An overdose prevention center in New York City (OnPoint NYC) Source: Seth Wenig/AP Photo/Alamy By Abdullah Shihipar, Alexandria Macmadu, Ph.D., and Brandon Marshall, Ph.D. Drug policy in the United ...

Most UB Students choose not to use cannabis products. But if you do use cannabis, we want to help keep you safe. According to our survey data, most UB students don’t use cannabis products. According ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: In Minnesota, deadly drug overdoses doubled between 2018 and 2023. And in Minneapolis, those deaths are disproportionately represented. In 2022 ...

Addiction psychotherapy—treating problematic substance use and addictions in individual therapy—is quite effective and can be deeply rewarding. In my experience, people enjoy the individualized nature ...

Drug use continues to be an issue across the country. But one of the solutions is harm reduction. It can be a controversial topic as some say it’s enabling people to use drugs, but others say it’s ...

Harm reduction is an innovative and adaptive strategy in public health that provides a pragmatic framework for minimizing the negative health impacts of tobacco consumption. It recognizes that while ...

A new Michigan study is showing changes in the number of people dying from opioid overdoses and the branching positive impacts from harm reduction services. Harm reduction programs saved lives, ...

The Baltimore City government’s expansion of drug harm reduction efforts may have a limited impact on overdose death rates, according to some recent studies. Baltimore won nearly $700 million in ...

In 1971 President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs” and 52 years later the battle rages on – deadlier than ever. The crack era came and went in the 1980s, followed by the rural opioid crisis, ...

When it comes to trying to reduce the devastation that accompanies the use of illicit drugs, experts say Michigan is working against itself. Here's what's happening: In an effort to keep people alive, ...

The opioid settlement funds handed down by the state are going back to community organizations in the city that seek to meet ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Baltimore City government’s expansion of drug harm reduction efforts may have a limited impact on overdose death rates, according to some recent studies. Baltimore City won ...