Latest posts tagged with #OPCS on Bluesky
🧵 #HarmReduction meets people where they're at, with no judgment, stigma, or strings attached. #OverdosePrevention centers ( #OPCs), also called safe injection sites, represent harm reduction in action — saving lives, uplifting the dignity of people who use drugs, & supporting...
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🧵As proven through an array of studies & folks' lived experiences in the U.S. & abroad, #OverdosePrevention centers ( #OPCs) save lives, improve #PublicHealth outcomes for entire communities, & uplift the well-being of people who use drugs. We'll continue advocating for these...
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🧵The life-saving, life-affirming care provided through #OverdosePreventionCenters ( #OPCs) is undeniable. These centers make our communities safer, healthier, & cared for in ways that transcend data & numbers — & still, the stats continue to back up what harm reductionists have...
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( #OPCs) save our communities money by cutting down on ambulance rides, hospitalizations, & other costs as noted in this @statnews.com story.
"The nearly 2,000 overdose reversals, Marcus estimated, have saved New York City’s government over $55 million," the piece reads in part.
tens of thousands of lives could have been saved?" this piece in @thenation.com names.
Content note: Instance of stigmatizing phrasing.
#HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #OverdosePrevention #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #OverdosePreventionCenters #OPCs #EndOverdose
(aka #HealthCare) services & programs including #OverdosePrevention Centers ( #OPCs ), & uplifting the expertise, human rights, & dignity of people who use drugs to save lives. IOAD around the corner can be a painful reminder of the hole in our hearts left in the wake of...
Director of Federal Affairs at @drugpolicy.org Maritza Perez Medina told TalkingDrugs.
#HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #Treatment #SyringeExchange #SSPs #Overdose #OverdosePrevention #OPCs #OverdosePreventionCenters #SupportNotStigma #EndOverdose
They are dying," this @vtdigger.bsky.social piece shares.
#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #IOAD #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay #OverdosePrevention #OverdosePreventionCenters #OPCs #PreventOverdose #EndOverdose
Me too!! Thank you for supporting OnPointNYC and #OPCs from Day 1! #HarmReductionSAVESLives ❤️🩹💉
Evidence Shows that OPCs are a Key Tool to Reduce Overdose Deaths. Arizona Lawmakers Shouldn’t ...
azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/03/22/evidence... […]
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Evidence shows that OPCs are a key tool to reduce overdose deaths. Arizona lawmakers shouldn’t ...
azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/03/22/evidence... […]
[Original post on azcapitoltimes.com]
Thanks for having us California - see you again in 2 years if not before 💜💙💚💛🧡♥️
#sciencefriends #networking #DwightBirdles #astrocytes #microglia #OPCs #oligodendrocytes #entericglia #mullerglia #schwann #sharethelove #neuronssuck
Wondered why phone was quiet. Seems 3 is down.
Friend just asked “what could cause that I wonder?”
“Probably an HLR is down” Jesus wept. Take me outside, shoot me, it would save those around me a lot of stress & eye rolling
Home Location Register, they were back in my day anyway #SadSadGit #OPCS
