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city government employees may not be able to,'" this @atxfreepress.bsky.social piece names.

#HarmReductionSavesLives #EndHomelessness #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #EndHomelessness #HarmReductionIsHealthCare
November 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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You don't want to miss this! We hope you'll join us for our 30th Anniversary Celebration and Fundraiser in NYC. Check out the details below.

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #EndOverdose #SupportNotStigma #HarmReductionIsHealthCare
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 26d
🧵Tickets are on sale now for NHRC’s 30-year anniversary celebration in N.Y.! We’re uplifting 3 decades of #HarmReduction, community, courage, & care on Friday, November 6. Hosted by Kochina Rude ( @kochinarude.bsky.social ), aka the "#Narcan Queen," the evening will...

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October 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
harmreduction.org
In case you missed it: Lighthouse's Centering Care Conference is around the corner! Details below.

#HarmReduction #CenteringCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #Liberation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · Sep 30
Join NHRC's @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social for its 2nd-annual #CenteringCare Conference happening in Oct.! This event is free w/ capacity for 50 folks — grab your spot today!
Register: bit.ly/CenteringCareConference2026

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #Liberation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare
Orange, purple, hot pink, and white gradient with lines frames white background. At top center, hot pink text outlined in black reads, "centering care Conference: 2026" above small black text reading, "Hi community, We are excited to announce our second annual Centering Care Conference, hosted on: October 28 and October 29, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 P.M. at The LGBT Center, 208 W 13th St., New York, NY 10011 room 301. This two-day conference for health service providers will include skill-building sessions and presentations covering issues including: Harm reduction | LGBTQIA+ health | Policy landscape for LGB/TGNC issues | Sex work | Chemsex" and, "While discussing these topics, we’ll include strategies to improve participant health outcomes regarding drug use, sexual health, and LGBTQIA+ health needs. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. If you would like to join us, please register here: bit.ly/CenteringCareConference2026. We look forward to seeing you there! Best regards, The Lighthouse Learning Collective." Lighthouse logo at bottom right beside bold black text reading, "Questions? Contact lighthouse@harmreduction.org for more information." below black line separating copy. Small gray icons on the graphic include: A rainbow, two people dancing below disco ball, sparkles, a pride flag, and naloxone. Same frame, background, logo, contact info, and large text at top reading, "CENTERING CARE CONFERENCE: 2026". Beside pink location pin icon, black text reads, "The LGBT Center: 208 W 13th St., New York, NY 10011, room 301". Within pink box outline, black text reads, "October 28 & 29 | 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Max. 50 attendees" with calendar, clock, and person icons. In smaller pink box outline below this, black and pink text reads, "Register here: bit.ly/CenteringCareConference2026".
October 21, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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a person stops breathing — 'are the most important things in any form of opioid overdose.'"

#HarmReductionSavesLives #Cychlorphine #Overdose #EndTheWarOnDrugs #EndOverdose
October 20, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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leaders & our beloved community as we honor the past & fuel the future of harm reduction. Purchase tickets today!

#HarmReductionSavesLives #EndOverdose #SupportNotStigma #HarmReductionIsHealthCare
October 8, 2026 at 7:08 PM
harmreduction.org
We’re taking a social media break through Oct. 19, & we will respond to our messages, comments, & mentions when we return. Resources, including our #Naloxone Finder Map, can be found 24/7 on our website: harmreduction.org.

#HarmReduction #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #HarmReductionSavesLives
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October 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
spinster777.bsky.social
Good results are possible!! 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you Eris and Jeremy for standing up for our most vulnerable community members, at great personal cost. 🖤🖤

#bcpoli #harmreductionsaveslives
emilylowan.bsky.social Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · Sep 29
Congratulations to Jeremy, Eris, and all those at DULF, who put so much on the line to serve their community & save lives.

Let this be the start of justice. From affordable housing, to harm reduction services, there is so much work to be done.

The BC Greens are here to do that work with you.
Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC News
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.
www.cbc.ca
September 30, 2026 at 4:58 PM
harmreduction.org
Join NHRC's @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social for its 2nd-annual #CenteringCare Conference happening in Oct.! This event is free w/ capacity for 50 folks — grab your spot today!
Register: bit.ly/CenteringCareConference2026

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #Liberation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare
Orange, purple, hot pink, and white gradient with lines frames white background. At top center, hot pink text outlined in black reads, "centering care Conference: 2026" above small black text reading, "Hi community, We are excited to announce our second annual Centering Care Conference, hosted on: October 28 and October 29, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 P.M. at The LGBT Center, 208 W 13th St., New York, NY 10011 room 301. This two-day conference for health service providers will include skill-building sessions and presentations covering issues including: Harm reduction | LGBTQIA+ health | Policy landscape for LGB/TGNC issues | Sex work | Chemsex" and, "While discussing these topics, we’ll include strategies to improve participant health outcomes regarding drug use, sexual health, and LGBTQIA+ health needs. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. If you would like to join us, please register here: bit.ly/CenteringCareConference2026. We look forward to seeing you there! Best regards, The Lighthouse Learning Collective." Lighthouse logo at bottom right beside bold black text reading, "Questions? Contact lighthouse@harmreduction.org for more information." below black line separating copy. Small gray icons on the graphic include: A rainbow, two people dancing below disco ball, sparkles, a pride flag, and naloxone. Same frame, background, logo, contact info, and large text at top reading, "CENTERING CARE CONFERENCE: 2026". Beside pink location pin icon, black text reads, "The LGBT Center: 208 W 13th St., New York, NY 10011, room 301". Within pink box outline, black text reads, "October 28 & 29 | 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Max. 50 attendees" with calendar, clock, and person icons. In smaller pink box outline below this, black and pink text reads, "Register here: bit.ly/CenteringCareConference2026".
September 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM
harmreduction.org
work despite federal funding cuts through this @statesnewsroom.com coverage.

