The mobile outreach program provides Suboxone prescriptions, syringe exchange, health screenings, disease management and other free services for individuals who are homeless and struggling with addiction.
Tag: harm reduction
Women Push For Gender-Targeted Harm Reduction, Drug Treatment Programs
A handful of harm reduction organizations are beginning to take steps to design programs with women’s unique needs in mind.
Addiction Treatment in Hispanic Communities: How We Can Do Better
Numerous cultural norms and expectations reinforce the collective silence on substance use. Among many Latinx people who are first generation immigrants, there is a desire or expectation to be a “model minority.”
HIV Prevention Pill Offered to Opioid Users in Philadelphia
A recent op-ed makes the case that Philly doctors should evaluate all medication-assisted treatment patients for PrEP.
Overdose-Resistant Bathrooms Are Coming To Boston
The new system can alert employees to possible overdose cases and allow them to take action before it’s too late.
Harm Reduction vs. Gentrification in Asheville, North Carolina
“Harm reduction is on the front lines [of drug overdose] but we have to argue for our existence and the lives of the people we serve. That is unconscionable.”
Opioid Vending Machines Proposed By Health Expert
The safe supply program has already secured a $1.4 million federal grant.
Marijuana as Harm Reduction: Chip Z'Nuff on the Medical Promise of Cannabis
The movement was a pro-pot culture crusade—a coming out for stoners in the entertainment industry that had everything to do with harm reduction principles.
Legal Battle Over Safe Injection Site Could Be Game Changer For US
Safehouse is engaged in a historic legal battle with the government over their attempt at opening the country’s first safe injection site.
Could The Nation's First Supervised Injection Sites Be Coming To Maine?
Maine’s bill would allow two facilities in the state and create a half-mile “tolerance zone” around each location, where individuals cannot be arrested for using drugs.