The City of Richmond is expanding access to life-saving resources for people struggling with addiction through its harm reduction vending machine program.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she will build on the harm reduction programs established by her predecessor, strategies that ...

There are many different ways to quantify the opioid crisis. The obvious is the dramatic rise in deaths from overdoses. Let’s not overlook the number of overdoses themselves – often as recorded by ...

Like many who have endured childhood trauma, Shannon Hicks turned to drugs at an early age. Pregnant by 16 and a mother of two by 19, she was married and living in her first home — believing she was ...

Research suggests the drugs have potential for prevention and harm reduction in substance use disorders, writes Ziyad Al-Aly People taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists often ...

September is Recovery Month, a time to celebrate people who’ve overcome their addictions and honor those we’ve lost to overdose. Overdose is a leading cause of death for people forced to live outside, ...

Suboxone is now the standard of care in the U.S. for treating opioid addiction, but its downsides are often overlooked. RFK ...

Al-Aly and his colleagues found that people starting the GLP-1 drugs had lower risks of developing addiction to multiple ...

The Abbotsford Community Hub Centre will close on March 31.

Two new healing centers count on location, cultural practice and family connections to break the destructive effects of substance abuse.

For years, they pretended as though diversion wasn't a problem. Now, some are claiming they had been warning about it all along ...

City politicians declined to table an east-end councillor’s motion to restrict the distribution of harm reduction kits in London’s core after being told they have no authority over the program.