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Efforts to decrease the number of needles on Prince Albert's streets appear to be working.That's according to ...

The OneOhio Recovery Foundation Board, set up to distribute more than $440 million in opioid settlement money, must turn over documents about past meetings.

The Tompkins County Opioid Task Force, a group appointed by the Legislature, is seeking community input on how best to use funds distributed to the County from recent Opioid Settlements.

PETALING JAYA: Vaping needs to be regulated, too, to address the youth smoking epidemic, say groups concerned with how vaping will be marketed and sold to the public.

In other news, Oregon’s governor signs bills to reduce plastic pollution, the future of Clark County’s needle exchange gets murky, and more.

The innovative and pioneering physician who prevented the Islands of Hawaii from experiencing the same spread of HIV/AIDS. Take a look at the leaders who have carried on his legacy and the programs that keep Hawaii safe. In 1981, Dr. David McEwan diagnosed the first AIDS case in the Hawaii Islands. He moved quickly to establish a means of preventing the spread through education and harm reduction therapeutic models; and by 1983, the Life Foundation was established. The first AIDS Walk in Hawaii ...

Harm reduction policies and practices help people who are using drugs to stay alive and protect them from HIV and Hepatitis C

Moldova has committed more resources to the prison programme over the years. “In the beginning, when these services were developed, they were actually financed from external sources,” said Irina Barbîroș, head of the medical department at the national prison administration. “Over the years, the state assumed its commitment and took over the financing of these services from the

Calgarians who have survived traumatic overdose experiences are raising awareness of the increasing dangers of drug contaminants as poisoning deaths and EMS calls climb higher.

In Senegal, HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs is 9%, well above the 0.5% among the general population. Globally, due to stigma and criminalization, people who inject drugs face a 35 times higher risk of acquiring HIV than people who do not inject drugs.