Harm Reduction Ohio (HRO) is a human rights organization working to improve the health and happiness of people who use drugs.

Specifically, HRO is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports drug policies based on science, health, compassion and human rights. We distributed distributed 42,000 naloxone kits in Ohio in 2022. The naloxone reversed several thousand potentially fatal overdoses.

HRO 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

Billy Golden, Chair

Manager, Drug User Health, National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors; Cincinnati; former coordinator, Cincinnati Exchange Project

Anne Trinh

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

Dwayne Steward

Chief People, Culture & Programs Officer, 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

James Decker

Harm Reduction Coordinator/Peer Support Specialist, syringe service program, Hancock County Public Health

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