National Harm Reduction Coalition

🧵“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.. bit.ly/OverdosesAfter…

@nytimes Reporting by @JanHoffmanNYT

#OverdoseEpidemic, the way information is collected & shared — & what happens after data is examined — is even more important. Read more above from @nytimes  coverage. #HarmReduction #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #EndOverdose #HarmReductionSavesLives #SupportNotPunishment

🧵There must be a balance that prioritizes folks' immediate health needs along w/ information gathering, while focusing on what people who use drugs have been demanding all along: #CareNotCriminalization. While data can be crucial in addressing the... bit.ly/WastewaterTest…

🚨 URGENT: Trump Administration Ends Direct HIV Prevention Funding for CBOs 🚨 Tell your members of Congress: protect direct funding for community-based HIV prevention. Demand action now at bit.ly/save-hiv-servi…. #SaveHIVFunding #HIVPrevention #HIVAdvocacy

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🧵#TobaccoHarmReduction is often overlooked in services & programs, despite the overlap in people who smoke or have smoked & people who use drugs. This piece in @Filtermag_org, in which NHRC is referenced, names the importance of integrating more resources bit.ly/THRInServices

Today is Zero HIV Stigma Day. Take action ⬇️:

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🧵NHRC's Director of Capacity Building & Community Mobilization, Mike Selick, joined fellow panelists at @housingworks to talk about the history of advocacy & associated plan to eliminate #HepatitisC in New York — & how we can collectively move this work forward. At the panel...

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@bangordailynews Reporting by @AnnieRupertus

🧵#NationalHIVPreventionDay serves as a reminder of how imperative it is folks have access to #Housing & #SyringeServicesPrograms (#SSPs) — & programs' ability to serve people by meeting folks where they're at without additional roadblocks. bit.ly/HIVOutbreakME