Harm reduction is mercy translated into public reason. It refuses to abandon those who have not yet succeeded in saving themselves. It embodies what the theologian Paul Tillich called “the courage to ...

Harm reduction is an approach to drug use and addiction that emphasizes reducing the negative consequences associated with drug use. The concept often faces challenges or resistance, especially in ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Amid what feels like an ever-worsening drug crisis here, locals and politicians alike are fed up. Overdose death rates remain near all-time highs. The Tenderloin, a historic downtown ...

On a recent March day, Crescencia Witherspoon and Brandy Anderson of the Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living offered harm reduction supplies at a Salvation Army center in downtown Pendleton, ...

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 ...

Mayor Daniel Lurie planted a flag in the overdose debate by ordering the San Francisco Public Health Department to scale back some harm reduction programs as part of efforts to address the city’s drug ...

Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis. This story was copublished and supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic ...

One hot summer evening in 2019, security called us out of our clinic located within the largest men’s shelter in Boston, Massachusetts: “Overdose, out front!” We grabbed the oxygen tank and emergency ...

Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local issues, respond to the following question: Amid a nationwide opioid and ...

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 ...

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