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 ...

Creation of a clinic focused on harm reduction for patients with a substance use disorder (SUD) who required opioid treatment for severe cancer pain resulted in more than half of the patients ...

In an effort to curb the incidence of fentanyl overdoses and to protect drug users in California, the state has rolled out free fentanyl test strips for a limited time. According to California ...

San Francisco, Philadelphia and others are retreating from “harm reduction” strategies that have helped reduce deaths but which critics, including Trump, say have contributed to pervasive public drug ...

Harm reduction was adopted by public institutions to help stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s. But it originated in self-advocacy by drug users, sex workers, and trans activists. Harm reduction, ...

In 1971 President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs” and 52 years later the battle rages on – deadlier than ever. The crack era came and went in the 1980s, followed by the rural opioid crisis, ...

BAD RIVER RESERVATION, Wis. — Sunlight is streaming through holes in the walls of a disused, corrugated metal shack, revealing its modest insides: Dirt floors, stacks of two-by-fours, and a pile of ...

What does it mean to be sober or in recovery? This has become a live question as more people identify as being in recovery or having sobriety from the use of one substance while still also using other ...