These short instructional videos provide clear, practical information on overdose response and Hepatitis C. State agencies and orgs are encouraged to incorporate these videos into training, education, and outreach efforts and may add their own branding to the videos. https://vitalstrat.org/4t8cLcD

DID YOU KNOW: Distributing fentanyl test strips in the Emergency Department can be part of best practices for medical professional who want to help reduce instances of fatal overdoses in their communities. https://vitalstrat.org/3M4LROy

Earlier this week, I had the honor of breaking fast at Rikers Island with New Yorkers in custody. It was a night that will stay with me for quite some time.   In a system too often defined by what it takes, I was reminded of what it means to give—mercy, dignity, and humanity. Eid Mubarak, New York.

I read the NYT piece, and I am holding onto the words of a woman who fended off inappropriate advances from a 60-year-old Cesar Chavez at the age of 19. “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Esmeralda Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.”

I’m alive because I was brought back to life at a supervised consumption site. Without them: No recovery. No kids. No life. The drug supply today is even more toxic. Closing these sites doesn’t stop drug use, it stops people from surviving it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Simple explanation of #harmreduction, including that it is both effective and cost-effective. #addiction #opioids hri.global/what-is-harm...

Every public health department doing public health education like this. #LongCovidAwareness

Harm reduction saves lives by reducing overdoses, preventing disease, and connecting people to care. Abstinence-only fails substance users, with higher rates of illness, overdose, and relapse. #harmreduction #drugpolicy #substanceuse #substances #drugs #health #healthcare #canada #politics #cdnpoli

My story for @medscape.com looks at the rise in stimulant-only use and associated increase in OD deaths from methamphetamine and cocaine alone. #Psychsky #addiction #opioids #publichealth #epidemiology #substanceuse #harmreduction

Amended graph with corrections on the last 2 years of the 'key dates'!

From #CND69: A once-in-a-generation opportunity for global drug policy reform is underway. The newly constituted independent expert panel reviewing the international drug control system could reshape responses towards health, human rights and evidence. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OWXZab

🧵 #HealthCare is at its best when it's truly patient/person-centered. NHRC's Community & Capacity Building Manager Hiawatha Collins joined fellow panelists at @nychealthy.bsky.social's Healing ARC (Acknowledgement, Redress, Closure) Project symposium, where they bit.ly/HealthForThePeopleByThePeople

It translates WHO recommendations into actionable steps, outlining guidance on assessment, service delivery, integration with other health and social services, monitoring and sustainability. 🔗 Read the guide here: buff.ly/Yp7QRo5

HRl's new briefing on The Global Fund's Grant Cycle 8 highlights priorities and recommendations when integrating harm reduction programmes into health systems. 🔗 Click to find the full messages. 

Join us at our side event at the CND to examine how to centre human rights in harm reduction; from meaningful participation and legal reform to sustainable, rights-based responses in a changing political and funding context. Room M6 or online at https://bit.ly/HRCND69

Impact of Social Drivers of Health, Self-Efficacy, and Substance Use on COVID-19 Preventative Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs with Hepatitis C: The HERO Study www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/23...

ICYMI: NHRC's @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social has begun its latest Lighthouse Learning Series! Mark your calendars & join us for these free sessions. #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #LGBTQIALiberation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #EndOverdose #OverdosePrevention #BodilyAutonomy #BodyAutonomy

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

Redress now! #BronxbasedOPC #HarmReduction #DrugSky #TheBronx #overdoseprevention #YoungLords #communitymedicine #acupuncture #BlackPanthers #stopthedrugwar

Due to the blizzard, outreach is canceled on Monday, 2/23/2026. Debido a la tormenta invernal, no habrá alcance comunitario el lunes, 23 de febrero de 2026. Instagram: Note that @onpoint_nyc is open, both locations 24 hours. Nota que @onpoint_nyc está abierto, ambas localidades, 24 horas.

vimeo.com/event/5720715. Aquí estoy hablando sobre la labor de Bronx Móvil en el contexto del legado de los Young Lords. @bronxmovil.bsky.social Lincoln Detox Center Healing ARC Symposium, February 11, 2026. #drugsky #harmreduction #overdoseprevention #publichealth #puertorico #community

Join us! LDC Healing ARC Symposium Guest Registration share.google/0ipDTg5DN7Aq... #harmreduction #DrugSky #Bronx #recovery #activism #YoungLords

🧵The Lighthouse Learning Series w/ @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social is back! Starting Friday, free monthly sessions will focus on a range of topics, including building #CommunityCare networks, thinking beyond #Nonprofit status, sex workers' rights, & more. The virtual trainings... bit.ly/nhrc_lighthouse

During last weekend’s life-threatening freeze, city leaders asked OnPoint’s overdose prevention center (OPC) to stay open 24/7 to keep people indoors, warm, and alive. They did. That’s what OPCs are: community safety infrastructure that saves lives, cuts 911 calls, and connects people to care.

