OUR MOVEMENT IN MOTION
January 15, 2022

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

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

+ WIN: Join us in 🎉 celebrating 🎉 a historic harm reduction win out of New Jersey! After much organizing and mobilizing from the NJ harm reduction community, last week on January 10th, the New Jersey Legislature passed far-reaching legislation to expand access to syringe services, which are essential public health tools to end the overdose crisis. Read about this bill from the New Jersey Harm Reduction Coalition: [link removed]

+ ARTICLE: A Plea From People Who Use Drugs to Clinicians — In this new Commentary in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, NHRC Medical Director Dr. Kim Sue, Dr. Shawn Cohen, Jess Tilley, and Avi Yocheved plead with clinicians for new ways to initiate buprenorphine in an era of fentanyl. [link removed]

+ #HARMREDFUTURES: What are your visions and dreams for harm reduction futures? In case you missed it, check out three different visions from different artists and harm reductionists we shared last week. Join the conversation: Tell us how you imagine the future of harm reduction to be, tag us and use #HarmRedFutures.

Digital illustration of a sidewalk and store fonts with greenery around and cute lamps. A sign over one warm golden-colored store front reads ''Drug User Health Program. Syringe Exchange, Safe Consumption Space, Medicated Assisted Therapy''. ⁣ Art by Jamie Harary

"In my vision for Harm Reduction Futures, overdose prevention sites, needle exchanges, and other services for people who use drugs don’t need to be hidden, the people who access them don’t need to be shamed..." - Jamie Harary

Keep reading Jamie's #HarmRedFuture vision on FB: [link removed] or IG: [link removed]

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Purple, pink, and teal color themed illustrated comic. Curly haired, glasses wearing, person with their hands on their hips in the lower left corner with thought bubbles coming out of them with people connecting, lounging, smoking, sitting under and on mushrooms. Text in the thought bubbles read: My dream is to live in a world where people can explore altered states of consciousness free from stigma and shame! ⁣
"This comic depicts me daydreaming about a world in which people feel free to expand their minds using a variety of techniques without fear of judgement or retribution. I believe that if people's need for connection and spirituality could be fulfilled, addiction would be a much less common phenomenon in our society."⁣- Gaia WXYZ⁣

Get a close up of Gaia's #HarmRedFuture work on FB: [link removed] or IG: [link removed]

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Digital illustration with purple background with yellow font in the middle, ''Test your Candies.'' Babes are smiling and dancing, partying on the sides. Disco ball on the top and test strips rain down the middle. ⁣

"'Candies' is a reminder to my queer community to be aware of the chemicals they put in their bodies. Rather than point fingers or criminalize communities, specially those who are BIPOC and LGBTQI+, we need to imagine what a society can look like when we take care of each other. Harm reduction is a start!" - Julio Salgado

Share Julio's #HarmRedFuture work on FB: [link removed] or IG: [link removed]


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EMERGENT & EXCITING WORK

+ NEWS: New York City plans for 10 harm reduction vending machines across the city. “We know that syringe access is effective; this is just another form of it,” says Mike Selick of NHRC. Read the full New York Times article about this investment in making harm reduction supplies accessible: [link removed]

+ RESEARCH: Study finds only 29% success rate to access the life-saving medicine Naloxone at pharmacies across West Virginia. While West Virginia has the highest rate of overdose deaths in the country, this new study highlights part of the problem. Read more here: [link removed]

Hep C Basics: Feb 15, 9:30 AM - 12:30 EST RSVP: bit.ly/HepCFeb15 This 3 hour Intro to Hepatitis C Training is geared for New York City harm reduction workers and/or hep C navigators and peer workers.
+ TRAINING: Hep C Basics: Hep C Patient Navigation, Tuesday, Feb 15, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET, RSVP: bit.ly/HepCFeb15

This 3 hour training is designed to provide patient navigators, caseworkers, test counselors and other prevention counselors, with a basic overview of Hepatitis C (Hep C), its impact in NYC, as well as an introduction to successful patient navigation strategies used by current Hep C patient navigation programs. This training provides an overview of NASTAD’s Hepatitis C Community Navigation Toolkit and describes how the toolkit can be practically applied to implement and strengthen hepatitis navigation programs.

Hep C Medical Care & Treatment Update: Part 2, Thursday, Feb 24, 1-4 PM ET. RSVP: bit.ly/HepCFeb24 Join us in this two-part series to review the latest advances in treatment for hepatitis C (HCV) and increase awareness of HCV peer workers about the overall medical care needs of people living with HCV.
+ TRAINING: Hep C Medical Care & Treatment Update: Part 2, Thursday, Feb 24, 1-4 PM ET. RSVP: bit.ly/HepCFeb24
Join us for the second of the two-part series to review the latest advances in treatment for hepatitis C (HCV) and increase awareness of HCV peer workers about the overall medical care needs of people living with HCV.

THE POLICY PLUG
+ POLICY: California moves closer to establishing Overdose Prevention Centers as #SB57 passes through the CA Assembly Health Committee: [link removed]

Twitter post from Drug Policy Alliance California: The CA Asm Health Committee passed #SB57 @Scott_Wiener to establish overdose prevention center pilots amid the overdose crisis. OPCs are proven to save lives and help people find a path to treatment and healthy lives.

+ POLICY: “The law that makes it illegal for people to be in possession of any kind of equipment to test drugs is part of an archaic war on drugs-era law that has served no good purpose.” — Alice Bell of Prevention Point Pittsburgh. Learn more about how harm reductionists are challenging barriers to accessing Fentanyl test strips in Pennsylvania. [link removed]

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WORK FOR THE MOVEMENT
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