Over the past four years, nearly 7,000 people have injected, smoked or otherwise used street drugs like fentanyl and cocaine ...

On January 13 the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report analyzing three policy approaches to the ...

Facing right-wing backlash, harm reduction initiatives around Canada have steadily been rolled back. Safer opioid supply (SOS) programs—which provide pharmaceutical-grade ...

A main goal is to provide syringe exchanges to reduce the harm caused by drug use, but "harm reduction is so much more than just giving people sterile equipment," said executive director Mackenzie ...

Two studies led by an opioid treatment program run by the University at Buffalo and UBMD Emergency Medicine have found that harm reduction vending machines installed across New York State are well ...

By Vijay Kumar Malesu As alcohol-free drinks surge in popularity, a new analysis in BMJ warns that without strong regulation ...

La Plata County Public Health Department’s Harm Reduction program is a response to the rise in opioid-related overdoses both nationally and within La Plata County. Overdose deaths have more than ...

As a cannabis epidemiologist with fifteen years of experience studying cannabis – and as a medical cannabis patient myself – I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how science assesses and labels ...

Marijuana and other drugs are not as dangerous as laws written half a century ago say they are, according to a new scientific ...

There is evidence that taking a short break from alcohol can yield significant benefits and initiate meaningful change, especially in people concerned about the negative impact that drinking may be ...

The Phoenix City Council approved a controversial new law that puts new restrictions in place about providing medical care in ...