We have operated a community based harm reduction program in LA since 1991. Syringe access, healthcare and MAT navigation, education, and advocacy.
Los Angeles
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Slide from yesterdays event: the US makes up 5% of the worlds population, yet uses 80% of the opiates. Carry Naloxone.
Los Angeles Community Health Project retweeted
More time wasted debating #harmreduction’s merits will mean more Canadians lost to the #opioids epidemic: @globeandmail editorial theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Today: Hepatitis C screenings, Fentanyl testing strips, OD trainings and Naloxone, syringe access, linkage to care. See you there.
Los Angeles Community Health Project retweeted
Even smart kids can make bad decisions. Talk to your pharmacist and get naloxone.
We are torn over this.
Question for my fellow harm reductionists - given new study suggesting that calling them "Overdose Prevention Sites" may make Supervised Injection Facilities/Safer Consumption Spaces more palatable, do you think it would be helpful to start calling them that?
45%Yes- to save lives
48%Mixed feelings
6%No- respectability kills
64 votes • Final results Los Angeles Community Health Project retweeted
Saving lives is a moral imperative, not a political opinion
thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
In 2016, the CDC reported that overall life expectancy in the U.S. had dropped due to the surge of deaths caused by opioid overdose. hellogiggles.com/news/what-i…
Labor Day is coming up, so this next class will be September 10th. #overdosecrisis
Random reminder to pdx peeps, if someone is drug or alcohol affected in a way that is not an emergency, call CHIERS! 5032388132. They have other options and they are great.
7 year old harm reductionist, loading in Naloxone. #overdose #opioidcrisis
Los Angeles Community Health Project retweeted
The 7 deaths that police are warning about occurred in 14 division, which includes Parkdale. The MOH blocked the opening of an OPS in Parkdale on Friday. The Parkdale OPS is so clearly needed NOW to help address this crisis #onpoli @TorontoOPS cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/o…
