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Stopping Overdose

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  • Date
  • March 2011
  • Author
  • Roxanne Saucier

Overdose is a major and often overlooked cause of death among people who inject heroin or other opioids. Yet there is a safe and effective treatment: the medication naloxone.

This public health fact sheet describes how naloxone is successfully being used to reverse overdose around the world with no side effects beyond opiate withdrawal. It provides real-life examples of programs that have trained drug users, their families, and friends to efficiently identify the signs of overdose, administer naloxone, and often save lives. And, it explains in-depth why naloxone is an invaluable tool for empowering communities to protect their health.

Download the fact sheet in English, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili.

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Harm Reduction for All

A Lifesaving Loan: A New Investment to Help Curb the U.S. Overdose Crisis

A volunteer hands out naloxone.

For over a decade, the small Remedy Alliance nonprofit has revolutionized providing lifesaving healthcare for people who use drugs. Our new investment will help the group increase access to the overdose antidote naloxone.

December 12, 2023 | Sarah Evans & Georgia Levenson Keohane

Drug Policy

Three Decades of Drug Policy Reform Work

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Over the past 30 years, Open Society has been the largest philanthropic supporter of efforts to reform drug policy and promote harm reduction around the world. This is a timeline of the Foundations’ pathbreaking work.

November 16, 2021

WAR IS OVER?

How the United States Fueled a Global Drug War, and Why It Must End

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As U.S. domestic drug policy reform gains momentum, it is time the United States makes a concerted effort to de-escalate the failed war on drugs elsewhere.

June 29, 2021 | Ann Fordham

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