The Trump administration is overhauling federal addiction policy and moving away from harm reduction strategies through steps ...

Samhsa said funding cannot be used to purchase or distribute fentanyl test strips or other drug test kits ...

Local health officials fear an executive order dictating that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) can no longer fund harm reduction programs will accelerate the ...

After rising exponentially since 1979, overdose rates have finally begun to decline, falling more than 29 percent since 2022.

A new report shows drug overdose deaths are declining in the United States, but some fear that progress could be in jeopardy as President Donald Trump proposes spending cuts to the federal agency ...

Overdose deaths in the U.S. have seen a significant decline, attributed at least in part to harm reduction strategies. The Trump administration proposes cuts to harm reduction funding, raising ...

In the name of harm reduction, the substance abuse arm of the Health and Human Services Agency (HHS) will begin providing funds to help distribute “safe smoking kits” for the consumption of various ...

A drug recovery group in El Paso, Texas, that received a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Biden administration's "harm reduction" program distributes crack pipes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reinforces earlier data showing an ongoing decline in overdose deaths ...