There are many different ways to quantify the opioid crisis. The obvious is the dramatic rise in deaths from overdoses. Let’s not overlook the number of overdoses themselves – often as recorded by ...

Smoking instead of injecting drugs can reduce harm, but a new study shows opioid smokers are four times as likely to suffer severe burns.

Addiction psychotherapy—treating problematic substance use and addictions in individual therapy—is quite effective and can be deeply rewarding. In my experience, people enjoy the individualized nature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Advocates say New Jersey’s focus on harm reduction reflects the state’s growing willingness to listen to people with lived ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Hamilton County is offering a new way to help those struggling with addiction:harm-reduction vending machines. There's one at the fire station at the corner of 9th and Broadway ...

Like many who have endured childhood trauma, Shannon Hicks turned to drugs at an early age. Pregnant by 16 and a mother of two by 19, she was married and living in her first home — believing she was ...

The U.S. drug crisis is as bad as it’s ever been, and there are few signs things are getting better. About 110,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2023, about the same as in previous years. Fentanyl, ...

A Q&A with Emanuel Roberts, who runs a North Minneapolis nonprofit committed to getting drug users safe and into recovery any way possible ...

There has been a lot of attention on the charges filed against the former COO of the Harm Reduction Coalition of San Diego involving alleged misuse of county grant funds that were designated for ...

A new CDC report showed almost everywhere, there were decreases in reported drug overdose deaths from 2024-25 — of more than ...

At a minimum two people die per day from overdoses in the state, a statistic that continues to plague Sen. Saud Anwar, who says the deaths are preventable. This is the second year Anwar, the co-chair ...