I learned about harm reduction in the early ‘90s as a way to address the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C. I was fortunate to learn from Edith Springer, an incredible teacher and passionate woman. I was excited to learn something new, something that could reduce the spread of this deadly disease, and yet was surprised that it was not being commonly discussed in the medical field. To me this was huge! To be able to provide services that would not only help people from becoming infected, but also get them to eventually come back for information, services, and resources was such a great idea.
Your child’s drinking or getting high is worrisome and often a challenge to figure out what steps to take. Flexibility and being open to different approaches to prevention, counseling and treatment for substance abuse is crucial. Harm reduction approaches can offer you an approach allowing you to get back into the ‘driver’s seat’ of family control if you find yourself in the passenger seat—or even worse, the back seat.
Since just before the 20th of June, 2011, the first year anniversary of my only son Jamie’s death, I’ve been in a new corridor in the seemingly endless labyrinth of grieving, and I just couldn’t make it out for awhile…
Today is the eleventh annual "International Overdose Awareness Day," an event intended to counter the stigma surrounding addiction and to draw attention to the growing thousands of drug overdoses across the world. Here in America, more than 28,000 die each year of overdoses from heroin, cocaine, prescription drugs and a wide variety of other narcotics—more than are killed by guns, murders or HIV/AIDS.
Make your statement with Broken No More and GRASP tee shirts and tank tops.For Many, a Life-Saving Drug Out of Reach
09-27-2011
Mark Kinzly saved two lives this week. But he wouldn’t have been here to help if a friend hadn’t once done for him what he’s now repeatedly done for others — provide overdose victims with Naloxone, the antidote that revived them.
Tell Congress: No More Drug War Spending
09-23-2011
Drug war spending continues to rise as the government continues implementing the failed policies of the war on drugs. Now is our chance to demand that Congress stop wasting money on this catastrophe!
Recently, Congress was charged with cutting at least $1.5 trillion in government spending. That's why you need to write your representative today and show your support for cutting drug war funding.
Drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in U.S., data show
09-19-2011
Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a Times analysis of government data has found.
Drugs exceeded motor vehicle accidents as a cause of death in 2009, killing at least 37,485 people nationwide, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ONE DRUG ARREST EVERY 19 SECONDS IN THE U.S.
09-19-2011
New FBI Numbers Reveal Failure of "War on Drugs"
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new FBI report released today shows that there is a drug arrest every 19 seconds in the U.S. A group of police and judges who have been campaigning to legalize and regulate drugs pointed to the figures showing more than 1.6 million drug arrests in 2010 as evidence that the "war on drugs" is a failure that can never be won.
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