According to the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS), Overdose deaths are at a record high nationwide. Harm reduction saves lives. Harm reduction strategies include: syringe services programs; access to fentanyl test strips; overdose prevention centers, increased availability of naloxone and overdose prevention education and training so New Yorkers can recognize and respond to an overdose appropriately to reverse it; removal of barriers to treatment and to medications for treatment, Deterra medication disposal bag, reduction of stigma around substance use, substance use disorder, medications for addiction treatment, and towards people who use substances through anti-stigma work, public awareness campaigns; and grassroots work by peers, recovery supports, and prevention coalitions.
Harm Reduction
Featured Resources
- ADAPP’s Spring Newsletter
- Social Media and Youth Mental Health
- Cell Phones & Social Media Use
- ADAPP’s Winter Newsletter-News You Can Use
- Talking to Children about War
- Mental Health Awareness
- Support Children When Scary Things Happen
- Welcome Back-School Mental Health
- Parent Backpack for Returning to School
- COVID-19
- Mass Violence and School Shootings
- Visit ADAPP’s 50th Anniversary Website!