Two studies led by an opioid treatment program run by the University at Buffalo and UBMD Emergency Medicine have found that ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — For more than two decades, staff at the Grand Rapids Red Project have been working to reduce the negative consequences associated with illegal drug use. “We like to center ...

There are many different ways to quantify the opioid crisis. The obvious is the dramatic rise in deaths from overdoses. Let’s not overlook the number of overdoses themselves – often as recorded by ...

In the landscape of addiction treatment, we often find ourselves searching for approaches that honor the fundamental human need for connection. Harm reduction, frequently misunderstood, offers more ...

Like many who have endured childhood trauma, Shannon Hicks turned to drugs at an early age. Pregnant by 16 and a mother of two by 19, she was married and living in her first home — believing she was ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The Biden administration is ending its term with a flurry of actions meant to expand access to addiction treatment — and preserve its legacy ...

MINOT — To understand why harm reduction works, as a public policy, we must first consider what doesn’t work. Prohibition doesn’t work. We tried it with alcohol, and it was one of the most spectacular ...

Alarm is growing among harm reduction proponents that the Trump administration’s health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is shifting the nation’s strategy to tackle the drug crisis ...

Los Angeles — Inside a bright new building in the heart of Skid Row, homeless people hung out in a canopy-covered courtyard — some waiting to take a shower, do laundry, or get medication for addiction ...