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Overdose #OverdosePrevention #Naloxone #Narcan #NaloxoneSavesLives
September 24, 2026 at 6:40 PM
brownpublichealth.bsky.social
Get ready for Rhode Island's largest #naloxone distribution day! In honor of International Overdose Awareness Day, on 9/1 you can learn to prevent an overdose & get a free naloxone kit at locations across #RI. Learn more at the link!
#IOAD2026 #EndOverdoseRI #HarmReductionSavesLives
Events Calendar – Prevent Overdose RI
The Official Website of Prevent Overdose, RI - End the Epidemic
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August 31, 2026 at 5:16 PM
cmusician.bsky.social
"Harm reduction began as people keeping each other alive when no one else would. Those roots run deep and that foundation has not changed." .. blog.catie.ca/2026/08/17/h... #HarmReductionSavesLives
Harm reduction persists: Returning to collective care | CATIE Blog
For more than a decade, communities across Canada have been experiencing tremendous harms associated with the growing toxicity of the unregulated drug supply. Responses to this crisis remain…
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August 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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#IOAD #OverdoseAwareness #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #SupportNotStigma #EndOverdose #EndTheWarOnDrugs #IOAD2026 #PreventionIsPossible #OverdosePrevention #PreventOverdose #OverdosePreventionCenters #OPCs #SyringeServices #SSPs
August 20, 2026 at 1:52 PM
harmreduction.org
First session is today! We hope you'll join us.

#HarmReduction #BodilyAutonomy #TraumaInformedCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #HealthCareIsAHumanRight
harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · Jul 23
🧵NHRC's Lighthouse Learning Collective @hrc-lighthouse.bsky.social has updated 2 October sessions on Oct. 2 & Oct. 9! Check out the updated details below. We hope you'll join us for these free sessions starting next month that will focus on a range of topics, including...
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August 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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withdrawal is not being treated well, it’s important to listen,'" the coverage shares.

#HarmReduction #Treatment #MOUD #HarmReductionSavesLives #Overdose #OverdoseEpidemic #Opioids #SupportNotStigma
August 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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overall nationally. Learn more about the findings above.

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August 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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parental control over, potentially, children’s health and community health,' said Dorit Reiss, a vaccines expert and professor at UC Law San Francisco. 'Similarly, housing programs and harm reduction programs save lives and promote health,' she said."

#OverdoseEpidemic #HarmReductionSavesLives
August 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
natmaure.bsky.social
#countdowntoscsclosures #publichealthcrisis #scssaveslives #saveoursites #harmreductionsaveslives #stopford #conservativeskill
Red lettering "the clock is ticking" in big font then below reads "Safe consumption sites closures are set for 11:59pm, March 31st" In the middle there is 2 red and white hands holding up a red and white analog clock with the time 11:59 on it Across the bottom there is a red stripe In the middle of the stripe is the words in white "join us at Dundas St & Victoria St for a Public Art Demonstration and rally" "February 20, 2025" • "6-8pm"
February 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
clairezagorski.bsky.social
I love my community, but #WilCo is not harm reduction-friendly. We’ve been largely unable to gain a toehold there. The community is without easy, free access to #fentanyl test strips and naloxone, and it’s killing my neighbors. #HarmReductionSavesLives (cc @HillPharmD)
December 2, 2024 at 7:12 PM
caitjtaylor.bsky.social
"In Philadelphia, 942 Black men born from 1951 through 1970 died of overdoses over a five-year span ending in 2022. That group represented 15% of Philadelphia’s overdose deaths in that period but makes up only 4% of its population."

#HarmReductionSavesLives

www.inquirer.com/health/older...
More older Black men in Philadelphia are dying of overdoses than many other places in the U.S.: ‘It’s like a secret disease’
In Philadelphia, a new analysis shows that older Black men from their 50s to their 70s are dying at the highest rates of all.
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December 20, 2024 at 2:47 PM
calgaryswsj.bsky.social
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
"..There are many current examples of how AB is not holding up its side of the social safety net bargain. This is why we are seeing numerous legal challenges abt access to gender affirming care, income supports, shelter, free health care .."
#HarmReductionSavesLives
Opinion: Former Safeworks client fights closure, saying facility as crucial now as in his past
Opinion:
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June 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
sadfrancisco.bsky.social
@gayshame.bsky.social pro-harm reduction march in SOMA, SF, around 6th Street, an area that politicians use as a prop so they can continue showering money on cops and nonprofit grifters like Urban Alchemy and Salvation Army. #abstinenceonlydoesntwork #harmreductionsaveslives #mattdorsey
May 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
elephoenix.bsky.social
More people @ the pro-MSIR rally than the anti-MSIR rally. Maybe the human race isn’t doomed after all. @aivl.bsky.social #harmreductionsaveslives
April 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
leftovergains.bsky.social
I'm still moving but until then I have the PPD on notice to stop harassing me and provide my lawyers with some info 🤠

#harmreductionsaveslives #disabledveteran #wedeservebetter #copsoutcamerasout
December 18, 2024 at 2:33 AM
leftovergains.bsky.social
Shoutout to Sonoran prevention works for the supplies! I prefer using IM Narcan (needle/vial), but if needles aren't your thing, nasal Narcan is an option. Check local orgs for free Narcan if you're not in Phoenix. #harmreductionsaveslives #narcan #narcansaveslives
December 14, 2024 at 12:43 AM
spinster777.bsky.social
“Even though these people are unhoused, or marginalised by their addiction or whatever it is, they’re still humans.”

"[W]ithout change, workers risk developing post-traumatic stress disorder and leaving the field altogether."

#HarmReductionSavesLives #cdnpoli
May 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM