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 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 ...

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 ...

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Neurodiversity and neurodivergence are terms people tend to use interchangeably even though they have different implications. Neurodiversity is an inclusive term meaning that, just as there are many ...

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 ...

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 ...

The nation’s opioid epidemic, which was initially assumed to have peaked in 2017, was briefly eclipsed by all the attention around the COVID-19 pandemic. But the country slowly emerges from the ...