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It’s standing room only at the City Council community hearing regarding the opioid epidemic and CUEs.
#YestoSCS #PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS #OverdoseEpidemic #HarmReduction
He survived an intentional overdose. Waited weeks for treatment. I stood next to him so he could get well before my final attempt taking him to treatment #YestoSCS #PhillyforSCS #OpioidEpidemic #PhillyforSCS #harmreduction
“These are human beings. These are our brothers, our sisters, our fathers, our mothers, and 1200 of them are dead. We should be ashamed. The world will judge us, history will judge us, & God will judge us.” - Jose DeMarco, ACT UP Philadelphia
#YestoSCS #PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS
“We recorded 1200 deaths in #Philadelphia, which is more than the height of AIDS here, more than homicides... we know that providing a supervised medical facility would save lives.” - Jose DeMarco, ACT UP Philadelphia
#OverdoseEpidemic #YestoSCS #PhillyforSCS #PHL4CUES
“We now know that providing syringe exchange and clean syringes has driven HIV infection down to 8%. #HarmReduction works.” - Jose DeMarco, ACT UP Philadelphia
#PhillyforSCS #PHL4CUES #YestoSCS #StopOverdose @MariaQSanchez @PHLCouncil
“The next day he used and he used alone, and he died. That’s four kids without a father, that’s a wife without her husband... He wanted to stay in recovery. That’s why I feel #CUEs are so important.” - Carol, Angels in Motion
#PhillyforSCS #PHL4CUES #YestoSCS @MariaQSanchez
“The majority of people [struggling with #addiction] are not happy, that’s what people don’t realize. They’re ashamed, they’re guilt-ridden, they’re in pain... they need to be *able* to try again.” - Carol, Angels in Motion
#PhillyforSCS #PHL4CUES #YestoSCS #harmreduction
“They’re good people, they’re caring people, they’re loving people and they’re #homeless living on the streets. And not all of them are homeless, but they’re struggling with #addiction.” - Carol, Angels in Motion
#PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS #YestoSCS #SCS #harmreduction @PHLCouncil
“There is so much that people are leaving out of this, empathy is a large part”-Carol of Angles In Motion
@PHLCouncil @MariaQSanchez #PhillyforSCS #Philly4CUES
“Please do not allow someone to cease to exist simply because they struggle with #addiction or a substance use disorder. Say #YestoSCS in Philly today.” - @HorsePowerEv
Don’t let stigma kill our families, friends, neighbors and communities.
#PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS #HarmReduction
“People who struggle with [addiction and substance use disorders] have a family, friend, stories and struggles... society’s most significant resource is human potential.” - @HorsePowerEv
@BrookeM_Feldman @PHLCouncil #YestoSCS #PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS #StopOverdose #harmreduction
“I wonder if a #SCS, a safer consumption site, could have kept my brother alive long enough to change the trajectory of his life.” - @HorsePowerEv
The only way to make a change is to give people a chance.
#YestoSCS #stopoverdose #PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS @PHLCouncil
“I’ll say that again - my brother picked up an opiate habit in jail, for those who think we can arrest our way out of this.” - @HorsePowerEv
Addiction is a public health issue, not a criminal one.
#YestoSCS #PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS #HarmReduction #Philly @PHLCouncil
“Not only did I have very little hope for my future but it seemed my family and the system had little hope for me too... I was one of the lucky ones, although having access to recovery should never be about luck.” - @BrookeM_Feldman
We need to do better. #PhillyforSCS #YestoSCS
“Access to recovery services shouldn’t be about luck, it shouldn’t be about privilege and it shouldn’t be about knowing the right people.” - @BrookeM_Feldman
Access is improved when the philosophy is #harmreduction.
#YestoSCS #PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS
“As a child I couldn’t understand why my mother would choose to use drugs rather than being a mom... #addiction wasn’t a choice my mom made.” - @BrookeM_Feldman
#YestoSCS #PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS #harmreduction #opioidcrisismeeting
It’s standing room only at the City Council community hearing regarding the opioid epidemic and CUEs.
#YestoSCS #PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS #OverdoseEpidemic #HarmReduction
“It’s slow work... we have to find different places for folks to be. We can all agree it’s past time that we have this conversation... the approaches are changing.” - Jose Benitez, Prevention Point Philadelphia
#YestoSCS #PHL4CUES #PhillyforSCS
“We need to have multiple approaches... some of them have to be things that are new, to try and see how we can support people and get them stable, and into stable housing.” - Jose Benitez, Prevention Point Philadelphia
#YestoSCS #PhillyforSCS #PHL4CUES
“We were able to open what we call a respite, a small forty bed respite... and we’ve been able to place about 46% of those folks into long-term housing.” - Jose Benitez, ED at Prevention Point Philadelphia
Harm reduction works.
#YestoSCS #PhillyforSCS
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