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 ...

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 ...

"Harm reduction" interventions for substance use—measures like needle exchange programs and methadone distribution that aim to reduce the adverse effects of substance use, rather than punish or ...

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 ...

In today’s Connecticut, no family is untouched by the cruel specter of substance use disorder and overdose. The news of someone dying from a drug overdose has become a tragically common occurrence.

In a pilot study of Penn undergraduates, 39% of respondents reported using alcohol or other recreational drugs for the express purpose of combating stress. Penn’s primary substance use resource hub is ...

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 ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — Community Substance Use Response invites locals to join in on Wednesday, May 22, at 6 p.m. for "an insightful night of education and ...

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 ...

Harm reduction has long been considered a nonjudgmental, evidence-based approach to drug use that reduces overdose deaths and infectious disease—adverse consequences exacerbated by the war on drugs.