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 ...

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As the overdose crisis has climbed to a tragic 100,000 deaths per year, momentum is growing for the public health solution to the overdose crisis: harm reduction. Our current system fuels the crisis ...

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 ...

Addiction psychotherapy—treating problematic substance use and addictions in individual therapy—is quite effective and can be deeply rewarding. In my experience, people enjoy the individualized nature ...

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 ...

Harm reduction has long been considered a nonjudgmental, evidence-based approach to drug use that reduces overdose deaths and infectious disease—adverse consequences exacerbated by the war on drugs.

And this is what harm reduction is all about — minimizing harm, reducing the negative impact addiction has over someone’s life, and keeping people alive long enough for them to get help. Mary had ...

Every year the President’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), informally referred to as the “Drug Czar’s office,” releases a national drug control strategy announcing priorities for the ...

A new study published in the Harm Reduction Journal identifies critical factors and strategies for expanding low-barrier wound care services for people who use drugs (PWUD). The research comes at a ...

Evidence has shown that strategies promoting abstinence, or encouraging a zero-tolerance approach to substance abuse, have little impact on curbing risky behaviors. Harm reduction is an approach that ...