Oklahoma lawmakers legalized harm reduction programs in 2021, allowing the groups to possess sterile syringes without fear of legal trouble.
Jennifer Twyman is a big advocate for syringe service programs, or SSPs. She relied on harm reduction services herself when she was overcoming an opioid addiction, and later when she worked in a ...
Harm reduction programs have saved lives, reduced hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits and prevented ...
San Francisco is expanding a harm reduction program inside permanent supportive housing while cutting back on street-level ...
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 ...
Blue cities are moving away from so-called harm reduction strategies in combating overdose deaths from use of hard drugs.
Investment in harm reduction programs is significantly reducing the number of opioid overdose-related deaths across the state ...
There’s never been a safe injection site in the city of Lowell, but to make sure that remains the case, Councilors Corey ...
For eight years, the nonprofit Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project has served Salt Lake and its surrounding communities. A main goal is to provide syringe exchanges to reduce the harm caused by drug use, ...
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 ...