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National Harm Reduction Coalition
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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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🧵NHRC hosted a series of community engagement & train-the-trainer sessions across Wyoming, reviving vital #HarmReduction work in a frontier state in which people have long faced barriers to access & support. Through the sessions, which were facilitated by NHRC Consultant Courtney Titus in...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Drug users' rights are #HumanRights — full stop. This is true on #InternationalDrugUsersDay & the other 364 days of the year. Today & always at NHRC, we will continue our life-saving, evidence-backed #HarmReduction work that centers the people most impacted by drug use: People who use drugs.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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🧵Join us at @drugpolicy.org’s International #DrugPolicy #Reform conference! NHRC’s Capacity Building & #HepatitisC Coordinator, Jose Martinez, who also manages NHRC’s PeerUp program, will facilitate an affinity group gathering, “The Resurrection of the Peer Workforce” on Friday, Nov. 14 from...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🧵NHRC’s Executive Director, Laura Guzman, was one of four honorees at the San Francisco Latinx Democratic Club (SFLDC) at their Seguimos Adelante — 45th Year Anniversary Event at the Brava Theater in San Francisco, CA. Laura received the Community Impact Award from Michael Rouppet, SFLDC...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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UPDATE: November's Foundational Fridays session, "Sex Work 101," has been rescheduled to Nov. 21. We hope to see you there for this free learning opportunity!

bit.ly/2025SexWork101
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October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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🧵 #SexWorkIsWork, & work should be safe. Join us next month for our free webinar, "Sex Work 101," win which we'll share an introduction to sex work through a #HarmReduction lens w/ a focus on addressing stigma people who engage in sex work face. Attendees will explore ways to..
bit.ly/2025SexWork101
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October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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🧵As #LasAméricas — traditionally known as #HispanicHeritageMonth/Latine/x Heritage Month — comes to a close, we're reminding folks the importance of celebrating Latine/x heritage all year long! Check out our Las Américas learning series recordings, where we shone a spotlight on...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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🧵This Indigenous Peoples' Day & every day, we honor the original caretakers of the land — Natives who have been performing #HarmReduction practices & other life-saving work for centuries. Today is a reminder of how important it is...

bit.ly/NativeHarmReductionToolkit
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October 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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🧵NHRC's Director of Capacity Building & Community Mobilization, Mike Selick, joined Vermont Harm Reduction Advocates as they gathered to grieve those we've lost to the #OverdoseEpidemic & honor their memory. The group commemorated #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay (#IOAD) at City Hall Park...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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:

bit.ly/NHRCResources
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October 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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🧵The more you know, the safer you can be. Much like health tips for a night out drinking — like being mindful of the amount of drinks you're having, trying to eat beforehand, & hydrating with water — #HarmReduction best practices keep people safer while using other drugs.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🧵Suicide Prevention Month is a stark reminder of our collective responsibility to dismantle oppressive systems & build a world in which people have what they need to live full, healthy, safe, authentic lives. Together, we can & must usher in this new world where people...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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🧵 #HarmReduction keeps people who use drugs & entire communities safer & healthier. Learn how by joining us for October's Foundational Fridays session, "Safer Injecting 101," in which we'll discuss how safer injecting can reduce abscesses & other injection-related wounds
bit.ly/2025SaferInjecting101
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September 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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🧵People living with #HIV/AIDS created the #HarmReduction movement decades ago, when the government left them behind — allowing our loved ones to die from preventable health complications. NHRC remains steadfast in our work to save lives, improve public health conditions, & elevate the voices &...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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#HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #WarOnDrugs #EndTheWarOnDrugs #EndTheDrugWar #SupportNotPunishment #FundHarmReduction #Naloxone #NaloxoneSavesLives #CarryNaloxone #Narcan #NarcanSavesLives #CarryNarcan #EndOverdose
Same pattern, background, and logo. At top left over yellow circle is graphic of a person resting their hand in one hand. On either side of them are "thought" bubbles, with one showing a health care center icon and the other showing dollar signs. In yellow font below over black text box, copy reads, "We should expand harm reduction services and programs, which can include voluntary treatment. We should also be mindful of companies looking to make a profit off the overdose epidemic." Same pattern, background, and logo. At top left over yellow circle is graphic showing two hands opened toward the sky. Between the hands is nasal naloxone. In black font over yellow background at right, copy reads, "We should be focusing on ensuring life-saving naloxone is accessible to people who need it most."
September 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🧵 #Naloxone works & saves lives. We don't need "higher-dose" #Overdose reversal medications. We need to expand life-saving #HarmReduction programs & services, including naloxone (4 mg or less) distribution, to communities that need it most.

Free naloxone: bit.ly/NaloxoneFinderMap
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September 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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🧵Calling our Wyoming friends! We're offering free train-the-trainer & community engagement sessions this month, where folks can obtain training certificates, learn about #OverdosePrevention, #HarmReduction principles, & strengthen facilitation skills, & connect with neighbors who care about...
September 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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🧵It is with heavy hearts & saddened spirits NHRC mourns the passing of our dear friend & colleague, Louise Beale Vincent, executive director of the Urban Survivors Union. Louise's passion & advocacy started in North Carolina, though it has rippled outward across the country & internationally...
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September 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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🧵Join us for our 2-day intensive training sponsored by the Opioid Response Network (ORN) where we will be talking about the best ways we can support our people & whole communities by implementing best practices for #Prevention around #Stimulant & #Opioid use.

This space is for folks who want to...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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🧵 We have lost so many beautiful souls to fatal overdoses. They were so loved, and still are. On International Overdose Awareness Day (#IOAD), we mourn. And then we get to work. We'll continue providing life-saving support across our communities, advocating for evidence-backed #HarmReduction...
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August 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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🧵NHRC’s Executive Director Laura Guzman & Programs & Resources Manager, Mike Pomante, provided a presentation about NHRC’s #TobaccoHarmReduction Education & Engagement (THREE) initiative to the Global Action to End Smoking (Global Action)’s Board of Directors in NYC.
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August 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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🧵 #HarmReduction #Outreach provides life-saving connections & community building through trust, shared expertise, & listening with empathy. Join us for September's free Foundational Fridays session, where we'll introduce the fundamentals of effective outreach, grounded in...
bit.ly/Outreach1012025
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August 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🧵 #TobaccoHarmReduction (#THR) saves lives, yet is often overlooked in the #HarmReduction movement & other interconnected #PublicHealth spaces. Join us for a free training where we'll share principles of harm reduction & its application to #CombustibleTobacco
bit.ly/PrinciplesOfTobaccoHarmReduction
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August 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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🧵NHRC is thrilled to celebrate our latest Peer Foundational Training Program graduates! From April through June, peers participated in weekly sessions covering a range of #HarmReduction topics including—but not limited to— #OverdosePrevention, outreach, safer injection, #HCV/#HepatitisC, #SelfCare,
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August 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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We’re taking a social media break until Aug. 18, and we will respond to our messages, comments, and mentions when we return. Resources, including our #Naloxone Finder Map, can be found 24/7 on our website: harmreduction.org.
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August 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM