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 ...

A former WHO official and other health experts argue that harm reduction is key to curbing the high rate of tobacco use in ...

Lisa Raville works as the executive director of the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver. (Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline) A few days per week, Richard volunteers at the Harm Reduction Action Center ...

First is the potential for harm. People using opioids, like fentanyl or oxycodone, lose tolerance for these drugs when forced ...

Smokefree products are picking up speed in the tobacco business. The race is on for success in harm reduction: encouraging smokers to switch completely to reduced risk alternatives. Evidence of this ...

A FORMER director of the World Health Organization has called for urgent action on tobacco harm reduction in the Asia-Pacific region, where smoking prevalence is the highest in the world. Prof. Tikki ...

Harm reduction is a helpful policy concept from the narcotics field that can be applied to energy and climate change. It recognizes that drug abuse occurs and seeks to minimize the negative ...

Queer Kentucky, an LGBTQ+ journalism nonprofit, recently placed 12 self-serve harm reduction lockers across the state with the goal of keeping Kentuckians safer. Though unassuming at first glance, ...

California Democratic senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler announced just over $600 million in federal dollars to curb the spiraling homelessness crisis in the state, as officials struggle to get ...