Illinois Overdose Prevention Center Bill Is Moving Forward Again HB 2929 follows a years-long push to open OPC in Chicago’s West Side, which has borne the state’s highest rates of overdose deaths.

🧵 #OverdosePreventionCenters ( #OPCs) breathe life into communities. These evidence-backed health hubs save lives from #Overdose, prevent blood-borne transmissions, connect folks to care on their own terms, & improve the health & safety of entire communities. Illinois is one of...
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Overdose Prevention Centers | National Harm Reduction Coalition Looking for info on overdose prevention centers (OPCs) in the US? Find fact sheets, best practices and more on this harm reduction strategy. Start here.

#OverdosePreventionCenters ( #OPCs). Our communities deserve more life-saving programs like these, which are evidence-backed approaches to preventing & reversing otherwise fatal overdoses, linking people to health care, & much more.

Learn more: bit.ly/OPCs101

#OverdosePrevention #EndOverdose

Harm Reduction Principles | National Harm Reduction Coalition Harm reduction is a set of practical strategies aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug use. Understand the principles of harm reduction.

Learn more through NHRC's principles of harm reduction: bit.ly/HarmReductionPrinciples

#Overdose #HarmReductionSavesLives #OverdoseEpidemic #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #PreventOverdose #OverdosePreventionCenters #Recovery #SafeInjection

through various harm reduction strategies...[T]he establishment of overdose prevention centers in other jurisdictions has been a particularly effective harm reduction strategy," -via @filtermag.bsky.social

#HarmReduction #OverdosePreventionCenters #EndOverdose #PreventOverdose #Overdose

Marking a year of saving lives at the nation’s first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center From a press release:

🧵The life-saving, life-affirming care provided through #OverdosePreventionCenters ( #OPCs) is undeniable. These centers make our communities safer, healthier, & cared for in ways that transcend data & numbers — & still, the stats continue to back up what harm reductionists have...

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We must put in the work & investments needed to save lives & improve public health.

#HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #SyringeExchange #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #OverdoseEpidemic #PreventOverdose #OverdosePreventionCenters #OnPointNYC #SupportNotStigma #EndOverdose

tens of thousands of lives could have been saved?" this piece in @thenation.com names.

Content note: Instance of stigmatizing phrasing.

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #OverdosePrevention #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #OverdosePreventionCenters #OPCs #EndOverdose

Director of Federal Affairs at @drugpolicy.org Maritza Perez Medina told TalkingDrugs.

#HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #Treatment #SyringeExchange #SSPs #Overdose #OverdosePrevention #OPCs #OverdosePreventionCenters #SupportNotStigma #EndOverdose

They are dying," this @vtdigger.bsky.social piece shares.

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #IOAD #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay #OverdosePrevention #OverdosePreventionCenters #OPCs #PreventOverdose #EndOverdose

heres me doing something other than talking about sex, but instead talking to city council members about drug stuff.

#harmreduction #overdoseprevention #overdosepreventioncenters

Evidence Shows that OPCs are a Key Tool to Reduce Overdose Deaths. Arizona Lawmakers Shouldn’t Ban Them. | Arizona Capitol Times The Arizona house passed HB 2798 and now the Senate is expected to do the same, placing a preemptive ban on what might otherwise be a useful tool in our communities.

#Arizona #OverdosePreventionCenters #OPS

The NYSPA Report: Overdose Prevention Centers Keep Our People Alive People with opioid use disorder (OUD) have a high prevalence of a serious mental illness (SMI). Nearly 27% of people with an OUD had a co-occurring SMI

Effective #HarmReduction measures like #SupervisedInjectionSites, #naloxone, #fentanyl tests, and #OverdosePreventionCenters have been hindered by legal obstacles. Changing the federal "Crack House Statute" could expand life-saving efforts.

@CUCSnyc

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