{"id":7653,"date":"2022-08-31T08:56:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T13:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nptrust.org\/?p=7653"},"modified":"2025-05-13T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:55:38","slug":"national-harm-reduction-coalition-fighting-stigma-and-minimizing-overdose-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nptrust.org\/philanthropic-resources\/philanthropist\/national-harm-reduction-coalition-fighting-stigma-and-minimizing-overdose-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"National Harm Reduction Coalition: Fighting Overdose &amp; Stigma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overdoseday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Overdose Awareness Day<\/a>, observed worldwide on August 31st, is a campaign to \u201cremember, without stigma, those who have died, and acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind\u201d by drug overdoses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year&#8217;s observances follow a grim milestone. According <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/pressroom\/nchs_press_releases\/2021\/20211117.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>, over 100,000 people were estimated to have died from drug overdoses over a yearlong period in the United States, an increase of about 30% from the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The combination of decades long overprescription of opioid painkillers and the prominence of fentanyl, an extremely powerful synthetic opioid, has created a public health crisis. But there are grassroots community organizations and longtime treatment professionals working hard to reduce the risk of overdose and save lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the emergent approaches to preventing overdose deaths is the <a href=\"https:\/\/harmreduction.org\/about-us\/principles-of-harm-reduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harm reduction movement<\/a>. \u201cHarm reduction is a human rights framework that provides people with the tools and strategies that allow them to make informed decisions about what is best for their lives,\u201d explains Dr. Orisha Bowers, the Executive Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/harmreduction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Harm Reduction Coalition<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"quote-container scroll-watch\">\t\n            <svg width=\"72px\" height=\"52px\" viewBox=\"0 0 72 52\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n                <g stroke=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\">\n                    <g transform=\"translate(-405.000000, -1977.000000)\" fill=\"#02B5CC\">\n                        <g transform=\"translate(350.000000, 1278.000000)\">\n                            <g transform=\"translate(55.000000, 647.000000)\">\n                                <path d=\"M40.3135498,103.84 L40.3135498,83.2493458 C40.3135498,59.0250467 61.5991041,52.3633645 72,52 L72,62.9009346 C63.5341545,63.8699065 58.212766,68.1091589 57.7290034,76.708785 L72,76.708785 L72,103.84 L40.3135498,103.84 Z M0,103.84 L0,83.2493458 C0,59.0250467 21.2855543,52.3633645 31.6864502,52 L31.6864502,62.9009346 C23.2206047,63.8699065 17.8992161,68.1091589 17.4154535,76.708785 L31.6864502,76.708785 L31.6864502,103.84 L0,103.84 Z\"><\/path>\n                            <\/g>\n                        <\/g>\n                    <\/g>\n                <\/g>\n            <\/svg>\n    \t\t\t<h2>If you want to be part of an opportunity to heal and to help...this is lifesaving work.<\/h2>\n    \t\t<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bowers\u2019 organization, a national coalition of practitioners and supporters, describes harm reduction as an approach that incorporates \u201ca spectrum of strategies that includes safer use, managed use, abstinence, meeting people who use drugs \u2018where they\u2019re at,\u2019 and addressing conditions of use along with the use itself.\u201d The US Department of Health and Human Services, says harm reduction \u201cplays a significant role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/find-help\/harm-reduction#:~:text=Harm%20reduction%20plays%20a%20significant,diseases%20such%20as%20HIV%2FHCV.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">preventing drug-related deaths<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese principles and philosophies allow us to apply harm reduction to many different areas for folks who are marginalized,\u201d Bowers says. A 2021 study from the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ajph.aphapublications.org\/doi\/10.2105\/AJPH.2021.306431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Journal of Public Health<\/a><\/em> found there are growing racial disparities in opioid overdose death rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movement, born out of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 90s, has seen a resurgence of interest and application in the last decade, as opioid deaths have skyrocketed. Syringe exchanges and methadone treatment are, by now, familiar avenues for the prevention of overdoses and disease transmission. Today, the distribution of Naloxone and fentanyl test strips are major strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naloxone, often found under the brand name Narcan, is a nasal spray medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. The medication is easy to administer and saves lives; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/mm6423a2.htm?s_cid=mm6423a2_e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 2017 CDC report estimated that it had saved tens of thousands of lives since wider distribution of the overdose reversal drug began in the 1990s<\/a>. \u201cTiming is everything and there\u2019s an opportunity, if people have Naloxone, to administer this medication and reverse the symptoms of overdose,\u201d says Bowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, harm reduction medications like Naloxone come with their own misconceptions. And the harm reduction approach itself isn\u2019t without its critics. But, Bowers says, increased stigma often leads to a lack of access to safe services: \u201cThat\u2019s when people are going to take risks,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must normalize [Naloxone] and treat it just like we would for someone needing an EpiPen or an asthma inhaler,\u201d she says. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to \u2018prove\u2019 that you\u2019re worthy of a lifesaving intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Bowers\u2019 organization focuses on training, technical assistance and other resources, equipping city health departments, medical professionals, faith leaders, advocates and other community members with the skills and knowledge to prevent further overdoses. The organization also works on resource creation, <a href=\"https:\/\/conference.harmreduction.org\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convening harm reduction professionals<\/a> and distributing grants to local efforts across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This work relies on donor generosity. <strong>With an annual operating budget of $11.5 million, the National Harm Reduction Coalition earns about $2.7 million from corporate grants and roughly $250,000 from individual donors, some of which arrives from donor-advised funds (DAFs).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bowers points to long-term and unrestricted giving from DAFs as an important resource for the organization\u2019s operations in order \u201cto ramp up grantmaking, provide rapid response funds and help communities that are still living with the impacts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nptrust.org\/philanthropic-resources\/philanthropist\/covid-19-now-updated-insights-for-donors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19<\/a>,\u201d at the height of which overdose deaths mounted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you want to be part of an opportunity to heal and to help\u2026this is lifesaving work,\u201d she says, adding, \u201cNo amount is too big or too small to make a major impact on someone\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Overdose Awareness Day, observed worldwide on August 31st, is a campaign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":7654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,71],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-7653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grantee-stories","category-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National Harm Reduction Coalition: Fighting Overdose &amp; 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