Medicine Buffalo

Harm reduction historic shift in illegal drug policies, UB expert says

The Biden administration is tackling the opioid crisis through harm reduction, a new approach to the nation’s drug policies that UB drug policy historian David Herzberg says could save thousands of ...
The Nation

What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like

Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis. This story was copublished and supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic ...
Chattanoogan.com

Getting Smart On Tobacco Harm Reduction

Nearly 50 years ago, Tennessee made history. In 1977, it became the first state to require child car seats—a simple act of harm reduction that saved lives and set an example for the nation. Harm ...
Drexel University

Harm Reduction Matters More Than Ever as Overdose Deaths Continue to Soar in Big Cities

In partnership with the Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative created a new infographic using data from the Big Cities Health Inventory, an open-source platform ...
extension.purdue.edu

Harm Reduction Brief

Communities and people in Indiana are adversely affected by substance use disorders. In Indiana, 1 in 12 people meet criteria for a SUD the term used in the medical field for drug and alcohol abuse ...
Heartland

Public Grows Weary of ‘Harm Reduction’ – Commentary

Blue cities are moving away from so-called harm reduction strategies in combating overdose deaths from use of hard drugs. Harm reduction aims to decrease the negative consequences of risky behavior ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Local leaders sound alarm on harm reduction cuts

Local health officials fear an executive order dictating that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) can no longer fund harm reduction programs will accelerate the ...
STAT

There’s a real risk that harm reduction could be a fad

Harm reduction is having its moment in America. The doors of drug-related harm reduction have swung wide open after years of federal funding bans. Extensive opioid settlement payouts combined with an ...
9NEWS

Harm reduction advocates send message about overdose crisis

DENVER — At the end of overdose awareness week and in the middle of an intensifying crisis, there was a quiet protest in the heart of downtown Denver. It was quiet on purpose because the demonstrators ...
Medicine Buffalo

With harm reduction, Biden administration moving toward historic shift in nation’s illegal drug policies, UB expert says

BUFFALO, NY – The Biden administration is tackling the opioid crisis through harm reduction, a new approach to the nation’s drug policies that University at Buffalo drug policy historian David ...
Psychology Today

Harm Reduction

Harm reduction is an approach to treating those with alcohol and other substance-use problems that does not require patients to commit to complete abstinence before treatment begins. Instead, an array ...