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A police policy of not making arrests for simple possession is a way to essentially decriminalize personal drug use. However, confiscating drugs — even without arrests — can be harmful in many ways.

"Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. Here in New York City, the overdose crisis has reached historic levels: 2,668 people died of drug overdoses in 2021."

Organizations like Moms Stop the Harm advocate for harm reduction strategies while the provincial government focuses on a treatment-first approach.

State Announces Establishment of Breakthrough Therapies Task Force

A Hawaii psychedelics task force that was recently established under the governor’s office has held its first meeting as experts work to prepare the state to potentially allow regulated access to novel therapies like psilocybin and MDMA. The Office of Wellness and Resilience said that the Breakthrough Therapies Task Force—comprised of lawmakers, health professionals, law […]

Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions has begun shipping its opioid overdose antidote Narcan to pharmacies.

“We cannot close our eyes. We cannot look the other way,” says one education leader. What is fentanyl? What is naloxone?

According to an NMDOH press release, 2023 is the 25th anniversary of the department's Hepatitis and Harm Reduction Program as well.

VINITA, Okla. — Last year 107,000 Americans died from a drug overdose. That’s one person every five minutes. To bring awareness to these startling statistics and in correlation with International Drug Overdose Awareness Day, Cherokee Nation will launch, for the first time, its Harm Reduction Mobile Van into the community on Thursday. Cherokee Nation Behavioral […]

To save lives, we need to pick our battles.