An overdose prevention center in New York City (OnPoint NYC) Source: Seth Wenig/AP Photo/Alamy By Abdullah Shihipar, Alexandria Macmadu, Ph.D., and Brandon Marshall, Ph.D. Drug policy in the United ...

Harm reduction is having its moment in America. The doors of drug-related harm reduction have swung wide open after years of federal funding bans. Extensive opioid settlement payouts combined with an ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1971 President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs” and 52 years later the battle rages on – deadlier than ever. The crack era came and went in the 1980s, followed by the rural opioid crisis, ...

There has been a lot of attention on the charges filed against the former COO of the Harm Reduction Coalition of San Diego involving alleged misuse of county grant funds that were designated for ...

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 ...

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 ...

One hot summer evening in 2019, security called us out of our clinic located within the largest men’s shelter in Boston, Massachusetts: “Overdose, out front!” We grabbed the oxygen tank and emergency ...

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 ...