Housing first!
Safe injection sites first!
We have so many studies illustrating the benefits of this approach. We *know* it's mere repulsion at the idea of "handouts to those who made bad choices" keeping us from building better communities.
I'm not sure if you're a podcast person, but this episode, on a helpline for people to call so they don't inject alone, was *such* a clear, humanizing example of how to help both in the now, and in the longterm.
Oh, fantastic! I must have missed that post.
Thank you so much for signing up to do such important work.
What a gift and light to the world.
I hope you have the wellness tools on hand to take care of yourself while taking on such a task, too.
@MLClark
Yes, I'm very familiar.
And I am signed up to go through training. Some time in late N November.
See:
https://counter.social/@corlin/111167718557787856