National Harm Reduction Coalition

06/12/2026

We honor the Black revolutionaries who made emancipation and Juneteenth possible, and the Black changemakers fighting for social justice today in harm reduction and interconnected movements. While we celebrate Black resilience and joy as a form of resistance, we also recognize how recharging to sustain ourselves in this fight is necessary to move against white supremacy and create a safer, healthier world for people who use drugs and all people.

We're closed June 15 through June 19 in observance of Juneteenth as a period of institutional pause, rest, and recharging, and we will respond to our messages, comments, and mentions when we return. Resources, including our Naloxone Finder Map, can be found 24/7 on our website: harmreduction.org.

06/11/2026

There are far too many fathers and father figures behind bars or otherwise surveilled because of the racist, so-called "War On Drugs" — forced to miss holidays and time with their loved ones including their own fathers, kids, and grandkids — many times, without the chance to even meet their own children and grandchildren. We see you. We miss you. We'll keep advocating for you. We must end the so-called "War On Drugs."

06/11/2026

In case you missed it: Join us in Wyoming next week!

Wyoming friends: Please join National Harm Reduction Coalition in partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health for a full-day summit bringing people together from across Wyoming focusing on overdose prevention, treatment linkage, recovery support and community care.

Sign up today: bit.ly/WyomingTakesCare

06/10/2026

Join us for our latest To***co Harm Reduction (THR) sessions happening this month! Through these sessions, we'll discuss successes and challenges in incorporating THR into harm reduction spaces and explore the intersection of to***co and other substance use, focusing on practical strategies for providers. We'll also discuss practical tools to reduce to***co-related harm among people who use drugs.

Learn more about the sessions and sign up: bit.ly/HarmReductionSpaces
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06/09/2026

Declines in overdose deaths are results of improved public health measures and investing in communities, not deadly and violent so-called "War on Drugs" tactics.

"None of the most plausible explanations for the decline in overdose deaths involves intensifying the drug war. If anything, the evidence points toward lower-risk patterns of drug use, harm reduction, naloxone access, and behavioral adaptation in response to an increasingly dangerous illicit market…nothing in the evidence suggests that bombing suspected traffickers, intensifying interdiction, or escalating prohibition deserves the credit. If bombing traffickers and escalating interdiction were meaningfully reducing supply, illicit drug prices should be rising. Instead, [illicit] markets continue to deliver cheaper, more potent, and more easily transported substances. After more than 50 years of failure, the drug war remains far better at generating black markets than saving lives," this piece via the American Council on Science and Health notes.

Washington will almost certainly try to claim credit for the decline in overdose deaths. But the evidence suggests multiple factors are at play, none of which involve enforcing drug prohibition.

06/09/2026

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06/09/2026

In case you missed it: Check out our latest fact sheets! ⬇️

06/08/2026

Wyoming friends: Please join National Harm Reduction Coalition in partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health for a full-day summit bringing people together from across Wyoming focusing on overdose prevention, treatment linkage, recovery support and community care.

Sign up today: bit.ly/WyomingTakesCare

06/04/2026

Join us tomorrow for the last session of this Lighthouse Learning Series, "No Movement Without Mourning," facilitated by Shiloh Gordon. In this free webinar, we'll explore how grief lives in the body and how systems of oppression shape our collective experiences of loss. The session invites a return to the relational, ancestral, and collective ways of tending what hurts.

Sign up: bit.ly/LLS2026-5

06/03/2026

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