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Maryland Scrubs the Term “Harm Reduction” From Key Grant Program

The Maryland Department of Health has scrubbed any mention of “harm reduction” from the state’s leading grant program for ...

Fentanyl deaths are down across the Bay Area. One county’s harm reduction group says it’s proof their strategy is working.

Across the Bay Area, coroners are reporting about half as many overdose deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl than during ...
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Harm Reduction Brief

Communities and people in Indiana are adversely affected by substance use disorders. In Indiana, 1 in 12 people meet criteria for a SUD the term used in the medical field for drug and alcohol abuse ...
Newsweek

Fentanyl Overdoses Remain High—Is Harm Reduction the Solution?

The opioid crisis is one of the most urgent public health challenges in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. experienced a significant ...
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The Effects of Drug Control Policies on the Health of Individuals and Communities of Color: A Workshop

Topics for discussion may include how current drug control policies influence the health outcomes of individuals and communities of color who experience mass incarceration, and strategies to mitigate ...
Heartland

Public Grows Weary of ‘Harm Reduction’ – Commentary

Blue cities are moving away from so-called harm reduction strategies in combating overdose deaths from use of hard drugs. Harm reduction aims to decrease the negative consequences of risky behavior ...
The Washington Post

Dangerous or life-saving? Why drug programs that stop disease are under fire.

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Lavender Timmons popped the trunk of her weather ...
WHYY

Harm reduction activists ask for a ‘seat at the table’ during City Hall rally

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Dozens of harm reduction activists rallied outside Philadelphia City Hall on Thursday ...
Psychology Today

Harm Reduction Is Not About Messaging

For drugs, harm reduction looks like giving people new needles to use so that they don’t share or reuse needles—reducing the risk of contracting a blood-borne disease. It looks like providing people ...
WAND

IL substance use treatment providers, harm reduction specialists highlight barriers to care

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — There were approximately 18,600 opioid overdoses in Illinois during 2022 alone. While overdoses have trended down over the past two years, Illinois still faces a crisis for ...
Psychology Today

Harm Reduction

Harm reduction is an approach to treating those with alcohol and other substance-use problems that does not require patients to commit to complete abstinence before treatment begins. Instead, an array ...