“Harm reduction” interventions for substance use – measures like needle exchange programs and methadone distribution that aim to reduce the adverse effects of substance use, rather than punish or ...

Queer Kentucky has installed 12 harm reduction lockers across the state containing supplies like naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and condoms. The lockers aim to address high overdose rates and ...

In Duluth, Harm Reduction Sisters provides life-saving equipment for people in crisis. But its future is uncertain.

A Crystal Lake mother whose son died from a fentanyl overdose says a recent order issued by President Donald Trump to restrict federal funds from being spent on so-called harm reduction will only ...

While New Jersey makes progress on fatalities, Black Lives Matter Paterson provides a bridge to emergency help after hours ...

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 ...

Samhsa said funding cannot be used to purchase or distribute fentanyl test strips or other drug test kits ...

After rising exponentially since 1979, overdose rates have finally begun to decline, falling more than 29 percent since 2022.

A man suffering from long-term drug use who could only walk with extreme difficulty. Photo by Griffin Jones on July 8, 2023. As San Francisco politicians increasingly embrace abstinence-first ...

The Graves County Health Department celebrated Friday the ribbon cutting of its new addition, GCHub. True to its title, the ...