By Harm Reduction Educators Steff Pinch and Marissa Martins Current drug laws have created a high demand for substances with little oversight or quality control. When a controlled substance is bought, like alcohol, there are regulations and laws that make sure consumers know what they are taking. Labeling is required to tell people what kind […]
June 2018 Harm Reduction News
What Doug Ford as Premier could mean for safer injection sites and harm reduction in Ontario: https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2018/06/10/with-doug-ford-as-premier-city-braces-for-fight-over-supervised-injection-services.html June 11th 2018 Anti-Ford protesters gather in front of his campaign office: https://nowtoronto.com/news/ontario-election-2018-doug-ford-protest/ June 6th 2018 Get more harm reduction news on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Drug Fact of the Week: The Case for Needle Exchange Programs
By Harm Reduction Educators Steff Pinch and Marissa Martins WHAT IS A NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM (NEP)? A needle exchange program is a harm reduction initiative that that provides injection drug users with sterile hypodermic needles and safer injection supplies (alcohol swabs, sterile waters, medical-grade tourniquets, etc.) at a reduced cost, or for free. NEPs also […]
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