If people want to use drugs, they’re going to. And if they’re going to use drugs, they should have access to clean supplies to prevent the spread of hepatitis C and HIV, and naloxone to prevent ...

The Biden administration is embracing healthcare efforts designed to reduce the deadly impact of fentanyl addiction — but many state legislatures are resisting the "harm reduction" approach. But first ...

A homeless tent near a freeway in San Diego. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Homelessness and substance use disorder often occur simultaneously — but many people struggling with both are ...

Jose Martinez was jobless, homeless and stuck in what he calls the "chaotic part" of his drug use in 2015, after aging out of New York's foster care system seven years prior. Then staff at an overdose ...

Harm reduction is an approach to treating those with alcohol and other substance-use problems that does not require patients to commit to complete abstinence before treatment begins. Instead, an array ...

As a cannabis epidemiologist with fifteen years of experience studying cannabis – and as a medical cannabis patient myself – I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how science assesses and labels ...

But first, we turn to the fentanyl epidemic. Yesterday Pennsylvania state Senate passed a bill that would ban supervised drug injection clinics. These are programs that aim to reduce overdose rates.