Adolescent drug use often triggers moral panics, fear-mongering and the passage of draconian laws to “keep the kids safe” by ...

Harm reduction is exactly what it sounds like: reducing the harm associated with using drugs through a variety of public health interventions. But the concept relies on more than these tools and ...

Gov. Sherrill said she will build on the harm reduction programs established by her predecessor, strategies that have been ...

Driving cars. Having sex. And in the times of COVID-19, shaking hands. All these activities bear risk, yet they are fundamental to our everyday experiences. Few swear them off entirely and instead use ...

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 ...

Harm reduction was adopted by public institutions to help stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s. But it originated in self-advocacy by drug users, sex workers, and trans activists. Harm reduction, ...

Illinois is considering a wide-ranging harm reduction bill that advocates believe may have traction with legislators. If ...

A new Michigan study is showing changes in the number of people dying from opioid overdoses and the branching positive impacts from harm reduction services. Harm reduction programs saved lives, ...

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 ...