Queer Kentucky has installed 12 harm reduction lockers across the state containing supplies like naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and condoms. The lockers aim to address high overdose rates and ...

October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, an opportunity to recognize the impact of substance use in the U.S. and honor the people on the frontlines of the epidemic. This includes local ...

Seattle and San Francisco scale back harm reduction policies distributing drug supplies, signaling a shift in how West Coast ...

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 ...

Alarm is growing among harm reduction proponents that the Trump administration’s health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is shifting the nation’s strategy to tackle the drug crisis ...

The Lurie administration is limiting the distribution of harm-reduction supplies, and otherwise appears to be pivoting from harm reduction as a key strategy for mitigating the dangers of drug ...

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 ...

In some places, the order is galvanizing support for syringe exchange programs, which decades of research show are extremely ...

Samson Tafolo, left, and Crushow Herring, in knit hat, distribute harm reduction supplies from the Sidewalk Project on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles on March 26, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles ...

NOW IT NEEDS HELP TO KEEP THE MISSION GOING. BUT FIRST, THE FUTURE OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE HANG IN THE BALANCE AFTER FUNDING CUTS. THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ...

Public health and addiction experts fear millions could lose access to treatment and prevention services if the administration’s proposed cuts are enacted. By Jan Hoffman President Trump has long ...