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 ...

Corey McIsaac tells how the opioid quick response team that was launched by the Detroit Fire Department influenced 88 percent of people with whom they met who are experiencing substance use disorder ...

The closure of safe consumption sites in Ontario flies in the face of scientific evidence and my experiences as a physician ...

Primary health care has particularly struggled to address the needs of PWUD. Primary care’s promise of increased provider continuity, improved treatment adherence, and disease prevention increases its ...

World AIDS Day established in 1988 and observed annually on Dec, 1, a day to commemorate the 42 million people globally who have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic, and ...

Mainline staff prepare syringes of “fake heroin” during a safe-injection training at the Mainline offices in Amsterdam on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Mainline is a harm reduction organization in the ...

Bryce lives on a communal plot of land just outside Marshall, a town of 800 residents in the mountains of western North Carolina. When Hurricane Helene hit, communications were shut down, and roads ...

BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)–With substance use legislation hung up on Beacon Hill, state health officials are working on a separate track to bolster harm reduction services across Massachusetts and ...

Across much of Europe, policymakers are once again approaching tobacco control through the lens of restriction rather than harm reduction. A leaked draft of the European Union’s proposed mandate for ...

Since the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, there has been a swelling of efforts by healthcare providers to manage what is often referred to as the “continuum of care” ...