Drug use is not characteristic of certain populations. People from all races, ethnicities, genders, and occupations use drugs. However, punitive drug laws have a disproportionate negative impact on marginalised people and communities.
On International Overdose Awareness Day we're pleased to share this guest blog by Dr Judith Yates ’Forty years of Hepatitis C & Heroin. Here come the nitazenes’ 👉https://t.co/Y0yS9J3FCE
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Today, on the International Overdose Awareness Day, we urge governments to implement harm reduction all around the world.
No more lives should be lost due to overdose.
Our wonderful volunteer and peer raising awareness of overdose for #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay day 24. Distributing Nitazene tests and issuing Naloxone. 💛
🌍31/08/24 is International Overdose Awareness Day.
Naloxone can reverse opioid overdoses, and Nitazene test strips can help prevent accidental death. Learn more about these lifesaving tools at Achieve Bury on 29/08/24. Achieve Bolton on the 30/08/24
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We need to reduce harms and potential deaths around the UK’s drug supply routes. Take a look how we can achieve this:
$100 billion is spent on global drug law enforcement every year, but just $131 million is spent on #HarmReduction.
This means that we spend more than 750 times the amount on punitive responses to drugs than we do on life-saving services for people who use drugs.