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 program, which recently received a grant from the Governor's office, aims to redirect people with substance abuse issues ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EMS ambulance crew working to revive person from drug overdose The Trump administration is wrong about a lot of things when it ...

Samson Tafolo, left, and Crushow Herring, in knit hat, distribute harm reduction supplies from the Sidewalk Project on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles on March 26, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles ...

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 ...

We Heart Seattle Founder Andrea Suarez discusses her thoughts on harm reduction and housing first programs.

Long Beach’s Department of Health and Human Services has expanded its Harm Reduction Program to include a mail-based delivery option for Long Beach residents seeking free harm-reduction supplies, such ...

LOWELL — There’s never been a safe injection site in the city of Lowell, but to make sure that remains the case, Councilors Corey Robinson and Erik Gitschier put a motion on Tuesday’s agenda to have ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Advocates say New Jersey’s focus on harm reduction reflects the state’s growing willingness to listen to people with lived ...