Harm reduction — an umbrella term that takes in a variety of practices intended to lessen the damaging effects of drug use — has never been an easy sell. “It’s always been kind of a political football ...

Experts say move signals greater political interference into public health and will exacerbate opioid overdose crisis ...

A central challenge in the opioid crisis in the US has been the underuse of lifesaving treatment and harm reduction programs. Conventional explanations focus on limited access to care when services ...

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​A decade after Congress first allowed federal funding to support clean needle programs, the Trump administration is backing ...

The program for the Harm Reduction International Conference 2025 (HR25) is out! The conference will take place in Bogotá, Colombia on 27-30 April 2025 at the Agora Bogotá Convention Center. (And there ...

The Montclair Health Department, Montclair Ambulance Unit and the Essex Health & Wellness Recovery Center are partnering on ...

(The Center Square) – West Virginia State senators have introduced two bills targeting harm reduction in the state. The proposed legislation would make on-site methadone treatment programs illegal as ...

Two studies led by an opioid treatment program run by UB and UBMD Emergency Medicine have found that harm reduction vending machines installed across New York State are well utilized and provide ...

Hawaiʻi's statewide syringe exchange program has seen a decrease in exchanges due to changing patterns of substance use, but the program remains an important part of the state's public health system ...