The Open Society Foundations (OSF), a grant-making network based in New York City, is a longtime proponent of harm reduction.
Two studies have found that harm reduction vending machines installed across New York State are well utilized and provide ...
The opportunity to see a doctor, to get a job, to get information and non-judgemental support. The opportunity to stay alive. Today, Martinez is the capacity building and Hepatitis C coordinator for ...
Across the Bay Area, coroners are reporting about half as many overdose deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl than during ...
“We hope this is information that you’ll never need to use, but now you have it if you ever do.” This is the closing message of a very informative training video now available to all students, faculty ...
District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s “recovery first” ordinance advanced to the full 11-member Board of Supervisors today after a 3-0 vote at the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. But ...
Overdose deaths in the U.S. have seen a significant decline, attributed at least in part to harm reduction strategies. The Trump administration proposes cuts to harm reduction funding, raising ...
Susan Ousterman remembers her son Tyler as quiet, curious and “with a smile that lit up the room.” He loved nature, skateboarding and was a talented percussionist. He also struggled with an opioid ...
The Trump administration is escalating its push against what has become a key part of the way states, localities and communities respond to the overdose epidemic: harm reduction. A public health ...
Los Angeles County administrators say the new Skid Row Care Campus in downtown L.A. is the nation's first community-designed homeless services campus. The 36,000-square-foot site, which opened in May, ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Last year, 90 people in Sangamon County died from overdoses. Tiara Standage, Executive Director of Intricate Minds, is using her organization to try to reduce that number ...