Over 5000 Police Sign Global Statement of Support for 'Harm Reduction

Over 5000 Police Sign Global Statement of Support for 'Harm Reduction
Harm reduction programs that have been proven to reduce HIV among people who use drugs include the distribution of sterile injecting equipment, the prescription of medicines like methadone, or buprenorphine, and naloxone to reduce overdoses and HIV …
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Advocates: Equip first responders with overdose reversal kits
… of opioid overdoses today, advocates say. Naloxone reverses overdoses on opioids, which include include many highly-abused painkillers, such as Codeine, Oxycontin, Vicodin, Percocet, Norco, Darvocet and Methadone. Heroin also is an opioid. When …
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Prevent an Overdose, Save a Life (in Russian) — This video was produced by the New York City Department of Health. It illustrates the techniques and methods used to prevent drug overdoses and the proper us…


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