Harm reduction is conducted at the intersection of public health and human reality, an uncomfortable location for many people ...

Access to harm reduction programs such as syringe exchange is lowest in rural and suburban areas, where rates of addiction to heroin and other opioids are on the rise, according to a study led by ...

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Two studies led by an opioid treatment program run by UB and UBMD Emergency Medicine have found that harm reduction vending machines installed across New York State are well utilized and provide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Susan Ousterman remembers her son Tyler as quiet, curious and “with a ...

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar rejected a push from Tenderloin residents and business owners last Monday to halt San Francisco ...

Harm reduction initiatives, like syringe services programs, can reduce HIV transmission among people who inject drugs. A recent executive order threatens such programs. (Photo by Robert ...

Jennifer Twyman is a big advocate for syringe service programs, or SSPs. She relied on harm reduction services herself when she was overcoming an opioid addiction, and later when she worked in a ...

In small towns across South Carolina, the signs of the opioid crisis are written in the obituaries. Yet for all the heartbreak that addiction has brought to rural America, the most effective tool we ...

Operating in Calgary's Beltline neighbourhood, the Safeworks Connect team has been relied upon for years to respond to ...

A Toronto nonprofit says it's launched the province's first harm reduction program for adults with intellectual disabilities.Safer Steps My Way aims to help people who struggle with substance use and ...