The Maryland Department of Health has scrubbed any mention of “harm reduction” from the state’s leading grant program for ...

Two studies led by an opioid treatment program run by the University at Buffalo and UBMD Emergency Medicine have found that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Topics for discussion may include how current drug control policies influence the health outcomes of individuals and communities of color who experience mass incarceration, and strategies to mitigate ...

This story originally published online at UNC Media Hub. After Bella Grumet, a UNC-Chapel Hill senior majoring in neuroscience, lost a close friend to an overdose last year, she was motivated to ...

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 ...

Nearly 50 years ago, Tennessee made history. In 1977, it became the first state to require child car seats—a simple act of harm reduction that saved lives and set an example for the nation. Harm ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Dozens of harm reduction activists rallied outside Philadelphia City Hall on Thursday ...

More partnerships and collaborations should be formed between academic institutions in Indonesia and the region, focusing on ...

In a special audio report, the Free Press takes readers behind the scenes of a project about a Detroiter who is addicted to drugs and is also saving the lives of other who are addicted. Last week, the ...

Communities and people in Indiana are adversely affected by substance use disorders. In Indiana, 1 in 12 people meet criteria for a SUD the term used in the medical field for drug and alcohol abuse ...