Smoking instead of injecting drugs can reduce harm, but a new study shows opioid smokers are four times as likely to suffer severe burns.

Sheila Vakharia, who now works for the Drug Policy Alliance, began her career as a clinical social worker at a conventional addiction treatment center, where she soon became disenchanted. "Few of my ...

Harm reduction workers who bring lived experience to harm reduction programs may themselves need support for a substance use ...

The Baltimore City government’s expansion of drug harm reduction efforts may have a limited impact on overdose death rates, according to some recent studies. Baltimore won nearly $700 million in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to trying to reduce the devastation that accompanies the use of illicit drugs, experts say Michigan is working ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — For more than two decades, staff at the Grand Rapids Red Project have been working to reduce the negative consequences associated with illegal drug use. “We like to center ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Under warm strobe lights and pulsing house beats, a recent festival in Mexico City offered more than music, food and booze. Amidst the usual festival fare, a booth provided free, ...

At a minimum two people die per day from overdoses in the state, a statistic that continues to plague Sen. Saud Anwar, who says the deaths are preventable. This is the second year Anwar, the co-chair ...