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North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC) is North Carolina’s only comprehensive harm reduction program. NCHRC engages in grassroots advocacy, resource development, coalition building and direct services for law enforcement and those made vulnerable by drug use, sex work, overdose, immigration status, gender, STIs, HIV and hepatitis.

“I support harm reduction programs because I’ll advocate for anything that protects my life and the lives of my fellow officers.”

Corporal D.A. Jackson

 

WHO WE ARE

Our mission

Encourage and motivate the acceptance of harm reduction strategies in North Carolina through education, interventions, advocacy, and resource development.

Our Programs

Harm Reduction...Emphasizes tolerance, respect for the personal choices of others and respect for human rights. It favors evidence over anecdote, courage over cowardice and doing what is right even if it seems to send the “wrong message.”

It means doing what has to be done to protect the public health in the face of opposition from all quarters because it is the right thing to do.

Our Approach

The key to bringing sex workers, crack smokers, injection drug users and others who engage in high-risk activities closer to prevention and health services is to treat every person, regardless of their circumstance or condition, with dignity and respect. NCHRC’s nonjudgmental approach allows our members to move through a process of self-discovery and self-empowerment at their own pace (this is based off the behavioral theory “stages of change”). By developing relationships based on honesty, community, tolerance and cooperation, our staff helps clients live healthier and more fulfilling lives, while raising the health index of the community.

NEWS AND EVENTS

  • NC House Passes Partial Syringe Decrim and Needle Stick Prevention Bill
  • Tuesday, May 14, 2013
  • Last night, championed by NC House Republicans, the NC House passed HB 850, a partial syringe decriminalization and needle stick prevention bill 111-2. The bill now moves on to the senate.  To track the bill you can go to the following website:   http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=h850&submitButton=Go Read more...
  • Get to Know the New Overdose Prevention Law in NC
  • Monday, April 29, 2013
  • *911 Good Samaritan and Naloxone Access Law: What this means for North Carolina * Read more...
  • 2013 Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference
  • Monday April 2013
  • The 2013 Southern Harm Reduction Conference will take in early Novemeber 2013 in New Orleans. Read more...
  • NCHRC meeting