Northern Access will host Harm Reduction Sisters, substance use harm reduction experts from Duluth, during its meeting from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Beltrami County Administration ...
Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis. This story was copublished and supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic ...
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 ...
Harm reduction is having its moment in America. The doors of drug-related harm reduction have swung wide open after years of federal funding bans. Extensive opioid settlement payouts combined with an ...
In 1971 President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs” and 52 years later the battle rages on – deadlier than ever. The crack era came and went in the 1980s, followed by the rural opioid crisis, ...
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, ...
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance use, text Crisis Text Line at 741-741, or go here to learn exactly how to help a friend. Marlie Thompson, 19, remembers when someone on her ...
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 ...