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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...