As the overdose crisis in the United States continues — more than 100,000 people died of overdose in 2021, a new record — the practice of harm reduction is gaining new traction as a possible solution ...

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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 ...

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), defines harm reduction as an evidence-based approach that is critical to engaging with people who have a Substance Use Disorder(SUD) ...

A group of academics and researchers is working hard to normalize the idea of radical harm reduction for children as young as ...

Harm reduction is exactly what it sounds like: reducing the harm associated with using drugs through a variety of public health interventions. But the concept relies on more than these tools and ...

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As San Francisco scales back some harm reduction programs amid the city’s crackdown on open-air drug markets, UCSF doctors are raising concerns and emphasizing the integral role that such public ...