Quitting alcohol or drugs was not a top priority for people experiencing homelessness in a harm reduction treatment study, yet participants still reduced their use of both. A different approach than ...

The US surgeon general released a new report that says moderate drinking could cause cancer. Richard Piper, an alcohol harm-reduction expert, used to drink heavily. His "dry by default" rule helped ...

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As in most of the modern world, Kenyans are not immune to partaking in pleasures that are ultimately harmful to our health. The temptations of the pleasures - whether it's alcohol, smoking or junk ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sarah Sinclair is an award-winning journalist covering cannabis. The cannabis beverage market has seen significant growth in the U ...

“Leaving people untreated is murder.” That’s how celebrity doctor and addiction expert Drew Pinksy talks about homelessness in California. If you turn in any direction on a Bay Area street, you’ll see ...

A man suffering from long-term drug use who could only walk with extreme difficulty. Photo by Griffin Jones on July 8, 2023. Half a dozen public health and addiction experts interviewed by Mission ...

This story originally published online at UNC Media Hub. After Bella Grumet, a UNC-Chapel Hill senior majoring in neuroscience, lost a close friend to an overdose last year, she was motivated to ...

Harm reduction is exactly what it sounds like: reducing the harm associated with using drugs through a variety of public health interventions. But the concept relies on more than these tools and ...