Access to harm reduction programs such as syringe exchange is lowest in rural and suburban areas, where rates of addiction to heroin and other opioids are on the rise, according to a study led by ...
The Trump administration is wrong about a lot of things when it comes to LGBTQ+ health and well-being. They have attacked transgender medicine, disbanded federal HIV prevention offices, and even ...
Groups dedicated to keeping drug users healthy — and alive — have thrived during the past decade to counter the staggering toll of the nation’s overdose crisis. They hit the streets to distribute ...
I am writing in response to recent coverage of the Fargo Cass Public Health harm reduction program in our city. The topics raised deserve serious discussion, but so do the facts. At some point, North ...
Fargo Cass Public Health leaders sat down with The Forum to explain how the program at the Harm Reduction Center works. North Dakota law requires that when syringes like this one are distributed ...
Access Point Pueblo saw a syringe return rate of nearly 69% in January, according to a Feb. 18 presentation at a Pueblo City Council work session. A nearly 38% improvement from an August and September ...
Bangor is facing a rising health crisis that two organizations are partnering to address. A local church has agreed to host a ...
Samson Tafolo’s final count read 119. For 45 minutes, he had tugged a wagon packed with mini water bottles, hemp cigarettes and miscellaneous hygiene products around Skid Row, handing out the supplies ...
(The Center Square) – West Virginia State senators have introduced two bills targeting harm reduction in the state. The proposed legislation would make on-site methadone treatment programs illegal as ...
Drug harm reduction products on display at the Linda Vista Library. (Image courtesy of Raul Campillo’s office) San Diego City Councilman Raul Campillo, on Friday, joined the Harm Reduction Coalition ...
In small towns across South Carolina, the signs of the opioid crisis are written in the obituaries. Yet for all the heartbreak that addiction has brought to rural America, the most effective tool we ...