BHSB's Harm Reduction Work
In Context
Maryland Programs, Laws, & Regulations
- Good Samaritan law fact sheet
- Overdose Response Program info
- Overdose Response Program Statute 6.1.17
- Overdose Response Program Regulations 2019
- Syringe Services Program info
- Syringe Services Program statute
- Syringe Services Program regulations
- Syringe Services Program Application Guidance
- Syringe Services Program Application
- "Go Slow" Fentanyl Education Campaign
MaHRTI Trainer Pool
MaHRTI invites trainers to submit applications to collaborate on training content on a wide variety of harm reduction topics for the Maryland harm reduction workforce. This includes SSPs, ORPs, ACCESS grantees, and local health departments statewide.
Sample Policies & Procedures for Harm Reduction Programs
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Global Health Concerns & Harm Reduction
- CDC Guidance: Safer Sex, Social Gatherings, & Monkeypox
- Stripping During Monkeypox
- MDH guidance: Safe Harm Reduction Outreach and Services During COVID-19
- MDH video: Harm Reduction Services During COVID-19
- CDC: COVID-19 and People Who Use Drugs
- CDC: Talking to Recipients About COVID-19 Vaccines
- CDC: Vaccinate with Confidence
- COVID-19 Harm Reduction Guide for Sex Workers
Drug Checking
- Rapid Analysis of Drugs (RAD) Maryland
- Cut: A Guide to Adulterants, Bulking Agents and other Contaminants found in illicit drugs (2010)
- BTNX Fentanyl Test Strip Brochure
- BTNX Cross Reactivity (FTS, BDS, LSD)
- DanceSafe Fentanyl Test Strip Instructions (includes dilutions for false positives with methamphetamine and MDMA)
Other Helpful Resources
- Monkeypox Fact Sheet.pdf
- Monkeypox, Social Gatherings and Safer-Sex.pdf
- NHRC Office Hours pt. 1: Xylazine in the Drug Supply**
- NHRC Office Hours pt. 2: Xylazine in the Drug Supply**
- How to Administer Narcan & Rescue Breathing (Video)*
- Harm Reduction at Work Toolkit.pdf
- NASTAD Trauma Informed Approaches Toolkit 2018.pdf
- Grieving Overdose
- Coping with Overdose Fatalities: Tools for Public Health Workers
- Drug-Induced Homicide Defense Toolkit 2021.pdf
- Chemsex 101 Webinar & Toolkit
- MIND THE GAP FINAL.pdf
- Harm Reduction is Healthcare: Sustainable Funding for Harm Reduction Toolkit
- Criminalization & Experiences of Violence: Developing Responsive Harm Reduction Services for Survivors of Violence and Criminalization
- Employers Guide to Peer Worker Support and Engagement
- Know Your Rights 2015 Eng (1).pdf
- Felon Voting Rights
- What to do if youre stopped by the police .pdf
*Please note that this video includes instructions for performing chest compressions. Chest compressions are not recommended in the event of overdose by MDH or MaHRTI.
**These slides contain graphic images of wounds, please be advised.
National Advocacy & Capacity-Building Organizations
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