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 ...

Rave and festival communities have long embraced a culture of mutual care, where people naturally keep an eye on one another and support those around them. Whether it is at raves, clubs, or even ...

Two studies led by an opioid treatment program run by the University at Buffalo and UBMD Emergency Medicine have found that ...

The Open Society Foundations (OSF), a grant-making network based in New York City, is a longtime proponent of harm reduction.

Former Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel’s recent disparaging comments about the Harm Reduction program in Santa Cruz are just plain wrong. As the former county health officer in charge of the ...

September is National Recovery Month, a time to promote evidence-based treatment and recovery practices for substance use disorders. It is also a time to recognize the vital role of our collective ...

The opportunity to see a doctor, to get a job, to get information and non-judgemental support. The opportunity to stay alive. Today, Martinez is the capacity building and Hepatitis C coordinator for ...

Each year, hundreds of people in Pima County die from accidental overdoses related to fentanyl. Harm reduction efforts aim to prevent those deaths. Overdose deaths are not exclusive to communities ...

A portable device that can instantly detect dangerous street drugs at extremely low concentrations has been developed at the University of Bath in the UK. The device, which is being trialed by ...

DHD 10's HOPE Project, a mobile harm reduction program, will now make weekly stops at Love in the Community, north of ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. In 2023, Iowa received over $2.5 million in federal funding for overdose prevention activities. The ...