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In what used to be a bank in Newport News, a sign in the drive-through window now reads: “Dead friends Can’t recover. Overdose deaths Are preventable.” Below the window, an orange plastic bin contains a haystack of used needles and syringes. The building on Huntington Avenue is now a harm reduction clinic, operated by the nonprofit Minority AIDS Support Services. Visitors to the drive-through, ...

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski announced the launch of a Quick Response Team (QRT) pilot program to provide mobile, on-demand overdose care, resour

Jerry Griffin bakes bread pudding every Saturday for the Newark Homeless Outreach as a way to help reduce harm for unhoused people in Licking County.

The Executive Director of Prairie Harm Reduction has questions after the Government of Saskatchewan announced this morning (Thurs) that it would not f...

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: The Harm Reduction Gap. Host Doug McVay in conversation with Sheila Vakharia, PhD, MSW, Deputy Director of the Department of Research and Academic Engagement at the Drug Policy Alliance and author of a new book to be released in February 2024 entitled The Harm Reduction Gap: Helping Individuals Left Behind by Conventional Drug Prevention

A $600,000 harm reduction trial, proposed by the city's men's shelters, is going back to the drawing board after councillors struggled with the idea.

With close to 72 per cent of suspected drug-related deaths in Hamilton, Ont. involving men, a group of shelters are seeking funding for specialized staff to reduce risks.

The goal of the program is to support evidence-based services related to substance use disorders. The county will receive nearly $10.3 million in annual allocations through 2038.

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County officials are training dozens of people each month in how to use nasal-spray version.