Ending harm reduction funding endangers people with substance disorders in Milwaukee, removing the safety net that ...

I would like to talk to you briefly today about an important concept in public policy and regulation, the idea of “harm reduction.” The idea of harm reduction sounds noncontroversial, or at least it ...

Harm reduction is exactly what it sounds like: reducing the harm associated with using drugs through a variety of public health interventions. But the concept relies on more than these tools and ...

The Biden administration is tackling the opioid crisis through harm reduction, a new approach to the nation’s drug policies that UB drug policy historian David Herzberg says could save thousands of ...

For four years, the city and county health department gave out pipes and other supplies to reduce the health risks of smoking drugs. Officials say the program worked. But it conflicted with state ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Used syringes are discarded at a needle exchange clinic in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Used syringes are discarded at a needle exchange clinic in St. Johnsbury, ...

Nearly two months after Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) suddenly ceased operations, front-line workers say the shutdown widened ...

"The grief on the front lines of losing people to very preventable overdoses has been so sad and so problematic," said Lisa ...

As the overdose crisis in the United States continues — more than 100,000 people died of overdose in 2021, a new record — the practice of harm reduction is gaining new traction as a possible solution ...

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 ...