harm reduction

Philly Mayor Switching Tactics on Open Air Drug Market

AUDIO – IS ACCEPTANCE THE KEY? –   May 7, 2024 - A number of major cities are changing the…

7 months ago

More Addiction Patients Can Take Methadone at Home

STILL NOT ENOUGH –   May 8, 2024 - Despite methadone’s effectiveness, a labyrinth of state and federal rules  keeps…

7 months ago

Amazingly Beautiful Family Is Expanding Access to Free Narcan

VIDEO – ONE FROM THE HEART –   May 9, 2024  -  The Whittington family launched Med Kwik, vending machines…

7 months ago

FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Sales of Narcan

IT’S ABOUT TIME –   May 1, 2024 -In a move that health experts say may reduce the number of…

8 months ago

Forced Addictions Treatment Will Cause More Harm Than Good

IMPORTANT –   May 1, 2024 - Timothy Christie, the regional director of ethics services for the Horizon Health Network,…

8 months ago

Los Angeles County Library Offers Narcan Clinics

BOOKS SAVE LIVES – April 2, 2024 - All 86 county libraries are stocked with Narcan, and staff has been…

8 months ago

Can Methadone Vans Deliver the Goods?

STEP RIGHT UP –   April 1, 2024 - “This kind of initiative is about using harm reduction, bringing services…

8 months ago

Forced Drug Treatment Could Lead to More Fatal Overdoses

NPR AUDIO – NO ONE FORCED THEM TO START – April 6, 2024 - More people suffering from drug addiction…

8 months ago

Former Users and Experts Debate Kratom

WORTH DISCUSSING – March 29, 2024 - After struggling with alcoholism for two years, Aaron thought that trying out kratom…

9 months ago

How “Toddler Milk” Is Marketed to Parents

SELL SELL SELL LIE –   April 2, 2024 - The U.S. government has repeatedly fought against advertising restrictions on…

9 months ago

Switzerland Had an Overdose Crisis Until it Made Methadone Easy To Get

AMERICAN BAD DREAM –   March 26, 2024 - ZURICH — The lobby of this addiction clinic is unremarkable, except…

9 months ago

Hawaiian Hotels/Restaurants Could Be Required to Stock Narcan

AUDIO – THE HOMELESS SHELTERS TOO? – March 21, 2024 - “We really want to get health and harm reduction…

9 months ago

Decriminalizing Drugs Could Help More People Seek Treatment

VIDEO – IT’S THE ONLY SOLUTION –   March 11, 2024 - “If you reduce stigma and fear of criminalization,…

9 months ago

Can Only Caucasians Get Opioid Addiction Drug?

Do-Re-Mi –   Feb. 28, 2024 - Americans addicted to opioids who need the anti-addiction med buprenorphine are far more…

10 months ago

NY to Distribute $95M to Expand Safe-Syringe Sites

LIKE SEAT BELTS FOR USERS –   Feb. 15, 2024 - “While we are flattening the curve for some, we…

10 months ago

Biden’s Drug Czar Shares Vision for Tackling Overdose Crisis

BETTER START SOON! –   Feb. 115, 2024 - Gupta: When we look at these types of epidemics across the…

10 months ago

Substance-Abuse Stigma Impedes Treatment

STOP DISCRIMINATING –   Dec. 15, 2023 - Overall, stigma research has focused primarily on mental health problems, the authors…

1 year ago

Access to MAT Isn’t ‘Silver Bullet’

AUDIO – IT’S A START? – Dec. 6, 2023 - MAT is only effective when combined with psychosocial modalities but…

1 year ago

Vending Machines For Reducing Deaths

VIDEO – ALL LIVES MATTER –   Nov. 21, 2023 - The agency announced a new, free Narcan vending machine…

1 year ago

Ingestible “smart pill” May Detect Overdosing

THEN WHAT? – Nov. 17, 2023 - n this study, 10 participants undergoing sleep studies at the WVU Medicine Sleep…

1 year ago

The Risk Harm Reduction May Be Fad

PASSING FANCY? –   Nov. 6, 2023 - The growing enthusiasm for harm reduction, both as a philosophy and in…

1 year ago

Poll finds 60% of Americans Don’t Plan on Buying Narcan

DUMBEST POLL EVER – Sept. 29, 2023 - Young adults (25% of 18- to 29-year-olds) were most likely to consider…

1 year ago

Naloxone Vending Machine Installed

HAVE A QUARTER? SAVE A LIFE –   Sept. 10, 2023 - Approximately 300 naloxone nasal sprays, designed to reverse…

1 year ago

Narcan Now Available Over-The-Counter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIFE SAVERS –   Sept. 1, 2023 - The announcement is believed by advocates to be a milestone that will…

1 year ago

‘Gamechanger’ in Opioid Crisis: Narcan Available for Purchase in Drug Stores

VIDEO – ADDICTS STOCK UP –   Sept. 8, 2023  - For the first time ever, you can buy Narcan…

1 year ago

Santa Clara County Pays Meth Addicts to Get Clean

CASH TALKS NOBODY WALKS –   Aug. 4, 2023 - As reported in Mountain View Voice, Santa Clara County has…

1 year ago

Long Lines at Lollapalooza for Naloxone

VIDEO – BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY –   Aug. 4, 2023 - CHICAGO - Some of the long lines at…

1 year ago

NY Launches Campaign to Send Free Naloxone To Addicts

WHERE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY BELONGS –   Aug. 4, 2023 - This partnership is funded through New York State’s…

1 year ago

Harm Reduction and Faith Communities

PROGRESS FOR LIVING –   Aug. 1, 2023 - Though UCC is known for being one of the more socially…

1 year ago

Doctors Hesitate to Prescribe Suboxone

WTF? –   July 21, 2023 - The research, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, underscores two major challenges: allowing…

1 year ago