🧵 #Prohibition has never kept people safe, and has caused more deaths from toxic supply. This has been true throughout history. "The government already regulates and allows the sale of one of the most deadly substances in the world: alcohol. Nyx points out that... bit.ly/SafeSupplySavesLives

There’s still time to join us for upcoming community engagement and train-the-trainer sessions, Wyoming friends! ⬇️

🧵Harm reductionists double down on life-saving work when things get rough. Led by and for people who use drugs, the work of harm reductionists centers the expertise and needs of those most impacted by drug use. “The key for tackling the overdose crisis is to listen to the people bit.ly/FightForOPCs

Wyoming folks: Our next session kicks off today, we hope you can join us and sign up for upcoming trainings and community engagement sessions! ⬇️

🧵People living with #HIV/AIDS created the #HarmReduction movement decades ago, when the government left them behind — allowing our loved ones to die from preventable health complications. NHRC remains steadfast in our work to save lives, improve public health conditions, & elevate the voices &...

🧵 Knowing your limit is #HarmReduction. The more you know, the safer you can be. With students back in school, we're reminding folks that alcohol, similarly to other drugs, can be managed in a way that minimizes harm. Everyone deserves to have access to tools &... bit.ly/HarmReductionOnCampus

🧵We know what happens when #SyringeServicesPrograms (SSPs) aren’t available or shut down. Among other dangers, #HIV rates tick upward. We know what we need to keep us safe — we need #HarmReduction, #Housing, & our other basic human rights to be respected. bit.ly/HIVOutbreaksAndHarmReductionRollbacks

🧵When #HarmReduction funding is cut, so are lives. We deserve life-saving health care, funding that makes that care possible, & for our basic human rights to this care to be honored. bit.ly/FundingHarmReductionSavesLives

Happening later this month! We hope you’ll join us for this free training. ⬇️

🧵 #Naloxone works & saves lives. We don't need "higher-dose" #Overdose reversal medications. We need to expand life-saving #HarmReduction programs & services, including naloxone (4 mg or less) distribution, to communities that need it most. Free naloxone: bit.ly/NaloxoneFinderMap

🧵“People discount people that use drugs...[People say] they don't care about themselves; they're not capable. They do care about themselves, and they do everything they can that we allow them to do to stay safe," this Spectrum News coverage shares. bit.ly/DrugUserExpertise

Starting today! We hope you can join us for one of both days of this free learning opportunity.

Investing in life-saving health care shouldn't be up for debate. #HarmReduction saves lives. We need more of it, not less. Piece via @commondreams.org ⬇️ #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #OverdoseEpidemic #OverdosePrevention #EndOverdose bit.ly/DoublingDownOnHarmReduction

🧵Calling our Wyoming friends! We're offering free train-the-trainer & community engagement sessions this month, where folks can obtain training certificates, learn about #OverdosePrevention, #HarmReduction principles, & strengthen facilitation skills, & connect with neighbors who care about...

Join us for our latest free Foundational Fridays session happening later this month! Sign up today: bit.ly/Outreach1012025 #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #Outreach #WorkerSafety #PreventOverdose #EndOverdose

🧵It is with heavy hearts & saddened spirits NHRC mourns the passing of our dear friend & colleague, Louise Beale Vincent, executive director of the Urban Survivors Union. Louise's passion & advocacy started in North Carolina, though it has rippled outward across the country & internationally...

🧵Join us for our 2-day intensive training sponsored by the Opioid Response Network (ORN) where we will be talking about the best ways we can support our people & whole communities by implementing best practices for #Prevention around #Stimulant & #Opioid use. This space is for folks who want to...

🧵NHRC's Capacity Building + #HepatitisC Coordinator, Jose Martinez, spoke about the importance of #HarmReduction & its life-saving programs & services — as well as the overall philosophy of meeting people where they're at & treating everyone with dignity. bit.ly/HarmReductionAndNaloxone

#HarmReduction is a lifeline, #PublicHealth, beloved community, & so much more. Investing in life-saving programs & services is imperative to slow down & ultimately end the #OverdoseEpidemic. #HarmReductionSavesLives #BigUglyBill #EndOverdose bit.ly/BigUglyBillOverdoseDeaths

Join us for this free learning opportunity as we wrap up #OverdoseAwarenessWeek. Overdose prevention is possible. #OverdoseEpidemic #WarOnDrugs #OverdosePrevention #PreventOverdose #EndTheWarOnDrugs #EndOverdose

🧵 We have lost so many beautiful souls to fatal overdoses. They were so loved, and still are. On International Overdose Awareness Day (#IOAD), we mourn. And then we get to work. We'll continue providing life-saving support across our communities, advocating for evidence-backed #HarmReduction...

🧵NHRC’s Executive Director Laura Guzman & Programs & Resources Manager, Mike Pomante, provided a presentation about NHRC’s #TobaccoHarmReduction Education & Engagement (THREE) initiative to the Global Action to End Smoking (Global Action)’s Board of Directors in NYC.

