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National Harm Reduction Coalition creates spaces for dialogue and action that help heal the harms caused by racialized drug policies.

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National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · Jul 11
#Naloxone saves lives, & should be accessible to all. Harm reductionists have been making this access possible for many years. Did you know NHRC has a Naloxone Finder Map to help locate free resources in your area in the U.S. as well as shipping by mail info? Check it out: bit.ly/NaloxoneFinderMap
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🧵As the year comes to an end, we're taking time for institutional pause & rest. Starting 1 p.m. local time tomorrow — Jan. 2, NHRC will be closed. We'll resume our normal hours Monday, Jan 5. As always, resources, including our #Naloxone Finder map, can be found 24/7...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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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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December 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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🧵We are heartbroken over the devastating loss of so many community members who died or were killed while experiencing #Homelessness. Each of the people we've lost deserved safety, health care, a safe place to retreat to & lay their head at night, & their humanity to be honored.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Your voice matters in the #HarmReduction movement, & you deserve a job you love. Come work with us! NHRC is hiring a #Housing & #Shelter Capacity Building Coordinator (O-PHRESH). To learn more and apply, visit: bit.ly/NHRCCareers.

#HarmReductionSavesLives #WorkWithUs #JobOpening #EndOverdose
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December 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Today’s the day! Join us:

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #SexualHealth #ReproductiveHealth #PatientCare #ReproductiveJustice #BodilyAutonomy #MyBodyMyChoice #BodyAutonomy #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #STIPrevention #HIVPrevention #StopHIVTogether
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 28d
🧵Join us for our latest free Foundational Fridays training, "Sexual & Reproductive Health 101!" Through this webinar, we'll emphasize a #HarmReduction approach to guide attendees through how to engage w/ individuals in respectful, non-judgmental conversations about...
bit.ly/SexualandReproHealth2025
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December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🧵As 2025 comes to a close, we’re looking at a landscape that represents both progress & heartbreak. Last year, the U.S. saw the largest decline in #Overdose deaths ever recorded, a promising 27% drop nationally. That happened because #HarmReduction works. Investing in...
bit.ly/NHRCEOYGiving
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December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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ICYMI:
inpud.bsky.social International Network of People who Use Drugs @inpud.bsky.social · 27d
The International Drug Users Day 2025 report is out now!

From running life-saving harm reduction programmes to pushing for real change in their countries, our grantees showed exactly what community-led action looks like.

Check out the report: inpud.net/internationa...

#IDUD2025
December 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Everyone should feel safe at work.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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(1/3) Until s*x workers are safe, none of us are safe.

Tomorrow on #D17, International Day to End Violence Against S*x Workers, we honor the workers we've lost to violence and stand firm in our commitment to decriminalization.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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🧵 #SexWorkIsWork, & #WorkShouldBeSafe. Together, we must build a world in which sex workers don't experience violence, harassment, exploitation, or disrespect. On International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers & beyond, we must do more than mourn those whose lives were stolen by violence...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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🧵NHRC’s @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social hosted “Centering Care: A #GenderAffirming #HarmReduction Workshop for Social Service Providers” at NHRC’s NYC office. The day-long workshop sessions, which included lectures, discussions, & interactive group activities, focused on Harm Reduction History
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December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Happening Friday! Join us for this free training:

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #SexualHealth #ReproductiveHealth #PatientCare #ReproductiveJustice #BodilyAutonomy #MyBodyMyChoice #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #STIPrevention #HIVPrevention #StopHIVTogether
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 28d
🧵Join us for our latest free Foundational Fridays training, "Sexual & Reproductive Health 101!" Through this webinar, we'll emphasize a #HarmReduction approach to guide attendees through how to engage w/ individuals in respectful, non-judgmental conversations about...
bit.ly/SexualandReproHealth2025
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December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🧵As our friend
@tmarieg.bsky.social of the National Black Harm Reduction Network notes in this @ipostnews.bsky.social coverage, more must be done for the communities most impacted by the #OverdoseEpidemic. #OpioidSettlement funds must be invested in...
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Buffalo's use of opioid-fighting funds "screams of misappropriation"
Buffalo has spent only a third of the $6 million it's received. Little of that has gone to prevention, treatment and recovery programs.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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🧵 #OpioidSettlementFunds are meant to save lives from the #OverdoseEpidemic — not pay officers' salaries, tint police vehicle window, or fill unrelated budget gaps. VOCAL - Kentucky's Jennifer Twyman talked about how utilizing any opioid settlement funds in a way..
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From Narcan to Gun Silencers, Opioid Settlement Cash Pays Law Enforcement Tabs - KFF Health News
Local governments have received hundreds of millions of dollars from the opioid settlements to support addiction treatment, recovery, and prevention efforts. Their spending decisions in 2024 were some...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Happening today! Join us:

#HarmReduction #TobaccoHarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #THR #SmokingCessation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Vaping #Tobacco #HolisticCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #SupportNotStigma
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 21d
#TobaccoHarmReduction (#THR) is #HarmReduction. Join us starting Friday for our free webinar series focused on breaking down person-centered care & how THR saves lives, improves health, & honors #BodilyAutonomy!

Dec. 12: bit.ly/HowTobaccoHarmReductionWorks
March 11: bit.ly/PersonCenteredTHR
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December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🧵The #OverdoseEpidemic is a #PublicHealth issue, not a carceral one. The more we continue to wage a so-called " #WarOnDrugs," more accurately described as a war on people, the more people we will lose from otherwise preventable #Overdoses. We deserve more —
bit.ly/BorderHarmReduction
In Juárez, a Militarized Border Makes Drug Use More Deadly
Growing security deployments pose unique challenges for harm reduction groups.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Join us next Friday for this free learning opportunity!

