Seattle and San Francisco scale back harm reduction policies distributing drug supplies, signaling a shift in how West Coast ...

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 concept of “First, do no harm,” which is embedded in the oath that kicks off the careers of most new doctors in America, has become something of a surrogate for the practice of medicine. But it’s ...

Jose Martinez was jobless, homeless and stuck in what he calls the "chaotic part" of his drug use in 2015, after aging out of New York's foster care system seven years prior. Then staff at an overdose ...

Read more in Giving Guide 2022. For more than 25 years, Dwight struggled with cocaine use. In 2013, after repeated offenses, a police officer referred him to Seattle’s Law Enforcement Assisted ...

On Saturday, two musicians, Luke the Knife, also known as Luke Miller of Lotus, and Heady Hooligan, will team up for a disco ...

Since February 2023, Baltimore County has received more than $29 million in various legal settlements from opioid ...

The vending machines would only be accessible to people who are already clients with AIDS Care Ocean State’s ENCORE program.

Most hospitals already offer naloxone to anyone treated for an opioid overdose, but two hospitals are investigating whether ...

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 ...

Smokefree products are picking up speed in the tobacco business. The race is on for success in harm reduction: encouraging smokers to switch completely to reduced risk alternatives. Evidence of this ...

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 ...