Who we are

Harm Reduction Ohio is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports drug policies based on science, health, compassion and human rights. We are the largest distributor of naloxone in Ohio.

Harm Reduction Ohio strives to:

reduce harms associated with drug use and drug policy.
empower people who use drugs to care for themselves.
promote health equity through compassionate, nonjudgmental medical services.
educate the public and policymakers to treat people who use/d drugs with respect and without stigma.
end the criminalization of people who use drugs.

Board of Directors

Anne Trinh, Chair

Epidemiologist; Senior Program Manager, Opioid Innovation Fund, Ohio State University College of Public Health

Molly B True

Writer, Cincinnati; Advocate for people with lived experience

James Decker

Peer support specialist, Blanchard Valley Health System, Findlay; Harm Reduction Coordinator/Peer Support Specialist, syringe service program, Hancock County Public Health

Billy Golden

Harm Reduction Service Coordinator, Caracole Inc., Cincinnati; former coordinator, Cincinnati Exchange Project

Dwayne Steward

Director of Prevention, Equitas Health, Columbus; former journalist, leader in efforts to improve public health in LGBTQ community.

Tasha Turner-Bicknell

DNP, RN, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing

Laura Cash

Board Member/National Director of Chapters, GRASP (Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing) and Broken No More (substance use forum); Board Member, Ohio Change Addiction Now; M.A., Education, Delaware, Ohio