#BodilyAutonomy #SexualHealth #ReproHealth #ReproductiveHealth #STIPrevention #StopHIVTogether #SupportNotStigma #HealthCareIsAHumanRight
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 28d
🧵Join us for our latest free Foundational Fridays training, "Sexual & Reproductive Health 101!" Through this webinar, we'll emphasize a #HarmReduction approach to guide attendees through how to engage w/ individuals in respectful, non-judgmental conversations about...
bit.ly/SexualandReproHealth2025
Over blue gradient, conversation bubbles in white and black with patterns at top right read, “FOUNDATIONAL FRIDAYS.” Below this, between black box outline, bold, all caps black copy reads, “THE BASICS OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH”. Some words are highlighted in yellow. NHRC white logo at bottom left, smaller black font at bottom middle reads, "Dec. 19" and “12 p.m. — 2 p.m. ET”. Black and white NHRC 30th anniversary logo at bottom left.
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#TobaccoHarmReduction (#THR) is #HarmReduction. Join us starting Friday for our free webinar series focused on breaking down person-centered care & how THR saves lives, improves health, & honors #BodilyAutonomy!

Dec. 12: bit.ly/HowTobaccoHarmReductionWorks
March 11: bit.ly/PersonCenteredTHR
Black and white maze-like pattern frames right side, with black border along bottom. Rest of graphic is filled in with purple gradient background. Bold copy in black at top center reads, "Supporting Choice and Autonomy: Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) series". The words, "Supporting Choice and Autonomy:" are highlighted in yellow. Smaller white font below reads, "Join us for our latest free THR trainings, uplifting often overlooked life-saving harm reduction measures and care!" Small black font reading, "Swipe" placed beneath black arrow toward bottom right corner. Over black border at bottom, white and hot pink text reads, "Mark your calendar: December 12, 2025 and March 11, 2026". NHRC 30th anniversary black/white logo with rainbow gradient in bottom right corner. Same pattern, border, background, and logo. Bold, white copy at top center reads, "Supporting Choice and Autonomy: The HOW of Tobacco Harm Reduction". Smaller black font below reads, "Integrating tobacco harm reduction into existing substance use services requires a thoughtful and comprehensive approach. By addressing tobacco use alongside other substances, we can provide more holistic care and improve overall health outcomes for our clients. This training aims to explore the different modalities of tobacco harm reduction available on how harm reduction providers can integrate these to their current programming." White and hot pink font over black border reads, "Dec. 12, 2025 12 p.m. — 2 p.m. ET bit.ly/HowTobaccoHarmReductionWorks". Same pattern, border, background, and logo. Bold, white copy at top center reads, "Supporting Choice and Autonomy: Person-Centered Care and Tobacco Harm Reduction". Smaller black font below this reads, "Harm reduction recognizes the importance of practicing a person-centered approach to services when looking to incorporate tobacco harm reduction (THR) into formal recovery and substance use treatment programs. A THR person-centered practice requires providers to engage in a systematic, holistic, and empathetic approach that addresses both organizational and participants’ needs around their current tobacco use by creating spaces free of stigma, one primary barrier to any sustainable behavior change." Over black border at bottom, white and hot pink text reads, "March 11, 2026 2 p.m. — 4 p.m. ET bit.ly/PersonCenteredTHR"
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Harm reduction (and all other health care) is a human right.
harmreductionintl.bsky.social Harm Reduction International @harmreductionintl.bsky.social · 22d
This #HumanRightsDay, we demand harm reduction.

Punitive drug laws violate rights, enable racist policing, fuel mass incarceration & block access to health. We centre human rights in our harm reduction advocacy because punitive policies undermine dignity, health & rights.
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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🧵At the 2025 #CASEP (California #SyringeExchange Program) Conference, harm reductionists & other social justice activists from across CA gathered in San Francisco for a range of sessions covering solution building, #GriefWork & collective healing, addressing #Burnout, & much more. The conference...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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🧵Nearly half of all people w/ #HIV in the U.S. rely on #Medicaid for life-saving care. With the slashing of Medicaid & changes to requirements, the lives, health, & well-being of so many people is at risk.

bit.ly/ProtectionsForPeopleWithHIV
America’s most basic HIV protections are in danger as a decade of progress unravels
Health experts are alarmed as Republicans degrade the country’s pivotal HIV programs — and break promises made during Trump’s first term.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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🧵This coverage shows a glimpse of just how life-saving & effective #HarmReduction is. While this piece focuses on Virginia, this same evidence-backed work continues to be backed up by data & folks' lived experiences around the U.S. & world.

“We know evidence-based

bit.ly/VAHarmReductionSavesLives
The opioid epidemic in Virginia: 2,000+ saved lives, $5.2B in possible savings
VCU Center on Society and Health and Virginia Department of Health refresh website with locality-based map of the epidemic’s impact.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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🧵Join us for our latest free Foundational Fridays training, "Sexual & Reproductive Health 101!" Through this webinar, we'll emphasize a #HarmReduction approach to guide attendees through how to engage w/ individuals in respectful, non-judgmental conversations about...
bit.ly/SexualandReproHealth2025
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December 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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🧵The so-called " #WarOnDrugs" always was — & remains still — a war on Black & brown people in particular, especially Black mothers & birthing people. Black women continue to be overlooked & exploited as this war rages on. They deserved better then, & deserve better now.

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The War on Drugs Was a War on Black Mothers
Black women were vilified as unfit mothers during crack baby panic, but science—and lived experiences of families—tell a different story.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🧵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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December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM