Naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversing medication commonly known by its brand name Narcan, was central to the response of ...

Alsane Mezon, a harm reduction specialist, says OnPoint Harlem average about 4-6 potential overdoses a week, which she manages with medications, such as Narcan, as needed. Hilary Swift for TODAY ...

These spaces give people a place to feel valued and safe," she said. It's another form of harm reduction and for Wheelock, safe injection sites and safe needle-disposal sites are another positive ...

For those already suffering from substance use disorder, we should adopt some harm reduction measures but we must draw the line at institutionalizing drug use through consumption sites.

Last Tuesday, New York City opened the first two officially sanctioned supervised consumption sites in the country. The sites in East Harlem and Washington Heights were already operating as needle … ...

The Community Health Care Van is aiming to place “ harm reduction vending machines” in Fair Haven, Downtown, and another part of New Haven still to be determined, Altice said. The harm reduction ...

That’s where the harm reduction comes in place.” The Netherlands averages around 300 overdose deaths per year . There were more than 80,000 in the U.S. last year — a decrease of nearly 27% ...

As executive director of the Harm Reduction Action Center, Lisa Raville knows a lot about the community of injection drug users in Denver. The harm-reduction method calls for promoting a syringe ...

Biden administration to place ‘harm reduction kiosks ... a $30 million Health and Human Services grant program that reimburses local governments and entities that provide safe "smoking kits ...

Harm reduction advocate Marissa Bonnie displays a syringe used to administer Naloxone, a highly effective overdose reversal drug, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 18, 2024.