Harm Reduction

The science and policy of minimising risks associated with substance use, high-risk behaviours, and public health challenges — grounded in evidence rather than stigma.

On May 26, 2026, Vermont became the first U.S. state to ban paraquat, a weed-killing pesticide, due to its potential link to Parkinson’s disease.
This month’s American Journal of Bioethics featured a Guest Editorial by the preeminent bioeth
Recently, the bodybuilding world mourned the loss of twenty-two-year-old bodybuilder Gabriel Ganley. For those unfamiliar, Ganley was a Brazilian phenomenon.
My tobacco addiction grabbed hold of me quietly and quickly—and I loved every minute of it. At first, smoking was an occasional pleasure I enjoyed on the weekends when I drank with my friends.
Join Drs. Chuck Dinerstein and Lynn Webster and host Cam English on the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:
Our increasingly busy lives are often sustained, at least in theory, by multitasking—rapidly switching attention between tasks rather than doing them truly in parallel or completing them one at a time.