The former county contractor at the center of a misappropriation scandal stopped paying subcontractors and staff months before its former chief operating officer was hit with criminal charges.
You can’t get better if you’re not alive. This simple sentence can change a lot. It can change how people view the world and how they provide care to ...
A county review of the nonprofit caught up in criminal misappropriation scandal uncovered a slew of issues, including issues with county oversight.
Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis. This story was copublished and supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic ...
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 ...
Giving addicts syringes to shoot up was never a popular idea. It still isn’t. Despite medical authorities’ confident assertions that such programs dramatically cut down on disease transmission, ...
WEST VIRGINIA (WVU) — On a warm summer day in late May, about 100 people are waiting for their turn to go inside the Neighborhood S.H.O.P., located in the annex of Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church ...
In the landscape of addiction treatment, we often find ourselves searching for approaches that honor the fundamental human need for connection. Harm reduction, frequently misunderstood, offers more ...
The caucus pushes for policy that emphasizes harm reduction, such as vapor, nicotine pouches or heat-not-burn products.
“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 ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — In some major cities across the United States, recent reporting from The New York Times finds that there's now a turn away from once-favored harm reduction efforts meant to blunt the ...