After rising exponentially since 1979, overdose rates have finally begun to decline, falling more than 29 percent since 2022.

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 ...

As temperatures hover in the single digits and snow continues to blanket large swaths of the state, lawmakers are considering a “squatter” bill that some advocates say will only add to the state’s ...

Smoking still kills nearly half a million Americans each year. And while overdose deaths have come down from their peak, they ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Wednesday he is modifying the city's policy of handing out clean drug use supplies in an effort to combat the fentanyl crisis. "Fentanyl has changed the game ...

The Trump administration is no longer allowing federal funds to be used for purchasing or distributing test strips that can ...

Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk ...

One hot summer evening in 2019, security called us out of our clinic located within the largest men’s shelter in Boston, Massachusetts: “Overdose, out front!” We grabbed the oxygen tank and emergency ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a groundbreaking rule to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products to a minimal level. For communications ...

The opportunity to see a doctor, to get a job, to get information and non-judgemental support. The opportunity to stay alive. Today, Martinez is the capacity building and Hepatitis C coordinator for ...

Florida is finally seeing meaningful progress in the fight against opioid overdose deaths. That progress should guide what we ...