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"It didn't have to happen. The root of these overdose deaths in San Francisco is homelessness, poverty and racism that has been institutionalized throughout our systems of care.” - Kristen Marshall, @DOPEproject

"'Folks are left out of systems of care by design. That means we utilize individual relationships to get stuff done,' Kristen Marshall of @DOPEproject said. That reality 'kills people. It runs workers into the ground. It’s not sustainable.'" filtermag.org/naloxone-narca…

“We keep us safe,” she said, “No one else is going to keep us safe." 💙 oaklandside.org/2021/01/19/two…

San Francisco lost a total of 699 people to overdoses last year, a 59% rise from 2019, according to new data released Thursday by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. trib.al/qOMiZCO

We recently had the pleasure of speaking w/ @DOPEproject team about what to do & say after you've used naloxone to reverse an overdose from opioids. A medical emergency like an overdose is traumatic & we can support ppl returning to consciousness with kindness & without judgment.

"Frontline service workers prove everyday what is possible. Frontline service workers & their communities have reversed 2000 overdoses this year." - Kristen Marshall from @DOPEproject @HarmReduction

TUNE INTO OUR PRESS CONFERENCE: We're live NOW to oppose SF City Attorney @dennisherrera's civil injunctions against 28 individuals. We are joined by speakers from @ACLU_NorCal @homeysf @DOPEproject. facebook.com/CoalitionOnHom…

A lot of really important and interesting myth-busting studies, articles, and papers have been released lately about people who sell drugs. Here's a thread highlighting them and some key themes (1/?)

"Until we, as a collective, realize that the overdose crisis is not actually about drugs, but about people and resources, then all any of us can do is the best we can with what we got." brokeassstuart.com/2020/12/07/how…

From marijuana to opioids, we have seen over & over again that the violence & criminalization of the War on Drugs causes more harm to communities than drugs themselves. It's time to start healing those harms.

#HarmReduction is about redistributing power and resources to those most impacted by the War on Drugs. This #GivingTuesday we invite you to check out and give your $$$ to these orgs!

If you happen to be away from your own naloxone device, you should be able to shout “Hey, does anyone have some naloxone?” and have the answer reasonably be “Yes, of course.” slate.com/technology/202… via @slate

SFPD reversed nearly 150 overdoses this year. Meanwhile, people who use drugs, who are our city's most successful first responders, have reversed 2,600+. sfbayca.com/2020/11/14/sf-…

Yesterday, we gave out nearly 50 Narcan kits in 2 hours with No New Jails SF & our amazing community partners 💙

“In the absence of addressing those root causes [of overdose], the community is taking care of each other. It’s the community that is doing the most to keep people alive.” - Kristen Marshall, @DOPEproject Manager sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

Did you catch the news? Prop C is the law of the land! +215,000 San Franciscans beat the wealthiest corporations & special interests Prop C features a detailed roadmap on how to utilize the money Prop C has an oversight committee to ensure the money is spent appropriately

@DOPEproject and National Harm Reduction Coalition's @HarmReduction official statement on the increase in overdose deaths in San Francisco: bit.ly/SFoverdose

10x more people in have died from an overdose than from COVID in SF this year. Let that sink in.