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

The Lurie administration is limiting the distribution of harm-reduction supplies, and otherwise appears to be pivoting from harm reduction as a key strategy for mitigating the dangers of drug ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queer Kentucky, an LGBTQ+ journalism nonprofit, recently placed 12 self-serve harm reduction lockers across the state with the ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The new advisory group is charged with developing evidence- and consensus-based recommendations on prevention and harm-reduction strategies ...

For years, they pretended as though diversion wasn't a problem. Now, some are claiming they had been warning about it all along ...

Harm reduction — an umbrella term that takes in a variety of practices intended to lessen the damaging effects of drug use — has never been an easy sell. “It’s always been kind of a political football ...

MKE Fire Chief Lipski joins elected, civic, community, and faith leaders who will attend Samad’s House's March 6 event ...

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 ...

A homeless tent near a freeway in San Diego. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Homelessness and substance use disorder often occur simultaneously — but many people struggling with both are ...

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 ...