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 ...

Drug-related deaths continue to rise while Britain doubles down on a failed strategy of prohibition and punishment. 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 ...

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), defines harm reduction as an evidence-based approach that is critical to engaging with people who have a Substance Use Disorder(SUD) ...

Why is harm reduction important for recovery? Apart from what I mentioned above, there are many roads that lead to addiction— Adverse Childhood Experiences, environmental factors, biology, etc.—and ...

La Plata County Public Health Department’s Harm Reduction program is a response to the rise in opioid-related overdoses both nationally and within La Plata County. Overdose deaths have more than ...

I finished reading the book Saving Our Own Lives by Shira Hassan recently, and it stands out to me as the first book I’ve ever read that applies a harm reduction framework to eating disordered ...

LOS ANGELES (LAPost.com) — On a litter-strewn L.A. Street, dozens of people line up. Some are behaving erratically, some stare at the ground ahead of them. Some smoke crack cocaine or inject drugs on ...

The Harm Reduction Society of Kenya hasraised concerns over several provisions contained in the Tobacco Control(Amendment) Bill, 2024, warning lawmakers that some of the proposed measurescould ...