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2022

Contradictory State Laws Aimed at Stopping Drug Overdoses Aren’t Applied Equally

Counterfeit pills have become more prevalent in the street drug supply

To stem opioid overdose deaths, NC must embrace these lifesaving medications

NC State researchers: Law enforcement need training on state syringe exchange law

NC experts explain how safe smoking kits reduce harm from drug use

A Former Teacher Cleans the Streets of Some of Durham’s Toughest Neighborhoods

The fight to legalize life-saving fentanyl test strips in Southern states

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2022/02/23/nc-experts-explain-how-safe-smoking-kits-reduce-harm-from-drug-use/

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/11/18/state-budget-funds-some-mental-health-crisis-response-and-hospital-diversion-efforts/

2021

LEAD Program Allows Police Officers to Divert Individuals to Resources Instead of Arrest

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/11/04/deputies-fentanyl-overdose-unlikely/

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/12/10/decreasing-opioid-deaths-not-with-abstinence-but-harm-reduction/

Covid instability fuels a surge in Opioid Use

Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Focuses on Services and Treatment Over Arrest

Opioid-related deaths in Cumberland County nearly double over 5 year-period

As drug overdoses proliferate, one obvious and important policy solution stands out

Navigating a matrix of opioid treatment services in NC

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2022/11/09/vending-machines-dispensing-free-life-saving-medication/

Overdose deaths among black Americans skyrocket in pandemic, study shows

2020

Harm reduction — enabling people to change their lives

Harm reduction grant extended by split vote

New Frontiers: Drug Use, Harm Reduction, and Essential Services in the Time of COVID-19

2019

Taking the LEAD

Even as Opioids Ravaged Western N.C., Folks Say Meth Never Went Away

Southern States Slowly Embracing Harm Reduction to Curb Opioid Epidemic

Ronald Martin on Overcoming the Challenges With Implementing a Harm Reduction Model

Keep Haywood warm campaign will continue in January

2018

Needle exchange program launches through fire and EMS department

2017

The Opioid Crisis: One Community fights back

Unable To Arrest Opioid Epidemic, Red States Warm To Needle Exchanges

Meeting your population where they are: North Carolina Harm Reduction

June 20, 2016

77 NC Police Departments now carry Naloxone

Naloxone access and North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition

NC Harm Reduction Coalition armed with drug to reverse opioid overdose

2015

Reframing the Drug Debate

2014

States combat overdose deaths

2012

Advocates analyze advantages of Syringe Access

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“The help I got from the harm reduction program was more than just clean equipment, it was about being with people who didn’t judge me for my addiction, and who really wanted to help.”
~ Sam, a 50-year-old former drug user and sex worker in Carrboro, NC

“Too often, drug users suffer discrimination, are forced to accept treatment, marginalized, and often harmed by approaches which over-emphasize criminalization and punishment while under-emphasizing harm reduction and respect for human rights. This is despite the longstanding evidence that a harm reduction approach is the most effective way of protecting rights, limiting personal suffering, and reducing the incidence of HIV.”
~ Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 10, 2009