Latest News for: harm reduction
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Longtime Bangor service provider closing after months of turbulence
Bangor Daily News 29 Mar 2025
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‘Day in and day out’: Good NAtured’s houseless forum discusses strategies over solutions
Argus Leader 29 Mar 2025
... the root causes of homelessness and what preventative steps can be taken to reduce what CopperStad referred to as harm reduction, in the same sense that things like seatbelts and sunscreen are taught.
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The Philadelphia Tribune
28 Mar 2025
New Jersey drug overdose deaths fall, state leaders credit expanding harm reduction and treatment efforts
The Philadelphia Tribune
28 Mar 2025
The number of fatal drug overdoses in New Jersey is falling, according to preliminary data, and officials are crediting the state’s investment in harm reduction tools and expanded access to treatment options ....
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Pakistan must learn from Sweden to cut 164,000 annual smoking deaths, says report
Urdu Point 28 Mar 2025
</p><p>The Swedish model, built on harm reduction principles, has resulted in the lowest smoking-related disease rates in Europe, with cancer incidence 41% lower than the EU ...
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Bangor syringe exchange moving to bigger location
Bangor Daily News 28 Mar 2025
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness will move its harm reduction services to 304 Hancock St ... The organization’s harm reduction services are now based in a suite at 157 Park St., next to where Wicked Brew once sat.
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Trump declared war on fentanyl traffickers. Is it what parents of overdose victims want?
The Los Angeles Times 28 Mar 2025
“Even if those other parents wanted to be loud, there’s just not a microphone,” said Lindsay LaSalle, managing director of policy at the Drug Policy Alliance, a New York-based nonprofit that aims to decriminalize drug use and supports harm reduction.
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The fate of addiction treatment hangs in the balance with Kennedy’s HHS overhaul
The Mercury News 28 Mar 2025
By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press ... Department of Health and Human Services. In Health Secretary Robert F ... Related Articles ... Inside Mexico’s pioneering drug harm reduction programs ... Inside Mexico’s pioneering drug harm reduction programs ... .
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The EPA's work benefits Bloomington directly. Cuts to agency threaten us all | OPINION
The Herald-Times - Bloomington 28 Mar 2025
This kind of reduction would severely weaken effective clean air and water programs, delay hazardous waste cleanups, and stall programs that are critical to our way and quality of life in Indiana.
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Environmental law vis-à-vis sustainable development
The Manila Times 28 Mar 2025
... issues earlier rather than later, the result may be a cost reduction in the long term, since it is often less expensive to prevent international harm than to address that harm after the fact.
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Federal Medicaid, SNAP cuts could put $2B hole in Missouri budget, cost thousands of jobs
Columbia Daily Tribune 28 Mar 2025
The budget reductions, job losses and ripple effects ... “In fact, such drastic reductions would harm millions of families and also trigger widespread economic instability and major job losses,” Ku said.
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City Attorney Candidate Erika Evans Wants to Fight Trump
The Stranger 28 Mar 2025
by Nathalie Graham ... As someone with taste, I said yes. ... attorney ... One thing Evans will do is reinstate Seattle Community Court, the harm reduction model that connected low-level offenders with resources and removed the threat of incarceration.
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Expert expects smoking alternatives to have positive impact on public health
Manila Standard 27 Mar 2025
Khayat described alternative smoke-free methods as part of harm reduction strategies in tobacco control ... He criticized the World Health Organization’s (WHO) stance against harm reduction, suggesting a shift toward pragmatic solutions.
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Alternative smoking methods may reduce carcinogen exposure, expert says
The Philadelphia Inquirer 27 Mar 2025
... smoking methods could reduce the body’s exposure to carcinogens as he pushed for harm reduction strategies in tobacco control.
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