When the Narcan didn’t work I ran to the shelter to ask for help.” We put an oxygen mask on the patient and used a bag-valve-mask device to breathe for him. His color returned, and very shortly after ...

“Harm reduction” interventions for substance use – measures like needle exchange programs and methadone distribution that aim to reduce the adverse effects of substance use, rather than punish or ...

Militarization is making it harder for healthcare workers to reach people who use drugs. An older man receives a heroin ...

Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. Sign up The Lurie administration is limiting the ...

Patients with cardiovascular disease were more likely to die of an overdose involving only stimulants, the health ...

In July, the Trump administration introduced an executive order (EO) championing treatment for drug addiction while trashing ...

Queer Kentucky, an LGBTQ+ journalism nonprofit, recently placed 12 self-serve harm reduction lockers across the state with the goal of keeping Kentuckians safer. Though unassuming at first glance, ...

Vincent, an advocate for needle exchanges, accessible drug testing, overdose reversal methods and more, led a movement.

A man suffering from long-term drug use who could only walk with extreme difficulty. Photo by Griffin Jones on July 8, 2023. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of ...

Alarm is growing among harm reduction proponents that the Trump administration’s health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is shifting the nation’s strategy to tackle the drug crisis ...

When you're scrolling through TikTok or swiping through Instagram, you might see something unusual: Videos showing how to use naloxone, an opioid overdose treatment, posts about testing drugs and ...

A top Wu administration official indicated the city may be moving away from its harm reduction strategy as residents and ...