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fromAdvocate.com
1 day ago

Trump's war on harm reduction will cost LGBTQ+ lives

Harm reduction is a proven public health intervention that acknowledges that incremental steps toward healthy decision-making can save lives and prevent the spread of disease.
LGBT
fromkffhealthnews.org
1 month ago

In a nation growing hostile toward drugs and homelessness, Los Angeles tries leniency

Skid Row Care Campus offers harm reduction services for the homeless, focusing on safer drug use and treatment access amid rising challenges of street homelessness.
#drug-policy
fromKqed
3 months ago
NYC politics

San Francisco Has A New Drug Policy Goal: Long-Term Remission | KQED

fromKqed
3 months ago
NYC politics

San Francisco Has A New Drug Policy Goal: Long-Term Remission | KQED

NYC startup
fromsilive
2 months ago

Vending machines stocked with free naloxone, drug-test strips slated for Staten Island

Vending machines offering harm-reduction items will be installed in Staten Island to combat drug addiction.
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago

Despite 'massive shift' towards smoking over injection, Ontario has only 1 supervised drug inhalation space | CBC News

Ontario is lagging in supporting the rising number of opioid users who prefer inhalation over injection.
fromMission Local
3 months ago

As S.F. pushes to get addicts to services, DOGE cuts their funding

Cuts to federal funding are severely impacting harm reduction services in San Francisco.
NYC politics
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

'Now is not the time': Trump cuts to L.A. overdose prevention efforts alarm experts

California sees a decline in fentanyl overdose deaths, but funding cuts threaten harm reduction efforts.
San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 months ago

California bill sparks debate over drug-free supportive housing and harm reduction in SF

San Francisco is experiencing a shift from harm reduction approaches to sobriety-based supportive housing amid rising overdose deaths.
Media industry
fromFast Company
3 months ago

How Overdrive's creative director is using branding to get people to test their drugs for fentanyl

Overdrive uses edgy branding and packaging to appeal to younger consumers while promoting harm reduction through drug testing.
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 months ago

Doctor operating safer supply clinics billed OHIP $2.5M last year | CBC News

Dr. Koka's clinics face ongoing scrutiny for high opioid prescriptions amid calls for operational changes from local officials.
from48hills.org
3 months ago

Dorsey measure that undermines harm reduction moves forward

"Abstinence-only drug policy does not create healthy outcomes," emphasized UCSF addiction specialist Dr. Sarah Rosenwohl-Mack, highlighting the failures of this approach in promoting public health.
San Francisco
San Francisco
fromMission Local
3 months ago

Dorsey's 'Recovery First' plan heads to full S.F. board - with key wording changed

Matt Dorsey's 'recovery first' ordinance advances to the Board of Supervisors with amendments reflecting a shift from 'abstinence-first' to 'long-term remission.'
NYC politics
fromGothamist
3 months ago

Drug-related deaths dropped in NYC shelter system, even as population boomed

Drug-related deaths in NYC shelters dropped by 17% in the last year, despite an increase in shelter population.
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