Heartland

Harm Reduction as Public Health Strategy

I would like to talk to you briefly today about an important concept in public policy and regulation, the idea of “harm reduction.” The idea of harm reduction sounds noncontroversial, or at least it ...
Medicine Buffalo

Harm reduction historic shift in illegal drug policies, UB expert says

The Biden administration is tackling the opioid crisis through harm reduction, a new approach to the nation’s drug policies that UB drug policy historian David Herzberg says could save thousands of ...
MinnPost

Harm reduction saves lives. That might not be good enough.

Harm Reduction Sisters provides life-saving equipment for people struggling with substance use disorder. But its future is ...
R Street InstituteOpinion

When Harm Reduction Isn’t Enough

Smoking still kills nearly half a million Americans each year. And while overdose deaths have come down from their peak, they ...
WWNO

Q&A: How harm reduction can help mitigate the opioid crisis

Harm reduction is an approach to drug use and addiction that emphasizes reducing the negative consequences associated with drug use. The concept often faces challenges or resistance, especially in ...
extension.purdue.edu

Harm Reduction Brief

Communities and people in Indiana are adversely affected by substance use disorders. In Indiana, 1 in 12 people meet criteria for a SUD the term used in the medical field for drug and alcohol abuse ...
The Nation

What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like

Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis. This story was copublished and supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic ...
Heartland

Public Grows Weary of ‘Harm Reduction’ – Commentary

Blue cities are moving away from so-called harm reduction strategies in combating overdose deaths from use of hard drugs. Harm reduction aims to decrease the negative consequences of risky behavior ...
CSOonline

How harm reduction can more effectively reduce employee risky behavior

Black Hat speaker proposes framework to reduce the negative consequences of risky user actions and encourage them to follow security's advice. Most cybersecurity professionals know that training ...
The Nation

What We Can Learn From Harm Reduction’s Defeats

Bleachman, a mascot created by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation as a part of a campaign directed at drug users and intended to help slow the transmission of HIV in needle-using communities, 1988.
Psychology Today

Harm Reduction

Harm reduction is an approach to treating those with alcohol and other substance-use problems that does not require patients to commit to complete abstinence before treatment begins. Instead, an array ...