In considering the use of a harm reduction model for those with loss of control eating behaviors, this post is a follow-up to last month’s post, "Cravings, Loss of Control, and Dietary Restraint." In ...

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 ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has made California the first state to offer a generic version of the overdose-reversal drug Narcan for public purchase through a state-run storefront, while the state’s health ...

Harm reduction workers who bring lived experience to harm reduction programs may themselves need support for a substance use ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lisa Raville works as the executive director of the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver. (Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline) A few ...

A main goal is to provide syringe exchanges to reduce the harm caused by drug use, but "harm reduction is so much more than just giving people sterile equipment," said executive director Mackenzie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maia Szalavitz is a former drug user who says it took her several years of living with addiction before she was able to get clean.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. - Connecting Point, a mobile navigation program serving communities throughout Douglas County, continues ...

One hot summer evening in 2019, security called us out of our clinic located within the largest men’s shelter in Boston, Massachusetts: “Overdose, out front!” We grabbed the oxygen tank and emergency ...