#endoverdose

HELP ME END THE STIGMA! Stigma is killing more people than any drug on this earth. @resurrektion_of_me said it perfectly… “My heart is broken that maybe somehow I haven’t made this crystal clear to everyone in my life-⁣ I am a sober person who loves people who use drugs. I don’t mean I love them in hopes that they find recovery. I mean I fucking love them just as they are and I want them on this earth forever. If you use drugs or are thinking of using… PLEASE DO NOT USE ALONE!⁣ ⁣ I invite you to use in front of me. I am a safe and loving person who can watch over you in case anything happens. Narcan is worthless if there’s no one there to administer it.⁣ ⁣ If you are a safe a loving person who wants people who use drugs to know that they can use in front of you too… tell them. Please make sure that they feel accepted and supported.⁣ ⁣ If you’ve been sober and have gone back to using and feel excluded and judged by your recovery circle… get a new fucking circle.⁣ ⁣ Fuck the day count.⁣ Fuck the new comer chips.⁣ Fuck the humiliation tactics.⁣ Fuck the shaming in the name of accountability.⁣ ⁣ A human life matters so much more than any of that superiority bs.⁣ ⁣ I don’t want to lose anymore beautiful people to the stigma that permeates our society. The stigma we swallow and turns into a beast of shame in our souls. Stigma is killing more people than any drug on this earth.⁣ ⁣ No one should feel afraid to ask for someone to sit with them while they use. No one should feel like a disappointment or a burden just because they are struggling or want to use drugs.⁣ ⁣ We have designated drivers for folks who want to drink… we need the same globally supported initiatives for those who want to use other drugs.⁣ ⁣ Period.” #stigmakills #fuckstigma #endstigma #stigmafighter #mentalhealthstigma #addictionstigma #harmreduction #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks #narcan #narcansaveslives #neverusealone #naloxone #naloxonesaveslives #overdose #overdoseawareness #endoverdose #substanceuse #pwud #cranbrookbc #cranbrook #kimberleybc #agoodplacetobe #mykimberley #eknpud #pwud #peoplewhousedrugs #eastkootenays #peerwitnessing (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQylFINsc09/?utm_medium=tumblr

$15,000 will be awarded at each National Harm Reduction Conference to a bold, radical harm reductionist, to honor Dan Bigg's spirit and to continue his legacy. More info here: https://harmreduction.org/blog/international-overdose-awareness-day-2018/

Not in NYC? Join 1 of 400 #endoverdose memorial events worldwide: https://www.overdoseday.com/events-2018/

Have you watched Harm Reduction Coalition's free webinar on fentanyl? Ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day, learn how to recognize a fentanyl related overdose & how to employ a harm reduction response. Together we can #EndOverdose!

Today is International Overdose Awareness and Remembrance Day. It only takes 5 simple steps to reverse an overdose with naloxone!