Did you know that HRTC distributes over 400 harm reduction kits at our mobile sites every week? These include injectable Narcan kits, fentanyl testing kits, safer smoking kits, and safer injection kits, all carefully tailored to encourage our community members to take control of and help manage their substance use and stay as healthy as possible, safe and alive.

There are several reasons why this is an important part of our agency’s practice:

1 .  Safer use kits help prevent both overdoses and the transmission of HIV, Hep-C and Covid.

2 .  Per the CDC, community members who seek out harm reduction materials are 5 times more likely to eventually consider counseling and treatment to help manage their substance use.

3 .  Having harm reduction supplies at our mobile sites is a key tool in helping our therapists engage in conversations with our community members about their relationship with substance use.

In order to support this critical aspect of our outreach efforts, on Saturday March the 2nd from 10am to 12 pm HRTC will be hosting its first volunteer event at our drop in center at 21 Merlin Street. We will be making a variety of harm reduction kits for use in our community programs.

You can use this form to RSVP if you’d like, but an RSVP is not necessary.

Hope to see you all there!

email info@harmreductiontherapy.org with any questions