HARM REDUCTION

The Project knows that harm reduction is a critical part of our efforts to end HIV while treating people who use substances with the compassion and empathy they deserve. That’s why we offer a number of harm reduction supplies to keep community members safe.

Understanding Harm Reduction

According to the National Harm Reduction Coalition, harm reduction incorporates a spectrum of strategies that includes safer use, managed use, abstinence, meeting people who use substances “where they’re at,” and addressing conditions of use along with the use itself.

Does Harm Reduction Even Work?

Harm Reduction has been proven to reduce certain health and safety issues associated with drug use. In fact, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that some harm reduction methods have been shown to, “Provide significant individual and public health benefits including preventing deaths from overdoses and preventing transmission of infectious diseases among people who use drugs and the larger community.”

Available Supplies for Request

The Project provides free harm reduction supplies to those who request them. Availability of supplies depends on our suppliers’ ability to fill requests as well as our grant funding. The following supplies are available for request at The Project :

• Narcan kits

• Fentanyl test strips

• Xylazine test strips

• Syringes

• Bags of works

  • Sterile water

  • Cookers

  • Cottons

  • Tourniquets

  • Alcohol wipes

  • Gauze

  • Bleach

• Boofing kits

  • Alcohol wipes

  • Surface card & plastic rrazor

  • Sterile water

  • Cookers

  • Water-based lube

  • Oral syringes

  • Pill capsules & finger cots

  • Vitamin E tabs & finger cots

• Snorting kits

  • Straws

  • Surface card & plastic razor

  • Alcohol wipes

  • Sterile water

• Wound care kits

• Bleach kits

• Sharp containers

• Pregnancy tests

Supplies can be requested online or in-person at The Project’s sexual health clinic, 4101 John Deere Rd. in Moline, IL. For questions, contact our prevention team!

Prevention Events & Outreach

RESOURCES

• Xylazine fact sheet

• Responding to an Overdose - Narcan Brochure