We're issuing caution from #EP2022
The HSE lab have identified a Mybrand purple skull pill which is approx two times the average adult dose
Please exercise caution, chat with our teams and get #HarmReduction on our site @ drugs.ie/festivals
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Harm Reduction Coalition: promoting the health and dignity of those impacted by drug use
Working to reduce drug-related harms, protect human rights, and promote lifesaving public health interventions. instagram.com/harmreductioni…
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People who use drugs need love, dignity, and compassion to survive, grow, and thrive - just like everyone else. Shame and judgment produce fear and stigma, and conditional support is inconsistent at best, often coercive, and even harmful. #HarmReduction is #OverdosePrevention.
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Bc of #HarmReduction, it’s becoming more common for PWUDs to live longer lives (especially injectors), well into their 60s-70s+.
While that’s great, a person may now OD DOZENS of times in life, causing compounding brain damage from 02 loss.
Rescue breaths/02 are SO important.
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Smoking is the leading cause of cancer, preventable illness and premature mortality in Germany, with almost 130,000 annual smoking-related deaths.
Vaping saves lives. #harmreduction
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Prof Eamon Keenan is currently doing media, discussing our #HarmReduction pilot at #EP2022.
Prof Keenan confirms our operational plans and that Garda will not be watching the HSE and medical tent and they will not be inside the tent.
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We will analyse drugs in real-time for the first time in Ireland .
The pilot will involve the use of surrender bins and we will also access substances obtained onsite such as from medics.
We will have #HarmReduction teams onsite and will issue our alerts here ⚠️
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I am a survivor of a near fatal overdose which was one of many overdoses. #HarmReduction I wish there was more awareness on the long term harm that #OverdoseAwarenessWeek can do to your body. I use a mobility scooter & have Carers 1/2
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HSE Drug Trend Update: We're identifying MDMA powders/crystals onsite at #EP2022
A reminder that these products can also be high strength
Higher strength equals higher risk ⚠️
It's safer not to use at all. If you do, get #harmreduction 👉bit.ly/3RhUCqz #ReduceTheHarms
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If you’re going to this weekend know that ‘risk of arrest’ DOES NOT apply to MEDICS so if you are in a situation involving drugs where you need/ a friend needs help please don’t be afraid to go to them!!!
And remember to #startlowgoslow 🐌
#harmreduction #EP2022
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#HarmReduction v #Recovery is just the age old temperance argument of #TotalAbstinence or #Moderation repackaged.
Moderation = acceptance of use = normalised safe use = reduced harm from drugs and drug laws.
Nothing else has worked. This is literally the only way!
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Oh wow. It was 5:48 pm Pacific Time when Trump demanded that we institute the death penalty for drug dealers. This is so grotesque & literally makes my skin crawl. I thought we were making progress w stigma & morality police.
#HarmReduction #Trump #morals
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New & report advocates evidence-based approaches to addressing use of #methamphetamine in NZ. It's pointless & costly to lock people who use the drug into cycles of addiction & incarceration Check it out: drugfoundation.org.nz/assets/uploads #harmreduction
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Only in 🇨🇦!! What may seem radical to some, introducing regulation will save many lives! We will not be able to prescribe our way out of this crisis. #IOAD2022 #HarmReduction
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2001 - He ODd & ended up in jail
2002 - He tried recovery. It was not permanent
2011-2012 He ODd 2 more times before taking his own life
He was 35.
I honor him today on International Overdose Awareness Day
He is just one of the reasons why I support #harmreduction
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This is absolutely brilliant
It warmed my soul to see overdose awareness on a Birmingham phone box
#HarmReduction
#OverdoseAwarenessWeek
#Hep_CU_Later
#StigmaKills
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I had a great time speaking with podcast on the importance of harm reduction and meeting our youth where they're at! Ending stigma one talk at a time. #HarmReduction #youth
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Starting this book today on #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay and learning about the ways we can do better to save lives and prevent overdoses with harm reduction policies #overdoseawareness #harmreduction #harmreductionsaveslives
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Harm reduction approaches to stimulant use have largely been left out of mainstream harm reduction discourse despite meth use matching or surpassing heroin use in certain places on the west & mid-west. This week, we'll be sharing about meth #harmreduction.
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On #IOAD we thank drug checking staff around the world, paid & unpaid, for your time, energy & commitment to #harmreduction, alerting people to high strength substances of concern, discussing factors influencing dosage directly with service users, & reducing the risk of overdose.
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