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 ...

A Kentucky nonprofit focused on harm reduction is looking to grow its impact — one mile at a time.

On a recent Wednesday afternoon, alcohol and drug counselor Paulette Mendoza and her teammates load up their van with backpacks and boxes full of supplies before heading out to a familiar spot in ...

In this edition of the “Hot Seat,” political analyst Scott Mitchell and former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price discuss tobacco harm reduction in Oklahoma. Oklahoma has long grappled with ...

Detroit — Twenty five harm reduction stations have been installed throughout Detroit to provide residents with free supplies to reduce opioid overdoses, as well as reduce the transmission of HIV and ...

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 ...

At the Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County’s mobile syringe clinic, a single lamp shines a bright circle over folding tables stacked with boxes of soap, toothpaste, electrolytes, syringes, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sarah Sinclair is an award-winning journalist covering cannabis. The cannabis beverage market has seen significant growth in the U ...

The Trump administration is escalating its push against what has become a key part of the way states, localities and communities respond to the overdose epidemic: harm reduction. A public health ...

Mainline staff prepare syringes of “fake heroin” during a safe-injection training at the Mainline offices in Amsterdam on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Mainline is a harm reduction organization in the ...