The phrase is part of ‘harm reduction 101’, which has led to significant declines in overdose fatalities in the US ...

The opportunity to see a doctor, to get a job, to get information and non-judgemental support. The opportunity to stay alive. Today, Martinez is the capacity building and Hepatitis C coordinator for ...

Over the past four years, nearly 7,000 people have injected, smoked or otherwise used street drugs like fentanyl and cocaine ...

Harm reduction is an innovative and adaptive strategy in public health that provides a pragmatic framework for minimizing the negative health impacts of tobacco consumption. It recognizes that while ...

Join the conversation on public health, compassion and community at Harm Reduction 101: Truth or Myth, Reducing Stigma, a free educational event taking place Thursday, Aug. 7, at 5:30 p.m. in McIntosh ...

San Francisco, Philadelphia and others are retreating from “harm reduction” strategies that have helped reduce deaths but which critics, including Trump, say have contributed to pervasive public drug ...

Local health officials fear an executive order dictating that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) can no longer fund harm reduction programs will accelerate the ...

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 ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: In Minnesota, deadly drug overdoses doubled between 2018 and 2023. And in Minneapolis, those deaths are disproportionately represented. In 2022 ...

The small city of North Adams, nestled in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is well-know as a hub of contemporary art, a bucolic haven for stressed New Yorkers, and an autumn leaf peeping ...

“I died this weekend,” a client told me recently. I work at a harm reduction non-profit in Salt Lake City, and I wish I could say this was the only time I’d heard that statement. We serve people who ...