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Harm Reduction: Army Lethal Means Safety Toolkit

Firearms are the most common and lethal method for suicide among Soldiers and their dependents. Lethal means safety (LMS) is an evidence-based suicide prevention practice that involves securely ...
WWNO

Q&A: How harm reduction can help mitigate the opioid crisis

Harm reduction is an approach to drug use and addiction that emphasizes reducing the negative consequences associated with drug use. The concept often faces challenges or resistance, especially in ...
STAT

Amid backlash to harm reduction, addiction experts warn against reprising ‘war on drugs’

SAN FRANCISCO — Amid what feels like an ever-worsening drug crisis here, locals and politicians alike are fed up. Overdose death rates remain near all-time highs. The Tenderloin, a historic downtown ...
STAT

There’s a real risk that harm reduction could be a fad

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 ...
Opinion
The Journal RecordOpinion

To save lives and dollars, Oklahoma must keep harm reduction

Reducing the devastating grip of illegal drug consumption in Oklahoma is a shared, essential goal. As we fight for a healthier future, we must prioritize a more immediate objective: keeping our ...
SunStarOpinion

Advocates warn WHO tobacco treaty risks failing its own mandate

THE Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has cautioned that the World Health Organization's ...
OPB

With Measure 110 gutted, Eastern Oregon harm reduction group remains undeterred

On a recent March day, Crescencia Witherspoon and Brandy Anderson of the Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living offered harm reduction supplies at a Salvation Army center in downtown Pendleton, ...
KQED

As Overdoses Climb, Lurie Orders Scaling Back Harm Reduction Programs

Mayor Daniel Lurie planted a flag in the overdose debate by ordering the San Francisco Public Health Department to scale back some harm reduction programs as part of efforts to address the city’s drug ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Voices: I’ve seen harm reduction save Utahns’ lives. But our programs need your support.

“I died this weekend,” a client told me recently. I work at a harm reduction non-profit in Salt Lake City, and I wish I could say this was the only time I’d heard that statement. We serve people who ...
KQED

How San Francisco's Harm Reduction Strategies Are Changing Under Mayor Lurie

Dimitri Clark is everywhere in his South of Market apartment building. Greeting residents in the lobby, checking in on floormates and keeping a door open for others to come by the tiny studio he ...
Daily Camera

Community Editorial Board: Considering harm-reduction vending machines

Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local issues, respond to the following question: Amid a nationwide opioid and ...