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

In November 2023, California teenager Sam Nelson put a question to ChatGPT. “How many grams of kratom gets you a ...

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 ...

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 R Street Institute is pleased to announce the expansion and rebrand of one of its core policy initiatives. Moving forward, the Integrated Harm Reduction program will be known as Healthier ...

Giving addicts syringes to shoot up was never a popular idea. It still isn’t. Despite medical authorities’ confident assertions that such programs dramatically cut down on disease transmission, ...

The opioid crisis is one of the most urgent public health challenges in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. experienced a significant ...

MINOT — To understand why harm reduction works, as a public policy, we must first consider what doesn’t work. Prohibition doesn’t work. We tried it with alcohol, and it was one of the most spectacular ...

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

Harm reduction has long been considered a nonjudgmental, evidence-based approach to drug use that reduces overdose deaths and infectious disease—adverse consequences exacerbated by the war on drugs.

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