Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she will build on the harm reduction programs established by her predecessor, strategies that ...

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The City of Richmond is expanding access to life-saving resources for people struggling with addiction through its harm reduction vending machine program.

Harm reduction is an approach to treating those with alcohol and other substance-use problems that does not require patients to commit to complete abstinence before treatment begins. Instead, an array ...

The opioid settlement funds handed down by the state are going back to community organizations in the city that seek to meet people at every stage of substance use.

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

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Over the past four years, nearly 7,000 people have injected, smoked or otherwise used street drugs like fentanyl ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Amid what feels like an ever-worsening drug crisis here, locals and politicians alike are fed up. Overdose death rates remain near all-time highs. The Tenderloin, a historic downtown ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Hamilton County is offering a new way to help those struggling with addiction:harm-reduction vending machines. There's one at the fire station at the corner of 9th and Broadway ...

The U.S. drug crisis is as bad as it’s ever been, and there are few signs things are getting better. About 110,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2023, about the same as in previous years. Fentanyl, ...

There are many different ways to quantify the opioid crisis. The obvious is the dramatic rise in deaths from overdoses. Let’s not overlook the number of overdoses themselves – often as recorded by ...

Communities and people in Indiana are adversely affected by substance use disorders. In Indiana, 1 in 12 people meet criteria for a SUD the term used in the medical field for drug and alcohol abuse ...