A man suffering from long-term drug use who could only walk with extreme difficulty. Photo by Griffin Jones on July 8, 2023. Half a dozen public health and addiction experts interviewed by Mission ...
Elected officials and advocates called for empathy Monday toward people with substance abuse disorders and increased options for treating and preventing opioid overdoses. In his address to the crowd ...
Needle-sharing programs, also referred to as needle exchange or syringe services programs, are integral to public health efforts. These initiatives supply clean needles and syringes to individuals who ...
A registered nurse treats Dominic Rodriguez for a skin injury related to xylazine use in Philadelphia in May 2023. Treatment vans are allowed in the city, but not supervised injection sites. Matt ...
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 ...
Utahns practice harm reduction all the time. We wear sunscreen on the hot summer days or when we take to the mountains to ski. We wear helmets when we bike or climb. And we practice harm reduction for ...
Advocates of so-called safe-injection sites are seizing on a new study that finds crime has apparently not increased in East Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods featuring overdose-prevention ...
Mainline staff prepare syringes of “fake heroin” during a safe-injection training at the Mainline offices in Amsterdam on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Mainline is a harm reduction organization in the ...
Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Over 100,000 Americans now die from drug overdoses annually. To combat this crisis in New York City and save ...
Without a lot of fanfare, drug counselor Miles Hamlin opened a resource hub in north Minneapolis on Tuesday for drug users to get sterile needles, fentanyl test strips and Narcan. They can shower, do ...
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The Harm Reduction Center has developed design concepts for adding a wall in the front lobby area of the building. The concept was discussed as a proactive measure to ...