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Acronyms First

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This website uses a number of commonly recognised acronyms related to harm reduction, health services, and drug policy. To help you navigate the content more easily, we’ve compiled a quick-reference list of these terms and their meanings.

  • CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • FQHC – Federally Qualified Health Center
  • FSHRP – Fixed-Site Harm Reduction Program
  • FSSSP – Fixed-Site Syringe Services Program
  • HRHD – Harm Reduction Home Delivery
  • MAT – Medication Assisted Treatment
  • MHRS – Mobile Harm Reduction Services
  • OPS – Overdose Prevention Site.
  • OUD – Opioid Use Disorder
  • SAMHSA – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • SSP – Syringe Service Provider
  • SUD – Substance Use Disorder

Featured Hacks

These featured hacks highlight creative, practical solutions from harm reduction leaders on the ground. From DIY tools to clever workarounds, each one reflects the ingenuity, care, and real-world experience that keeps this movement alive. 

Edie Springer’s Worker Stances for Clients Who Use Drugs & Harm Reduction Worker: Best Practices

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Harm reduction immediately resonated for Edie, who was herself a former drug user and methadone patient. Faced with the devastation of HIV’s impact on drug-using communities, Edie fully embraced harm reduction and trained hundreds of harm reduction workers who have carried her legacy with them. She developed these worker stances in 1996 and they have been shared among many of us in the harm reduction community for generations.
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Trauma-Informed

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The term “trauma-informed” emerges from a growing understanding of the far reaching ways that trauma impacts health and well-being. Trauma is defined here, in keeping with the scientific literature, as a deeply distressing or disturbing experience(s) that overwhelms an individual’s ability to cope, and significantly impacts their mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
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