'trust these individuals do not have in hospitals, police, sometimes even their own families.'" - via @newjerseymonitor.com

#Overdose #EndOverdose #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionPrograms #SyringeServicesPrograms #SSPs #BodilyAutonomy #PreventOverdose #OverdosePrevention #SupportNotStigma

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#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #OverdosePrevention #SyringeServicesPrograms #EndOverdose #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #SyringeExchange #SSPs #StopHIVTogether #HepC #Hepatitis #EndHepC #HIVAwareness #HIVAIDS #AIDS #AIDSAwareness

Bill to extend Indiana needle exchange programs advances Needle exchange programs give people access to clean syringes for drug use. Data show those programs have helped spread disease and protect law enforcement, but not everyone is in favor of an extensio...

🧵Decades of data & lived experiences show #SyringeServicesPrograms ( #SSPs) save lives in so many ways, including through preventing #HIV & #Hepatitis C transmissions. We should be expanding & investing further in these services to ensure folks get #StigmaFreeCare that...
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harm across communities. Attendees will gain an understanding of the evidence supporting #SyringeServicesPrograms ( #SSPs) & their benefits in preventing the transmission of blood-borne viruses including #HIV, improving health outcomes, & enhancing #CommunitySafety. We'll cover best practices for

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🧵NHRC is fighting for the communities our #Healthcare, criminal-legal, & social service systems continue to abandon. Our team, many w/ lived experience, trains providers in #StigmaFree care, builds the capacity of #SyringeServicesPrograms, supports peer leaders,

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Black-and-white pattern frames top and bottom of graphic. Below, white copy over black banner reads, "For 30 years, NHRC has equipped frontline champions with the tools to save lives and build community." Over white background at center, speckled with black dots, is black/rainbow gradient NHRC logo. Below this, white and pink font over black banner reads, "Give to NHRC today, and together, we'll keep it going for another 30 years."

🧵For 30 years, NHRC has refused to back down, & we’re not stopping now. Together with #SyringeServicesPrograms ( #SSPs), grassroots organizers, & leaders w/ lived & living experience, we’ve kept life-saving work alive even when the odds were against us. This work is
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Opioid overdose deaths in NYC see significant drop Opioid overdose deaths in New York City have dropped significantly for the first time in the past decade. There were just over 2,100 deaths last year, down from more than 3,000 in 2023. CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis reports on the effort to continue this downward trend. For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com

🧵 #HarmReduction — which includes but isn't limited to #SyringeServicesPrograms (#SSPs), #OverdosePrevention centers (#OPCs), & street outreach — is proven to save lives around the world, & in small towns & big cities in the U.S.
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#SyringeServicesPrograms (#SSPs) make safer use possible, providing sterile syringes, trainings, and other life-saving resources including #Naloxone distribution.

Learn more about safer use and a whole library of related toolkits, fact sheets, and more:

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Bangor HIV outbreak shows the risk of Trump’s crackdown on homelessness and drug use • Maine Morning Star An HIV outbreak in Bangor, Maine illustrates the risk of Trump’s crackdown on homelessness and drug use.

🧵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.
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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

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Same background. Large white box with lime green border fills most of graphic. Over green box at top left, white all caps copy reads, "HOW IT WORKS" beside NSSSP logo. Smaller black font in a bulleted list below reads, "Accessing buprenorphine involves OUD screening by a provider, receiving a prescription, and picking up the medication from a pharmacy." and "SSPs can play a key role by connecting participants to prescribers, providing transportation assistance, and supporting treatment navigation." Below this are four boxes in blue, green, teal, and purple, in rows of two. At center over the boxes in blue is white font reading, "Models to Connect Participants to Prescribers". Font in boxes from left read: "Referral to in-person treatment", "In-person treatment provided in-house", "Referral to telehealth treatment", and "Telehealth treatment provided in-house".

Same background and white box with border. Over blue box at top left, all caps white font reads, "SSPs can...". Below this is graphic of street with dotted lines zig-zagging down the page. On either side of street are illustrations, including people talking at a table, a medical professional seen on a laptop screen, buses and cars, a person talking to a pharmacist at a pharmacy counter, and a calendar with medication bottles in front of it. Moving down the page beside the street is the following copy: "Connect participants with members of a care team who have experience taking buprenorphine to build trust, provide hope, and promote person-centered care", "Link participants to buprenorphine treatment through trusted partners to improve access to quality care", "Help participants navigate to appointments and pharmacies to minimize logistical barriers for participant", "Build relationships with pharmacy staff for third-party pick-up to promote privacy, safety, and consistent access to medication", and "Provide care coordination to help participants meet their goals and empower them throughout treatment".

Same background and white box with border. White font highlighted in green reads, "“I met the owner of [organization] when I used to work in [opioid treatment]...he showed up at the town hall meeting to support us...And then we became very friendly and started learning more about each other’s organizations. We were like, ‘Why don’t we just combine [our services], we should just go out next to each other.’” Copy below this in black font reads, "— Community-based organization providing referral to in-person buprenorphine treatment".

🧵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.

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