NOW IT NEEDS HELP TO KEEP THE MISSION GOING. BUT FIRST, THE FUTURE OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE HANG IN THE BALANCE AFTER FUNDING CUTS. THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ...

Free naloxone kits are available at harm reduction centers across Michigan, according to the state’s website. Investment in harm reduction programs is significantly reducing the number of opioid ...

Loftin Wilson, a harm reduction programs manager for the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, works on one of the coalition's syringe service programs. Credit: Photo courtesy of the subject This ...

Giving addicts syringes to shoot up was never a popular idea. It still isn’t. Despite medical authorities’ confident assertions that such programs dramatically cut down on disease transmission, ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) study has found that harm reduction programs reduced hospitalizations and emergency department visits. MDHHS reports ...

Over the past decade, overdose protections and programs like Project Weber-Renew have expanded, but with Trump back in office, this trend may be short lived. Employees with Project Weber-Renew in ...

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 ...

LOWELL — There’s never been a safe injection site in the city of Lowell, but to make sure that remains the case, Councilors Corey Robinson and Erik Gitschier put a motion on Tuesday’s agenda to have ...

On a recent Wednesday afternoon, alcohol and drug counselor Paulette Mendoza and her teammates load up their van with backpacks and boxes full of supplies before heading out to a familiar spot in ...

Harm reduction initiatives, like syringe services programs, can reduce HIV transmission among people who inject drugs. A recent executive order threatens such programs. (Photo by Robert ...

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 ...

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 ...