National Harm Reduction Coalition

@HarmReduction

NHRC promotes the health and dignity of those impacted by drug use.

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New York, NY|San Francisco, CA harmreduction.org Joined June 2009

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National Harm Reduction Coalition @HarmReduction Jun 12, 2023

🧵“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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www.brown.edu Fatal overdoses increase after police seize drugs, study finds A new study highlights an unintended consequence of interventions to combat the country’s illicit opioid epidemic, emphasizing the need to include harm reduction strategies as part of a comprehensive...

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🧵#HarmReduction works. NHRC's Director of Capacity Building & Community Mobilization chatted w/ @TheStateNews about the effectiveness of harm reduction approaches including #SyringeServicesPrograms (#SSPs) & how all communities can benefit from this...

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baytobaynews.com Delaware governor signs harm reduction bill into law, with guardrails - Bay to Bay News Gov. Matt Meyer on Thursday, Oct. 1, enacted a law that updates the state’s harm reduction programs, alongside his 28th executive order, which calls for the measure’s phased implementation.

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🧵NHRC National Director of Capacity Building & Engagement Tanagra Melgarejo Pulido & NHRC National Program Coordinator Harmony Seaburg attended the 18th #WorldCongressOnPublicHealth in Cape Town, South Africa, where Tanagra facilitated 2 sessions titled, “There is Nothing...

Two women smile for selfie with mountains in background covered in green trees. Woman at left has blonde hair and wears black beanie, black shirt, and blue jacket. Woman at right has gray/dark brown hair and wears gold-rimmed glasses and a blue coat.

In background, woman with gray and dark brown hair gestures while speaking beside a lectern with a projector screen displaying a presentation slide. Group of people sit in rows of chairs, listening in.

Same woman stands and smiles while leaning one arm on lectern. Projector screen behind her reads in part, “Decolonizing Public Health through a Language Justice and Harm Reduction Lens”.

Same two women smile on either side of conference poster. Woman at left wears green and blue-striped short-sleeved shirt, black pants, and gold-rimmed glasses. Woman at right wears green, white, and black striped knitted jacket over black one-piece.

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National Harm Reduction Coalition @HarmReduction Oct 8

🧵Tickets are on sale now for NHRC’s 30-year anniversary celebration in N.Y.! We’re uplifting 3 decades of #HarmReduction, community, courage, & care on Friday, November 6. Hosted by Kochina Rude, aka the "#Narcan Queen," the evening will feature...
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National Harm Reduction Coalition @HarmReduction 5d

🧵Every day & night, people who use drugs & other harm reductionists are saving lives on the ground. We must expand resources & funding for evidence-backed #HarmReduction #HealthCare to provide more wrap-around care for our communities.
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mindsitenews.org How ordinary people “get good” at reversing an overdose Most Americans who bring someone back from an opioid overdose are friends, partners and neighbors at the right place at the right time.