Tag: harm reduction
SAMHSA-Backed Toolkit Introduces Harm Reduction to Families, Caregivers
The National Family Support Technical Assistance Center (NFSTAC) has curated a “Family & Caregiver ...
VT Overdose Prevention Centers to Allow Smoking Areas, Mobile Units
Vermont has unveiled operating guidelines for overdose prevention centers (OPC), which will include smoking ...
World Hepatitis Day: How Scotland Worked With People Who Inject Drugs
I’ve experienced a lot of harms related to substance use, but the one that ...
VT Legalizes Safe Consumption Sites, Reversing Course on Veto Override
[Update, June 17: This story has been edited to reflect the final outcome ...
Pueblo Judge Blocks Syringe Program Ban, and Services Resume for Now
The City of Pueblo, Colorado, has been forced to suspend an ordinance criminalizing syringe ...
White House Meth Plan Still Includes Harm Reduction, Just Not for Meth
Once the federal government designated methamphetamine an “emerging drug threat” in March 2022, the ...
New National Drug Control Strategy: Almost More Harm Reduction Access
In 2022, the White House released a National Drug Control Strategy that it widely ...
VT Gov. Vetoes Safe Consumption Site Bill. It May Become Law Without Him.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott (R) has vetoed legislation that would authorize a safe consumption ...
Vermont Advances Safe Consumption Site Bill, But Cuts Second Location
Lawmakers in Vermont have formally adopted changes to narrow the scope of a House-passed safe ...
NE Syringe Program Bill Abandoned, by Senators Who’d Just Voted for It
Syringe service programs (SSP) will not become legal in Nebraska in 2024, after lawmakers ...
