Tag: harm reduction
Our Struggle for Safe Consumption Sites in San Francisco’s Tenderloin
In 2006, a community health clinic opened in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District. On any ...
Opioid Settlement Funds: Will “Once-in-a-Generation” Chance Be Wasted?
As opioid settlement dollars start rolling into jurisdictions across the United States, debate has ...
Learning to Do HIV Peer Education in the ’90s, by Unlearning What to Say
In the summer of 1992, a few weeks after I’d learned I had HIV, ...
DE Lifts “One-to-One” Cap on Syringe Exchange, a Reform Long Overdue
Delaware syringe service programs (SSP) are no longer limited to “one-to-one” exchange, a widely ...
Re-Queering Harm Reduction Means Reclaiming Its Grassroots Spirit
When the harm reduction movement emerged, survival was front of mind: Policymakers were leaving drug ...
How We Clean Knife Wounds in Prison, Without Going to Medical
[Read Part 1 of this story here] Fighting is a fact of life in ...
“A More Loving, Just Church”: Harm Reduction and Faith Communities
On July 3, the United Church of Christ (UCC) approved the first harm reduction ...
Violence Harm Reduction: How Peer De-Escalation Works Inside Prisons
In 1992, the year I learned I had HIV, a friend got me a ...
Sharing Needles as Street Kids in LA, During the Rise of the HIV Epidemic
In 1990 Los Angeles, the kids who did sex work had communal syringes stashed ...
Where Do Philly Mayor Candidates Stand on Harm Reduction, Policing?
A big change is coming to Philadelphia. In November, voters will choose the city’s ...
