The phrase is part of ‘harm reduction 101’, which has led to significant declines in overdose fatalities in the US ...

Over the past four years, nearly 7,000 people have injected, smoked or otherwise used street drugs like fentanyl and cocaine ...

The Open Society Foundations (OSF), a grant-making network based in New York City, is a longtime proponent of harm reduction.

Harm reduction is an innovative and adaptive strategy in public health that provides a pragmatic framework for minimizing the negative health impacts of tobacco consumption. It recognizes that while ...

The opportunity to see a doctor, to get a job, to get information and non-judgemental support. The opportunity to stay alive. Today, Martinez is the capacity building and Hepatitis C coordinator for ...

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 ...

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 ...

“We hope this is information that you’ll never need to use, but now you have it if you ever do.” This is the closing message of a very informative training video now available to all students, faculty ...

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

District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s “recovery first” ordinance advanced to the full 11-member Board of Supervisors today after a 3-0 vote at the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. But ...

In this edition of the “Hot Seat,” political analyst Scott Mitchell and former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price discuss tobacco harm reduction in Oklahoma. Oklahoma has long grappled with ...

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