National Harm Reduction Coalition
@HarmReduction
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NHRC promotes the health and dignity of those impacted by drug use.
New York, NY | Oakland, CA
Joined June 2009
🧵“The study found that police drug seizures were associated with increases in fatal overdose in the surrounding geographic area in the three weeks following enforcement, possibly by leading people [who use drugs] to take greater risks when they tried to.
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response to the latest CDC data. 'Reducing federal support for Medicaid — the largest payer of mental health and substance use disorder treatment — would be a sign of retreat,' Taylor added," as noted by @KQEDnews. #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #EndOverdose.
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health care systems & programs, we need all the support for #HarmReduction & associated services and supplies we can get. “'America is still in the middle of an incredibly deadly [chaotic drug use] and overdose crisis,' Dr. Stephen Taylor, head of the [@ASAMorg], said in. .
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🧵Adequately funding life-saving programs & services should be a no-brainer. When #HealthCare & other interconnected support for people who use drugs is cut or defunded, we lose more lives to #Overdose. With looming cuts to #Medicaid & other critical.
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Image 2 ID 2/2: listening in. A TV screen at left reads in part, “DRUG RELATED STIGMA”.
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Image 1 ID 2/2: “MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING”. Image 2 ID 1/2: Person w/ short curly pink hair wearing pink shirt, black shawl, glasses, & cream-colored pants sits and speaks to group of 5 people, gesturing w/ their hands while talking. The group is gathered around tables. .
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Image 1 ID 1/2: Person w/ short, curly brown hair stands & speaks to group of 6 people pictured sitting @ tables, gesturing w/ their hand. They wear a blue & red short-sleeved shirt, dark tan pants, & white face mask. Projector screen beside them reads in part,.
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session brought to your organization or group? Reach out to request a training today: #HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #TraumaInformedCare #EndTheStigma #WarOnDrugs #EndOverdose.
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🧵Whether through virtual or in-person sessions, NHRC staff are always out & about offering trainings & learning opportunities for harm reductionists, health care workers, & other interconnected movements, groups, & communities. Interested in having an NHRC training or learning.
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Image ID 2/2: in yellow. Smaller white font below this reads, "—A. Philip Randolph". NHRC logo @ bottom right.
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#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight. Image ID 1/2: Over black background, white bold font reads, "'Freedom is never granted, IT IS WON. Justice is never given, IT IS EXTRACTED." The words, "WON" & "EXACTED" are underlined. .
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Until liberty & justice for all is real, we fight. NHRC is closed today, though resources, including our #Naloxone Finder Map, are available 24/7 on our website:
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these problems," this @IPRNewsRadio piece shares. #HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #Pharma #WarOnDrugs #EndTheWarOnDrugs #PeopleOverProfit #PreventOverdose #OverdosePrevention #Naloxone #EndOverdose.
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see those dollars spent on. Information needs to be gathered from the people who are living these problems, not from the people sitting in the criminal justice system or the residential treatment program who just aren’t really in touch with the people that are living. .
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“Residential treatment is not effective for opioid use disorder or stimulant use disorder, and so it’s really not advisable that any of the opiate dollars are spent on resident treatment beds. I would try to get information from all community members about what they would like to.
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🧵The people who know how to most effectively use #OpioidSettlementFunds to save lives are people who use drugs & other harm reductionists. The people most impacted by #Overdose must be leading conversations about how these funds are used.
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Coming up later this month! Mark your calendar to join us for our next free virtual Foundational Fridays session. We hope to "see" you there!. #HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #OverdosePrevention #Overdose #EndOverdose #EndTheStigma #WarOnDrugs.
🧵We're kicking off the latest round of our free Foundational Fridays series, starting this July after our #Pride Month session in June! We're returning to our roots with "#HarmReduction 101." This free session will offer an introduction to.
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Yet another study, this time published by the American Medical Association, has shown drug seizures by law enforcement lead to spikes in fatal #Overdoses. We know better, we should do better. We must end the racist, so-called "#WarOnDrugs." #EndOverdose.
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Coming up later this month: Join us for our next free virtual session in collaboration w/ Opioid Response Network! Register: #HarmReduction #HarmReducwtionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #PreventOverdose #PublicHealth #OverdosePrevention #EndOverdose.
🧵We're thrilled to share the latest round of trainings happening May-July in collaboration w/ the Opioid Response Network (ORN)! These free sessions cover person-centered engagement, #MentalHealth &.
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