Providing new or sterile equipment can reduce overdoses and other negative health effects while advancing racial equity.
In 2022, the White House set ambitious goals to tackle the opioid crisis through the National Drug Control Strategy proposal. Collaborating with federal, state and tribal governments, as well as local communities and health professionals, the strategy focused on two things: harm reduction efforts and racial equity in drug policy.
Studies show that providing these supplies can significantly reduce hospital stays, soft-skin tissue infections and overdoses. Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of safer smoking kits, there’s still significant resistance to their distribution. The expansion of harm reduction services has also been criticized as an “enabling campaign,” a sentiment amplified by social media and news outlets. Despite fact-checking news articles debunking claims of a federal pipe distribution program, harm reduction sites offering safer smoking supplies became heavily scrutinized. In 2022, the Biden administration succumbed to public pressure and subsequently denied funding for kits.
As the opioid crisis continues to roil communities across the country, we must unite to advocate for the drug policy reforms Biden promised.
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