Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County

HRCSCC formally launched in April 2018 during National Public Health week. In August of 2020, we became the 57th authorized SSP in California.

[Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County @HRCSCC]

🧵Sacramento court orders state to revoke Harm Reduction Coalition permit

This does not mean we are closed or unable to help our participants, we are offering rides to the badly restricted county SSP. https://t.co/C08ZDGb9a3

[Glenn Backes @GlennBackes]

GOOD SHORT VIDEO from a mom knows that Prop 36 is bad for California families. #Prop36

[Prosecutors Alliance Action @ProsecutorsAct]

The @latimes Ed Board urges a NO vote on Prop 36: “We do have a serious drug problem that requires a thoughtful response and enormous resources. Proposition 36 pretends the task can be accomplished on the cheap. It can’t. It’s more illusion than solution.” https://t.co/hCClrxkJ5O

[National Harm Reduction Coalition @HarmReduction]

CA friends:

[Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County @HRCSCC]

“We’re not going back!” More than a slogan for the Harris-Walz campaign.

[SV De-Bug @svdebug]

Author @raymondleegoins on the devastation Prop 36 will bring to Black and Brown communities - reflecting on how it draws from the same racist politics of #3strikes and the #WarOnDrugs
#NoOnProp36
https://t.co/RvIeEQbbio

[CURB @CURBprisons]

📣 BIG NEWS! The LA Times Editorial Board recommends voting NO on #Prop36, warning that it will revive the war on drugs. Read more from @latimesopinion on why voters should say #NoOnProp36 ⤵️

#StopProp36 #PrisonSpendingScam

[Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County @HRCSCC]

A must watch. Not one dollar will be allocated for treatment under Prop 36. It’s a set back that will fund mass incarceration. That’s it. It’s an ignition switch to escalate the racist drug war.

[Eytan Wallace @EytanWallace]

Gov. Gavin Newsom is speaking about the new @PPICNotes poll that shows 71% of CA likely voters support Prop 36:

“I was wondering what state I was living in,” he said upon reading the results of the poll.

“I know people are frustrated. I know people are angry. But this is not the way of solving it.

[Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County @HRCSCC]

Truth. prop 36 does nothing to provide funding for treatment. It funds mass incarceration. A step backwards that will fund the drug war response to a public health issue.

[Glenn Backes @GlennBackes]

Disability Rights Advocates Say No on Prop 36, which will cut funding for drug treatment and send more people to prison for addiction or low-level drug sales. #Prop36 #Disability #Racism #CALeg https://t.co/URy8LhSxls

[Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County @HRCSCC]

In case you need a reminder. Treatment must be voluntary and then some. Treatment needs to be life focused not merely abstinence focused. Stay present and available to people seeking support, connection and a shame free network of love and compassion

[guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 @guyfelicella]

#BREAKING: New research on involuntary treatment for Substance Use Disorder finds forcing people into treatment to promote abstinence … DOESN’T WORK. Within the first two months after discharge, 96.4% of the 1,083 participants had relapsed.

Recovery is HARD. For treatment to work, you have to want it.

I went to treatment and recovery voluntarily more than 12 times, it took me roughly 26 years to accomplish my first year of sobriety … and I relapsed again after that.

Lucky for me, the drugs were not as contaminated, unpredictable and deadly as they are today. So I got that time I needed to figure it out!

Treatment and recovery programs are crucial, but they can’t be forced and they aren’t the only solution.

Read the research here 🔗: https://t.co/X8nSCh134a

#BCpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis #HarmReduction #Treatment #Recovery

[Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County @HRCSCC]

Nails it! @TehyaRJohnson
We don’t know where to start with this

[Tehya *support harm reduction* Johnson, NP @TehyaRJohnson]

I find it very strange when people post things like “IOAD, hashtag police officer/anything related to police” or put conditions, specifically recovery conditions, on harm reduction. Tell me you don’t actually understand harm reduction/police harm on PWUD without telling me…

[Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County @HRCSCC]

200%

[Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephenHRNRP]

I took an opportunity to advocate against the continued criminalization of drug users to those who have the power to bring an end to the War on Drugs. It’s always hard to tell in political work whether you moved the needle at all - but we must keep this conversation at the front.

[Jag Davies @jagdavies]

The US isn't just home to the world's most incarcerated people. It’s also home to the world's most *formerly* incarcerated people—who are 10 times more likely to be homeless.

We can't end the housing crisis until we repair the harms of mass incarceration. https://t.co/Sb3xgX4XgN

[Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County @HRCSCC]

Truth 💣 DARE has been counterproductive. Safe sane science driven conversations work and speak words of love and care. 💪 @Filtermag_org

[National Harm Reduction Coalition @HarmReduction]

🧵It's no surprise D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was a failure at best. People need & deserve accurate, #stigmafree info about drugs to make their own decisions about their own bodies, & resources & support to stay safer & healthier.
https://t.co/QXesQEaE8L

[Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County @HRCSCC]

A lot of legislation. Coming down the pipeline to force people into treatment. Treatment must be available on demand, humane, and voluntary.

[End the Epidemics @EndEpidemicsCA]

Thank you Marjorie Swartz, office of @ilike_mike, for a great meeting to discuss how we can End The Epidemics! #etedoa #endtheepidemicsca

[Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County @HRCSCC]

@ManishaKrishnan Maine to CA science deniers and organized NIMBY’s continue to obstruct effective, humane, proven prevention efforts. It’s like the 80’s never happened and we learned nothing. The fight is real! They use the same disinformation about litter. It’s insanity.

[Filter | harm reduction journalism @Filtermag_org]

Local Harm Reduction Programs Under Seige

“We need to start aggressively fighting back against these municipalities," says one of many beleaguered harm reductionists.

@ManishaKrishnan reports:
https://t.co/q4UEtMkdXl