There’s a renewed push to legalize overdose prevention centers on Beacon Hill, with advocates touting supervised drug use as harm prevention. That depends on how one defines harm. At these centers, ...

Unintentional injuries are a leading cause of suffering and mortality in young children, and doctors agree that many of these injury-related deaths are preventable. To address this, the American ...

Self-harm involves intentionally hurting one’s own body. A person can try various alternatives to self-harm, such as spending time with friends or pets, listening to music, or learning harm ...

Drug harm reduction products on display at the Linda Vista Library. (Image courtesy of Raul Campillo’s office) San Diego City Councilman Raul Campillo, on Friday, joined the Harm Reduction Coalition ...

More than 50 years after the United States government declared a global war on drugs, the crisis of illicit drug use and addiction is more prevalent than ever, on this, International Overdose ...

When it comes to running injuries, there’s a lot of advice floating around, some of it helpful, some of it… not so much. The tricky part? It’s easy to get caught up in outdated or just plain wrong ...

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Overdose deaths in the U.S. have seen a significant decline, attributed at least in part to harm reduction strategies. The Trump administration proposes cuts to harm reduction funding, raising ...

Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—joined a group of Senators in ...

Contradictory policies that gut harm reduction programs while supporting naloxone access are confusing experts ...

There is a critical need for improved athlete care as rising injury rates demand greater investment in prevention and support. As the Summer Olympic games came to an end, the opportunity to promote ...