Tag: Drug User Stigma
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Why I Want To Hand Needles Out To Drug Users — Answers From A Job Application
Questions and answers from a recent drug policy org volunteer application: Why do you want to volunteer? Pictured left to right: hero mom advocate Maria la France; me, with coffee; West Des Moines Sally Gaer, leading cannabis reform advocate in Iowa; Iowa NORML President (2013) Aaron Schoeneman; and Rachael ‘Leyen’ Selmeski, who later appeared in…
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Southside Harm Reduction Services working to distribute and pick-up syringes, provide naloxone, and reduce stigma for those using drugs
The Alley Newspaper was just dropped off today and had this front page article: Reducing harm Southside Harm Reduction Services working to distribute and pick-up syringes, provide naloxone, and reduce stigma for those using drugs By Tesha M. Christensen When Jack Loftus and Jack Martin saw a gap in services for safe injection equipment and…