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 ...
Trump administration details a new addiction initiative led by HHS secretary Kennedy emphasizing faith-based groups, tough ...
The stuff on the street is getting more dangerous, which is partly why Phoenix saw nearly 6,000 opioid overdoses in 2025.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will invest $100 million to improve homelessness, opioid addiction and ...
MINOT — To understand why harm reduction works, as a public policy, we must first consider what doesn’t work. Prohibition doesn’t work. We tried it with alcohol, and it was one of the most spectacular ...
And this is what harm reduction is all about — minimizing harm, reducing the negative impact addiction has over someone’s life, and keeping people alive long enough for them to get help. Mary had ...
Substance use disorders result when the body becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol. Though addiction itself is a chemical ...
Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute In Support of House Bill 283: “Child abuse or neglect; prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed.” February 5, 2026 ...
Opioids, including the best known—morphine, heroin and fentanyl—have been gaining popularity over the last few decades. Although officially banned, these painkillers still find their way into prisons ...
September is Recovery Month, a time to celebrate people who’ve overcome their addictions and honor those we’ve lost to overdose. Overdose is a leading cause of death for people forced to live outside, ...
A harm reduction advocate is disappointed in the provincial government's decision to end the drug decriminalization project, ...
I'll never forget meeting Mary outside of a talk I was giving in Ohio, a state that is at the eye of the storm when it comes to the opiate overdose epidemic. She came up to me afterward and asked me ...