For most drug users and people who
work with them, overdose is an urgent issue. Many AIDS, harm reduction, and other drug service
organizations have created programs to educate people who use drugs about overdose
prevention and response techniques; to distribute naloxone - a safe and highly
effective opioid overdose antidote. This document presents arguments that
organizations can make to AIDS funders to show that overdose prevention and
response matter for HIV programming. Download the document here.
We're proud to sign onto the Vienna Declaration, which calls on governments and the UN to end the criminalization of drug users and the disastrous international "war on drugs". To understand why, read the declaration below -- and please add your name to ours.