I would like to talk to you briefly today about an important concept in public policy and regulation, the idea of “harm reduction.” The idea of harm reduction sounds noncontroversial, or at least it ...

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 ...

Smoking still kills nearly half a million Americans each year. And while overdose deaths have come down from their peak, they ...

Harm reduction is an approach to drug use and addiction that emphasizes reducing the negative consequences associated with drug use. The concept often faces challenges or resistance, especially in ...

Black Hat speaker proposes framework to reduce the negative consequences of risky user actions and encourage them to follow security's advice. Most cybersecurity professionals know that training ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bleachman, a mascot created by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation as a part of a campaign directed at drug users and intended to help slow the transmission of HIV in needle-using communities, 1988.

Real-world evidence is increasingly demonstrating tobacco harm reduction (THR) in action, so why do many public health bodies and regulators remain sceptical? Joe Thompson, Group Science & Regulatory ...

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 ...