In the landscape of addiction treatment, we often find ourselves searching for approaches that honor the fundamental human need for connection. Harm reduction, frequently misunderstood, offers more ...
The Open Society Foundations (OSF), a grant-making network based in New York City, is a longtime proponent of harm reduction.
The Phoenix City Council approved a controversial new law that puts new restrictions in place about providing medical care in ...
Would you like to change your relationship to alcohol and/or other drugs? Would you like to explore substance use in a non-dogmatic, non-judgmental way? Do you have sexual concerns you'd like to ...
Two studies led by an opioid treatment program run by the University at Buffalo and UBMD Emergency Medicine have found that harm reduction vending machines installed across New York State are well ...
A new harm reduction clinic funded by money from a settlement with opioid manufacturers and proposed for Madison’s East Side ...
Beetham, T. (2019). Buprenorphine prior authorization removal: Low hanging fruit in the opioid overdose crisis. Harvard Public Health Review, 25. 5. Bell, J., Reed, K ...
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 ...
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE SEEN ALMOST, YOU KNOW, 500 PARTICIPANTS COME THROUGH HERE IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 3 OR 4 MONTHS FOOT TRAFFIC IS STEADY AND HOSPITALS ARE RELIEVED FROM SOME ...
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 ...
The Trump administration is escalating its push against what has become a key part of the way states, localities and communities respond to the overdose epidemic: harm reduction. A public health ...