate, complete sobriety would be an option for everyone. We like to believe that if addicts had ...
CHEK News

‘Really unfortunate’: Harm reduction advocate disappointed with B.C. ending drug decriminalization project

A harm reduction advocate is disappointed in the provincial government's decision to end the drug decriminalization project, ...
Times of San Diego

Councilman Campillo announces drug harm reduction program for city libraries

Drug harm reduction products on display at the Linda Vista Library. (Image courtesy of Raul Campillo’s office) San Diego City Councilman Raul Campillo, on Friday, joined the Harm Reduction Coalition ...
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S.F. drug crisis: Battle brews over adding one sentence to city’s recovery policy

The latest debate about San Francisco’s drug policies centers on a one-sentence policy and how the city should define a person’s “recovery” from addiction. As Supervisor Matt Dorsey pushes the city to ...
The Oakland Press

Facts, not fear: Inside Mexico’s pioneering drug harm reduction programs

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Under warm strobe lights and pulsing house beats, a recent festival in Mexico City offered more than music, food and booze. Amidst the usual festival fare, a booth provided free, ...