New Feature: Fact sheets on harm reduction in Ohio
Volunteer information coordinator Victoria Shields will research and write the informative, to-the-point publications based on Ohio rules and aimed at an Ohio audience.
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Reducing overdose: Schedule for the Ohio State University conference on Sept. 27-28
Great list of speakers to appear at Sept. 27-28 conference on how harm reduction and smart use of evidence can reduce overdose death in Ohio.
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Get a ticket for the Ohio’s first harm reduction gathering
A few tickets remain for the Sept. 15 gathering in Granville, near Columbus. The event is for harm reduction advocates, especially volunteers, and those interested in getting involved. See the agenda.
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17 and counting: Another Ohio county starts syringe exchange
Darke County, near Dayton, becomes the 17th Ohio county to start a syringe program. The number of “needle exchanges” in Ohio is growing rapidly, helping to reduce HIV, hepatitis and overdose death among IV drug users.
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Ohio State University doctor publishes important international harm reduction study
Professor Bill Miller finds that a little help plus medication-assisted treatment can add years to the survival of people who have inject drugs and have HIV. Miller speaks next week at HRO event on syringe exchange programs.
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Harm reduction hero Tracey Kemper-Hermann named Ross County director for Harm Reduction Ohio
Tracey Kemper-Hermann, a harm reduction innovator who distributes naloxone directly to drug users, becomes Harm Reduction Ohio’s Ross County Director.
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UPDATED: Harm Reduction Ohio List of Overdose Awareness Day Events in Ohio in 2018
A complete list of Ohio events for International Overdose Awareness Day. More than 25 Ohio communities are having events.
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HRO sponsors syringe exchange education event in Newark
A “needle exchange” in Newark, Ohio? Harm Reduction Ohio invites the community to ask tough questions to an expert panel on Sept. 12 at the local library.
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VIDEO: Tino Fuentes explains how to use fentanyl test strips
Harm reduction consultant Tino Fuentes, who’s spending a week in Ohio as a guest of Harm Reduction Ohio, made a video with us explaining how to use fentanyl test strips.
read moreBe careful.
Be very, very careful.
How much fentanyl will kill you?
A lot less than you think.
Art by Hannah Weatherington
What Is Harm Reduction?
Drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights.
Pragmatic and practical strategies that meet drug users “where they’re at.” Harm reduction supports safer use — such as syringe exchange and medical marijuana — and no use at all.
Need drug treatment?
A non-profit foundation provides a neutral guide to Ohio recovery facilities.
What is harm reduction?
Dennis Cauchon
President, Harm Reduction Ohio
Dennis is the founder of Harm Reduction Ohio. He created the 501(c)3 non-profit organization to advocate for drug policies that reduce overdose death, imprisonment and other drug war harms.
He is a former national reporter at USA TODAY and Knight Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan Medical School. During his 35-year journalism career, he won various awards, including the Champion of Justice award and H.L. Mencken Award for Investigative Journalism for work on the drug war.
“I believe all people, including drug users, should be treated peacefully and with respect,” he says.
Dennis is the father of two boys and lives in Granville, Ohio.
Taylor Bennett
Director of Advocacy
Taylor has a master of science degree in human development and family sciences from the University of Wyoming. She’s won multiple awards for academic excellence and received her undergraduate degree at Morehead State University in her native Kentucky. (Go Eagles!:)
Taylor is married to her college sweetheart, who she’s known since pre-school. She has two adorable boys and divides her time between Columbus and Greenfield, Ohio.
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