Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Network

Building solidarity for overdose prevention sites in Philadelphia and beyond. #HarmReductionSaveslives

[Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Network @popn4OPS]

There's still time to sign our letter to Biden asking him to take bold action to address the overdose crisis in the first 100 days of his administration: https://t.co/R1RT8WlhiC

[Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Network @popn4OPS]

Interesting event for International Overdose Awareness Day out of Greensboro, NC.
Tonight: 6 - 8 pm
https://t.co/FOMNcrA4Ap

[Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Network @popn4OPS]

Drug overdose deaths rose by 30% in the US in 2020, hitting the highest number ever recorded by the @CDCgov. More than 93,000 lives were lost in 1 year & we have yet to see any meaningful action from elected officials to end this public health crisis.

#IOAD2021 #harmreduction

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

We asked incarcerated people what might have prevented them from committing the crimes that landed them behind bars. Respondents said that affordable housing, a living wage, and mental health care would have made the most impact. https://t.co/wJH5kzeMad

[Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Network @popn4OPS]

About time! https://t.co/IXWwO0mOv3

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

You understand why we're in a 20 year OD crisis when you're on a national drug research listserv and an esteemed expert laments how many people overdose alone and "There’s where creative solutions are truly needed."

So...Safer consumption spaces? Safe supply?

::crickets::

[Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Network @popn4OPS]

Philly, Go see this!
Maci's solo exhibit 'I love the shit out of you, kid" @DaVinciArtPA looks at art and #harmreduction, art as harm reduction, and art about harm reduction. The exhibit includes a replica of the interior of an overdose prevention site is open through 7/25
#OPS

[Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Network @popn4OPS]

Rhode Island Approves Supervised Drug Consumption Centers. 👏👏👏
With fatal overdoses skyrocketing across the country, why hasn't the administration acted to save lives w/this proven public health intervention? @SecretaryLevine @XavierBecerra @POTUS

https://t.co/sy9buAJBqB

[Prevention Point Philadelphia @preventionpp]

Our intern Mallory created this handout on Myths v Facts about #fentanyltesting strips. Pls share widely. If you or people you know use drugs: TEST YOUR STUFF, go slow, #carryNarcan & never use alone. We love you. #harmreduction #testyoursnow
@NJHarmReduction @AnthonyGreen

[Kensington Voice @kensingtonvoice]

.@preventionpp and @YaFavTrashman,Terrill Haigler, are teaming up for a mega clean-up on June 5, from 9 a.m. to noon. This event will have additional clean-up routes. Register here: https://t.co/c8NZqHL7IB

[Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Network @popn4OPS]

Every overdose death is a policy failure.

[Kensington Voice @kensingtonvoice]

Marie's Closet is currently running low on children's clothing. Here's more on how the thrift shop came to be and how you can contribute. https://t.co/hCC0k6WMdX

[SOL Collective @SOL__Collective]

FREE FENTANYL TEST STRIPS & NALOXONE via mail in Philly: https://t.co/VAgn5Z6xmV

We're seeing increased bad batch reports circulating and want to remind everyone: fentanyl can be found these days in ANY drug that comes in powder, crystal, rock, or pressed pill form! ANY OF THEM.

[Jeanmarie Perrone MD @JMPerroneMD]

Not just a 'white problem': Blacks and Latinos see largest spike in overdose deaths during COVID-19 pandemic, study finds https://t.co/XVc9kvXbig Exactly what we see in Philly @USATODAY @AdriannaUSAT Ask for Narcan, test strips, treatment. Get Help @CAMP_Penn @UPennEM @acmtmedtox

[Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Network @popn4OPS]

The CDC has at last launched a drug overdose site in Spanish! Please see below, which also includes translated resources and datasets for download

https://t.co/MiOvAPJfCM

[National Harm Reduction Coalition @HarmReduction]

“'Overdoses, even those involving fentanyl analogues, do not necessarily require multiple [or higher] doses of Narcan,' Dana Kurzer-Yashin, a strategist with the National Harm Reduction Coalition, told Filter..."

https://t.co/xq7YepQq7O

[Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Network @popn4OPS]

#Naloxone training and #harmreduction event tomorrow in West Philly 🚨🚨🚨 @PAHealthDept

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

You also are willing to allow criminalization as a means to an end- so some degree of punishment and a lifetime criminal record are worth it if you ultimately get better. It’s a bizarre and messed up belief in a hybrid of both the disease and moral models of addiction.

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

If your argument is that people need criminalization/the threat of incarceration via a drug court to “get better,” you are siding with our deeply broken addiction treatment system which often uses a one-size-fits-all approach, denies harm reduction and medications that work.

[Prevention Point Philadelphia @preventionpp]

As part of a 2-yr pilot, the truck will initially have 2 stops between 11:30am & 1:30pm during the week: 1 day in Kensington at the public health org Prevention Point, the other in South Philadelphia @seamaac
@pheed_philly @PennMedNews @Starbucks @lavamaex
https://t.co/8AE08sQy8Q