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 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EMS ambulance crew working to revive person from drug overdose The Trump administration is wrong about a lot of things when it ...

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 ...

We Heart Seattle Founder Andrea Suarez discusses her thoughts on harm reduction and housing first programs.

Samson Tafolo’s final count read 119. For 45 minutes, he had tugged a wagon packed with mini water bottles, hemp cigarettes and miscellaneous hygiene products around Skid Row, handing out the supplies ...

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 ...

(The Center Square) – West Virginia State senators have introduced two bills targeting harm reduction in the state. The proposed legislation would make on-site methadone treatment programs illegal as ...

The state's spending has faced criticism for diverting $45 million to hospital systems and for a township's misuse of funds on concerts. Advocates and officials stress that the money should fund ...

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 ...

Samson Tafolo, left, and Crushow Herring, in knit hat, distribute harm reduction supplies from the Sidewalk Project on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles on March 26, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles ...

Susan Ousterman remembers her son Tyler as quiet, curious and “with a smile that lit up the room.” He loved nature, skateboarding and was a talented percussionist. He also struggled with an opioid ...