harm reduction

Overdose Prevention Scheme Gives Users Shopping Vouchers

VIDEO – BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY –  Oct. 5, 2022 - One of the voucher recipients is Kevin Whittaker, 44.…

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Hospitals have specialists on call for lots of disorders – but not addiction

DUH, GOOD IDEA, YA THINK? –  Sept. 30, 2022 - At many hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country, Marie…

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Big Drop Seen in Treatment Admissions During Pandemic

THERE’S ALWAYS AA and HARM REDUCTION –    Sept. 26, 2022 - For the study, his team looked at admissions…

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Treatment Center’s Push to Save Lives With Methadone

BUT HARD TO GET? –    Sept. 20, 2022 - “I was so close to death, on my death bed…

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Controversial Harm Reduction Strategies Slow Drug Deaths

AUDIO – GIVE AND LET LIVE –  Sept. 15, 2022 - Yeah. Addiction care has gotten better in the U.S.…

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Why Governor Newsom Must Pass SB999 by Joan Borsten

AND HOW YOU CAN HELP –  Aug. 25, 2022 - Back in the day, when my husband Oleg Vidov and…

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Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes Drug-Injection Sites in California

NO CLEAN NEEDLES FOR YOU –    Aug. 22, 2022 - Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation on Monday that would…

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Harm Reduction Gets Naloxone of Its Own

OFF BRAND OFF HEROIN –  Aug. 1, 2022 - The naloxone itself is the same as what Hikma already manufactures,…

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Officials Push for Gov. Newsom to Approve Safe Consumption Sites

VIDEO – TIME FOR DEATH REDUCTION –    Aug. 10, 2022 - People would be able to bring drugs into…

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Dee Taylor-John Celebrating 5 Years Advocates for Education, Healing

VIDEO – WOUNDED HEALER AT WORK –    July 29, 2022 - Harm reduction plays a major role in supporting…

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Maine Students Want To End Stigma With New Series

VIDEO – NEVER STOP TRYING –  June 8, 2022 - “I think everybody should learn from this because substance use…

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British Columbia To Decriminalize Drug Possession

THE SANEST PLACE ON EARTH –   June 1, 2022 - “The shocking number of lives lost to the overdose…

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Normalizing Drug Addiction Leads to More Overdoses?

HARM REDUCTION WORKS –  June 3, 2022 - Whether it’s the safe-injection sites in Harlem and Brooklyn or the decriminalization…

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Israel Cason, Founder Of Treatment Program, Dies

AUDIO – OF SUPREME SERVICE –  March 13, 2022 - He also joined the Fruit of Islam in the Nation…

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Will There Ever Be ‘Cure’ for Addiction?

IN OUR DREAMS? –  March 7, 2022 - Drug addiction involves changes in the brain, and those changes are in…

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‘Devastating’: London Addiction Recovery Centre to Shut

NO SALVATION? –   Feb. 25, 2022 - That means many London-area residents seeking help with long-term addiction must go…

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What Is Harm Reduction?

DEATH PREVENTION –  Feb. 25, 2022 - Other harm reduction objectives include decreasing the stigma associated with addiction, increasing education…

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White House Plan Would Spend $41 Billion On Drug Policy

THAT’S A LOT OF DOPE –   March 2, 2022 - Biden’s 2022 proposed budget provides a total of $17.5…

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‘Crack pipes’ Are Not the Problem — Stigmatizing Harm Reduction Is

NO MORE SHAME –  Feb. 17, 2022 - I know that safer use supplies keep people safe, that’s why I…

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Amid Surge in Deaths, a Safe Place to Get High

HARM REDUCTION SAVES LIVES –  Feb. 23, 2022 - Kristina Peterson anxiously tapped the heels of her boots on the…

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Navigating Grief As A Result of Substance Abuse

HEART ACHE FOREVER –   Feb. 24, 2022 - But on December 19th Jenna received a phone call  that her…

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CDC To Soften Opioid Prescription Guidelines

VIDEO – GOING BACKWARDS? –   Feb. 12, 2022 - Opioids can be an important tool in treating severe pain…

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Can ‘Safe’ Injection Sites Make Difference?

IS ICE CREAM COLD? –  Feb. 17, 2022 - This month, drug-policy experts also flagged the Department of Justice’s decision…

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Fake ‘crack pipe’ Story Hurts Battle Against Addiction

A CRACK IN THE STORY –  Feb. 15, 2022 - It started with a story in the Washington Free Beacon…

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Biden Administration Is Not Giving Out Crack Pipes

AUDIO – IT’S SO 1980s –  Feb. 9, 2022 - “These comments are misleading and misinformed,” an HHS spokesperson told…

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New York Plans to Install ‘Vending Machines’ With Anti-Overdose Drugs

HARM REDUCTION –   Jan. 8, 2022 - This is really about expanding access to health and wellness services,” he…

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Decreasing Opioid Deaths, Not With Abstinence, But Harm Reduction

THE EASIER, SANER WAY? –   Dec. 10, 2021 - “It doesn’t address the underlying condition. It’s not preventing ongoing…

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Drug Czar: It’s Time to Treat Addiction Like Chronic Disease

AND NOT A CRIME –   Dec. 8, 2021 - And that support means approaching addiction and substance use not…

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SAMHSA Announces Unprecedented $30 Million Harm Reduction Grants

MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING? –   Dec. 8, 2021- SAMHSA will distribute $10 million per year over the next three years.…

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Nan Goldin Is No Longer Focused on the Sackler Family

MORE HARM REDUCTION –   Oct. 19, 2021 - PAIN now calls attention to syringe service programs under siege, and…

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