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 ...

Opioid addiction is taking a devastating toll across the nation and in our region. Traditional efforts stressing rehabilitation and lifetime abstinence frequently fail, leaving caregivers looking for ...

Driving cars. Having sex. And in the times of COVID-19, shaking hands. All these activities bear risk, yet they are fundamental to our everyday experiences. Few swear them off entirely and instead use ...

Across the Bay Area, coroners are reporting about half as many overdose deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl than during ...

Global funding for harm reduction programs is in “crisis,” according to the latest Global State of Harm Reduction report, potentially threatening the effectiveness of HIV, hepatitis and drug overdose ...

Harm reduction was adopted by public institutions to help stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s. But it originated in self-advocacy by drug users, sex workers, and trans activists. Harm reduction, ...

Harm reduction is exactly what it sounds like: reducing the harm associated with using drugs through a variety of public health interventions. But the concept relies on more than these tools and ...

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 ...