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Port: Harm reduction policies work for addicts and their communities

MINOT — To understand why harm reduction works, as a public policy, we must first consider what doesn’t work. Prohibition doesn’t work. We tried it with alcohol, and it was one of the most spectacular ...
Medical Xpress

Do harm reduction interventions for substance use lower or raise trust in government?

"Harm reduction" interventions for substance use—measures like needle exchange programs and methadone distribution that aim to reduce the adverse effects of substance use, rather than punish or ...
The Chicago Maroon

Leaders in Harm Reduction Discuss Chicago Public Health Policy

The UChicago Harm Reduction Project and the Pozen Center hosted speakers addressing the war on drugs and the overdose crisis at an event last month. The UChicago Harm Reduction Project (UCHP) and the ...
Health Affairs

Reform Reversed: How Drug Policy Has Changed In Three States

In the past several years, the United States has found itself at an inflection point in its approach to drug policy, oscillating between reform and retrenchment. Amidst the ongoing overdose crisis, ...
Mission Local

‘Harm reduction is not causing people to use drugs,’ UCSF docs affirm

The Lurie administration is limiting the distribution of harm-reduction supplies, and otherwise appears to be pivoting from harm reduction as a key strategy for mitigating the dangers of drug ...
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 ...
City Journal

San Francisco’s Promising Drug Policy Shift

For more than two decades, “harm reduction” was official policy in San Francisco. As a formerly homeless heroin and fentanyl addict in recovery, I saw firsthand how this policy, which tried to make ...
Marijuana Moment

Scientists And Advocates Slam Anti-Marijuana Group For Blocking Their Participation In D.C. Drug Policy Conference

The prohibitionist group Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) is facing criticism over its decision to deny multiple drug policy reform experts entry to a summit it is hosting in Washington, D.C. this ...
Medical Xpress

What correctional officers think about harm-reduction services for incarcerated people with drug addictions

Opioids, including the best known—morphine, heroin and fentanyl—have been gaining popularity over the last few decades. Although officially banned, these painkillers still find their way into prisons ...
San Francisco Examiner

Supervisor’s push to refocus SF drug policy runs into opposition

Editor’s note: This is the second part in a two-part series examining how San Francisco’s reevaluation of drug policy could reshape programs meant to help people who are addicted to narcotics. In this ...
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What research says about Baltimore's drug harm reduction strategy

The Baltimore City government’s expansion of drug harm reduction efforts may have a limited impact on overdose death rates, according to some recent studies. Baltimore City won nearly $700 million in ...
Marijuana Moment

Cannabis-Infused Drinks Offer Consumers A ‘Harm Reduction’ Alternative To Alcohol, Study Shows

A new study suggests that cannabis-infused beverages may help reduce the harms of alcohol drinking by providing an alternative for consumers. Public health researchers have long searched for realistic ...