The financing model for substance use treatment services ... for treatment is often considered an intrinsic component of addiction. However, current treatment programs, outside of harm reduction ...

Harm reduction for opioid addiction had been gaining ground. The next year will show if the pendulum is swinging back toward a police-first drug policy.

And it is paving the way for widespread acceptance of a new and effective approach to treatment— harm reduction. Addiction is one of America’s most urgent humanitarian crises.

Addiction has traditionally been framed through abstinence-based models, which demand the complete cessation of problematic behaviors or substance use.

Homes’ abstinence-based approach clashes with emerging ‘harm-reduction’ model that sees medications as essential to recovery.

Harm reduction isn't just a strategy; it's an act of compassion that rewrites the script of addiction treatment, offering a pathway to healing through connection.

California follows what's known as a "harm reduction model" when dealing with drug addiction on the streets, handing out clean needles and syringes to users in exchange for their dirty ones, as ...

A few days per week, Richard volunteers at the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver. He passes out snacks, helps people with the coffee station and gives hygiene products that the clients, many ...

In early April, the Democratic mayor of San Francisco launched a major policy shift on drug use — all distributed drug-use equipment must now come with a therapy plan to fight addiction, writes ...

Sweden offers a unique model in handling nicotine products and their impact on public health, drawing on a long history with ...

Lurie pledged that, under Tsai, recovery from addiction would become central to the city’s behavioral health strategy. Now that San Francisco has backed away from its full commitment to harm reduction ...