🧵 #ClimateChange has direct impacts on all people, including people who use drugs. Heat waves & other extreme weather events exacerbate overdoses & other #PublicHealth issues, especially for unhoused folks. People who use drugs face layers of barriers to life-saving care & shelter. bit.ly/HeatAndODs

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Our communities need & deserve #HarmReduction, a life-saving set of evidence-backed approaches to ending the #OverdoseEpidemic. Overdoses are preventable, & each overdose is a policy failure. We cannot go backward. bit.ly/DisappearingMarginalizedPeople

Happening today! Join us for this free learning opportunity ⬇️

🧵As named by NHRC Executive Director Laura Guzman via @wordinblacknews.bsky.social, “This deadly executive order threatens the safety and civil rights of millions of people with mental health and/or substance use disorders and other people who use drugs, as well as... bit.ly/BlackODRateDisparities

🧵 #HarmReduction #Outreach provides life-saving connections & community building through trust, shared expertise, & listening with empathy. Join us for September's free Foundational Fridays session, where we'll introduce the fundamentals of effective outreach, grounded in... bit.ly/Outreach1012025

🧵 #TobaccoHarmReduction (#THR) saves lives, yet is often overlooked in the #HarmReduction movement & other interconnected #PublicHealth spaces. Join us for a free training where we'll share principles of harm reduction & its application to #CombustibleTobacco bit.ly/PrinciplesOfTobaccoHarmReduction

#HarmReduction saves lives. We cannot turn back the clock on life-saving health care programs & services. As the #Overdose epidemic continues, we must lean further into evidence-backed health measures. Reporting by @pozmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️ bit.ly/EOTargetsHarmReduction

Coming up next week! It's on all of us to #EndOverdose, & the more we know, the safer & healthier our communities can be. Join us for our latest free Foundational Fridays session! #HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #Overdose #OverdosePrevention

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🧵NHRC is thrilled to celebrate our latest Peer Foundational Training Program graduates! From April through June, peers participated in weekly sessions covering a range of #HarmReduction topics including—but not limited to— #OverdosePrevention, outreach, safer injection, #HCV/#HepatitisC, #SelfCare,

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In case you missed it: Check out our latest fact sheets highlighting the work and expertise of Syringe Services Programs (SSPs)! #Buprenorphine #SSPs #SyringeServicesPrograms #SyringeExchangePrograms #MOUD #OUD #Treatment

🧵 #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay is around the corner, a time where we pause to mourn our loved ones whose lives were stolen by overdose & honor their memory. It's also a time where we continue ringing the alarm about the dire need to create & expand life-saving... bit.ly/NeedForOPCsVT

We’re taking a social media break until Aug. 18, and we will respond to our messages, comments, and mentions when we return. Resources, including our #Naloxone Finder Map, can be found 24/7 on our website: harmreduction.org.

🧵Trabajando en colaboración con socios y utilizando aprendizajes de los programas de servicios de jeringas/jeringuillas (SSPs), desarrollamos una hoja informativa que describe como los SSPs pueden facilitar el acceso a la buprenorfina para las personas interesadas en... bit.ly/NHRCResources

🧵Working with partners and using insights from #SyringeServicesPrograms (#SSPs), we developed a fact sheet that outlines how SSPs can make buprenorphine accessible for participants interested in taking the medication. bit.ly/NHRCResources

🧵As NHRC's Executive Director shared with @filtermag.bsky.social regarding the Trump administration's executive order targeting #Unhoused communities, people who use drugs, & people w/ unmet #MentalHealth needs, "'The order deprives people of basic rights and it doesn’t.. bit.ly/EOTargetingUnhoused

🧵As noted in this piece quoting NHRC, people who engage in sex work do so for a variety of reasons. Regardless of the reasons, sex workers deserve to be safe, healthy, & respected. bit.ly/HIVPreventionAndDecrim

People who use drugs are at greater risk of acquiring hepatitis B and hepatitis C. This can be related to sharing drug use equipment as well as sexual activities. Integrating harm reduction services is essential to prevent hepatitis.

Housing is a human right. No law, policy, order, or campaign will ever change that. Take action against the criminalization of our unhoused communities. Read the statement and get involved with our friends at ‪@homeless-law.bsky.social‬: bit.ly/NHLCActionAlert #HousingNow #StopTheSweeps

Action alert 🚨! Read more from our friends at the National Homelessness Law Center below ⬇️:

🧵Whenever #ClimateDisasters strike, you can find harm reductionists doubling down on their mission to save lives, provide health care, & offer up radical love to the community. Beyond immediate life-saving care & health support, #HarmReduction is about... bit.ly/HarmReductionThroughClimateDisasters

🧵#OverdosePrevention is possible. We hope you'll join us for our free August Foundational Fridays session "Overdose 101," where through a #HarmReduction lens, we'll focus on preventing & recognizing overdoses & discuss how to respond to & provide... bit.ly/2025Overdose101

🧵We're kicking off the latest round of our free Foundational Fridays series & returning to our roots with "Harm Reduction 101." This free session will offer an introduction to #Harm Reduction, highlighting its vital role in response to the #OverdoseEpidemic. During the session, we'll discuss the...

🧵It is with broken hearts and profound sadness we share our beloved former colleague and forever friend, Lill Prosperino, has passed away. Lill was a light. Their smile and laugh made the whole room — virtual or in-person — brighter. bit.ly/HonoringLill

Hey, NYC friends! We're thrilled to launch our latest free online training modules covering #Stigma 101 & LGB/TGNCNB (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Non-conforming, Non-binary) 101. Sign up for each of the modules or check out other courses, some in both Spanish and English: bit.ly/NHRCNYC