Webinar: Revised Operational Guide: Needle and Syringe Programmes (NSP) for People Who Inject Drugs www.youtube.com/watch?v=-68B...

We asked people: “Who Inspires Your Fight?”. Here’s what they said.

The #UNGASS2016 gestured toward a rebalancing of drug policy. Our latest report, 'The UNGASS decade in review', shows spending still rewards punishment over solutions. What should effective investment look like? Read on: http://bit.ly/idpc-ungass-10y

Check out the latest from CDUHR investigator Luis Gonzalez Corro - Mobile Interventions and Telemedicine for Hepatitis C Elimination jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

yeah, sweeping people out of their tents is really likely to get them into shelters they are already avoiding & spending money on that won't take away from funding for actual housing... oh wait...

After a three year experiment, drug #decriminalization is over in B.C. What’s next? Q+A w/ @andreawoo.bsky.social on The Decibel podcast www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the... www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #HarmReduction

People-First Language in HIV Medicine: A Critical Component of Your HIV Care Toolkit "It can encourage, empower, and build people up; and it can also perpetuate bias and break people down." www.thebodypro.com/article/hiv-...

As some UK politicians seek to end the drug war, it's easy to forget how heroin prescribing existed there for much of the 20th century. It "just works," says Dr. John Marks—who was "vilified" as political pressure shut down his successful clinics in 1995. @sarahlsinclair.bsky.social reports:

Kindness-based harm reduction beats tough love based on science, not just feelings and morality. My latest @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...

The Case for Compassion Over Tough Love Overdose Prevention Sites, by @maiasz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com #addiction #HarmReduction

Mientras el gobierno de Trump vuelve a atacar la Reducción de Daños, en Nueva York pasa algo muy distinto: las salas de consumo supervisado de OnPoint NYC muestran resultados concretos y difíciles de negar. Desde la Casa Blanca hablan de castigo. Desde Nueva York hablan de salud pública.

🧵Human lives are invaluable. This is why harm reductionists, including those at OnPoint NYC, work every day & night to save lives across our communities. Beyond saving lives — what's most important in our work — #HarmReduction programs like #OverdosePrevention centers bit.ly/OPCsSaveLivesAndMoneyNYC

Bronx Móvil está cerrado del 5 al 12 de enero de 2026. We are closed from January 5th to 12th, 2026. ¿Necesitas apoyo? Need support? Check out fellow harm reduction organizations in NYC/ información de colegas operando en la ciudad de NY: share.google/24njYcWsZRy1... #harmreduction #drugsky

Our thoughts today January 3, 2026. The #warondrugs is a pretext for the violation of sovereignty. It is global violence. The harm reduction movement must tie our liberation to the struggle against imperialism and colonialism. #drugsky #harmreduction #publichealth

Streetside newspaper-style boxes are easier to install than naloxone vending machines, and significantly less expensive; Harm Reduction Michigan got some of theirs for free.

2026: Mobile #harmreduction led by the community most impacted by the #drugwar is not only possible but necessary. 2026: La reducción de daños móvil liderada por la comunidad más afectada por la guerra contra las drogas no sólo es posible sino necesaria. #drugsky #publichealth #overdoseprevention

'Narcoterrorism' doesn’t describe reality — but it does justify violence. From drone strikes to mass killings, governments are reviving a new 'war on drugs'. Watch our event on the human rights risks of this narrative:

Seventy years ago, Jonas Salk and his team worked in a lab between a morgue and a darkroom to develop the world’s first successful polio vaccine. A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4 #vaccineswork

'There is no war. There is no legal basis. There is no excuse.' On Human Rights Day, the UN Special Rapporteur condemned US killings justified by 'narcoterrorism'. This narrative puts lives — and the law — at risk. Read: https://f.mtr.cool/hkcdebfrsa Watch:

Estimated Number of People Who Inject Drugs in the United States, 2022 "There were an estimated 2 392 100 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1 323 300, 4 648 100) PWID in 2022, which was 35% lower than the 2018 estimate." ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

‘It’s made things worse for everyone’: Philadelphia grapples with rise of new street drug Medetomidine has extreme and fast-acting withdrawal symptoms – and the detox centers that help patients are struggling with how best to cope www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

HIV doesn’t spread in a vacuum. Enabled by a dearth of harm reduction, Fiji is experiencing one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics. This is the cost of neglect. And a call to action. #HarmReductionSavesLives 👉 Full story:

A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/h...

Harm reduction services can make the difference between life and death. How can we continue to provide life-saving services in the middle of a funding crisis?  🔴 Watch the recording of our webinar to learn more. Subtitles available in English and Spanish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsSEdYEuEoM

"While leaders characterized the current moment as unlike other times, they insisted—evoking the history of the drug policy reform movement—that the momentum renewed in Detroit would outlast the democratic backslide." @jasteralaina.bsky.social reports: