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A wide variety of resources related to needle exchange and harm reduction can be found on the internet, too many for us to catalog in one place. Here we present but a sampling, as well as other directories you might consider exploring. Find links to other organizations here.

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Medical Interactions with Street Drugs

Written by Julia Klems

Survival Tips for Living on the Streets

Produced by the Chai Project (New Brunswick, NJ)

Opiate Overdose: Things to Do

Things to do in recognizing/responding to an opiate/heroin overdose using naloxone (Narcan)

Tricks of the Trade

Health and safety information for sex workers

Getting Off Right

A plain-speaking, unbiased how-to survival guide for injection drug users (produced by Harm Reduction Coalition)

Bay Area Community Resources

A list of resources available for food, medical, housing, and more, in and around Berkeley, California