Recognizing the public health emergency posed by opioid overdoses, there increasingly have been calls for a comprehensive approach to drug policy that includes a focuses on reducing harm for people ...

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 ...

Local health officials fear an executive order dictating that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) can no longer fund harm reduction programs will accelerate the ...

High Rockies Harm Reduction won grants from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Harm Reduction Fund and the Colorado Opioid Abatement Council to expand harm reduction services ...

UPDATE: The HHS sent out a release Wednesday stating no federal funds would be used to put pipes in safer smoking kits Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, is one of the latest members of the GOP to take ...

Since February 2023, Baltimore County has received more than $29 million in various legal settlements from opioid ...

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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Harm reduction plays a significant role in preventing drug-related deaths by offering critical services. Todd Rothrock, the Center Manager & Program Coordinator with the Council ...

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