Harm reduction is having its moment in America. The doors of drug-related harm reduction have swung wide open after years of federal funding bans. Extensive opioid settlement payouts combined with an ...

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 ...

Years ago, San Francisco made a commitment to reducing harms for residents who take drugs. In 1996, the Board of Supervisors committed to a policy of treatment on demand (TOD) to ensure that San ...

Addiction psychotherapy—treating problematic substance use and addictions in individual therapy—is quite effective and can be deeply rewarding. In my experience, people enjoy the individualized nature ...

The agency confirmed a 'change process' was underway, as 65 organisations signed a letter urging the government to shut the alcohol industry out of policy decisions.

San Francisco is expanding a harm reduction program inside permanent supportive housing while cutting back on street-level ...

September is Recovery Month, a time to celebrate people who’ve overcome their addictions and honor those we’ve lost to overdose. Overdose is a leading cause of death for people forced to live outside, ...

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 ...

The King County Crisis Care Centers Levy is meant, in part, to help tackle the region’s rampant drug addiction crisis. But there’s a detail hidden in the 141-page plan. It reveals the county will ...

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 ...