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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Baltimore City government is expanding its drug harm reduction efforts, featuring a free vending machine stocked with drug paraphernalia. Harm reduction is a policy approach ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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