The caucus pushes for policy that emphasizes harm reduction, such as vapor, nicotine pouches or heat-not-burn products.

Harm reduction is an innovative and adaptive strategy in public health that provides a pragmatic framework for minimizing the negative health impacts of tobacco consumption. It recognizes that while ...

MINOT — To understand why harm reduction works, as a public policy, we must first consider what doesn’t work. Prohibition doesn’t work. We tried it with alcohol, and it was one of the most spectacular ...

District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s “recovery first” ordinance advanced to the full 11-member Board of Supervisors today after a 3-0 vote at the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. But ...

The R Street Institute is pleased to announce the expansion and rebrand of one of its core policy initiatives. Moving forward, the Integrated Harm Reduction program will be known as Healthier ...

As temperatures hover in the single digits and snow continues to blanket large swaths of the state, lawmakers are considering a “squatter” bill that some advocates say will only add to the state’s ...

The Trump administration is escalating its push against what has become a key part of the way states, localities and communities respond to the overdose epidemic: harm reduction. A public health ...

Smokefree products are picking up speed in the tobacco business. The race is on for success in harm reduction: encouraging smokers to switch completely to reduced risk alternatives. Evidence of this ...

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 ...

More than 28 million American adults still smoke cigarettes, including 900,000 Tennesseans. This habit not only harms the health of adults who smoke but also places a significant burden on our state’s ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Wednesday he is modifying the city's policy of handing out clean drug use supplies in an effort to combat the fentanyl crisis. "Fentanyl has changed the game ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EMS ambulance crew working to revive person from drug overdose The Trump administration is wrong about a lot of things when it ...