Topics discussed include departing from twelve-step treatment model; individual treatment approach; offering services; treating people with dignity and respect; injection drug use in the Twin Cities in 1990s; the problem changing after white people become affected; destigmatization of drug users; harm reduction as a new concept and methodology in the United States in the 1990s; drug use education for drug users; grass-roots harm reduction; empowering drug users; Minnesota AIDS Project; narcan distribution; Harm Reduction Summit organized by White Earth Harm Reduction Coalition; Patt Denning’s Over the Influence; Women With a Point; needle exchange; Steve’s Law, and equipping first responders with naloxone; prevalence of fentanyl and carfentanil and its link to overdose; assumptions of drug user identities and characteristics; drug-chic, making drug addiction fashionable in consumer culture; home delivery needle exchange; competitive funding atmosphere in Minnesota.
Topics discussed include Women With a Point; needle exchange in pharmacies; syringe exchange; drug use; Methadone clinics; HIV education programs; harm reduction philosophies; harm reduction conferences; closing of Women With a Point and Access Works.
Topics discussed include HIV positive diagnosis; drug use; involvement with Minnesota AIDS Project needle exchange program; service on Minnesota HIV Services Planning Council; meeting Sue Purchase; Morpheus Project; creation of Lee’s Rig Hub; love and respect as harm reduction philosophies; naloxone and overdose response; effect of Lee’s Rig Hub on overdose death rate; Good Samaritan Laws; benefits of pharmaceutical morphine; recognition for those who are saving lives with naloxone.
One pink and one white set of matches with Women With a Point contact information, safe use information, and syringe exchange information printed on the back. Graphic of a needle on the front. Titled "Clean Needles Save Lives" and "Never Share Syringes."
Gray Valhalla Place T-Shirt, High Intensity Outpatient Treatment program brochure, Addiction and Mental Health Services brochure, Narcan kit including two doses of Narcan, two syringes, and UV protected carrying bag.
A black and white t-shirt from Positive Health Project that says, "Clean Needles Save Lives." The back has two needles in black ink with "Outreach Team" written in black lettering.