Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition

The Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition (often abbreviated AHRC) is an Atlanta-based non-profit organization that operates the only needle exchange program in Georgia (where such programs are illegal as of 2012).[1] The organization was formally incorporated in 1995.[2] The AHRC's needle exchange program is also the largest and most comprehensive such program in the South.[3][4] The program is conducted twice a week in the Atlanta neighborhood The Bluff.[5] In 2015, the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition filmed a documentary about the AHRC.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Khan, Azmat (7 August 2012). "Federal Funding Ban on Needle Exchange Unlikely to Be Lifted Anytime Soon". PBS. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "History". AHRC website. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Carmichael, Rodney (24 October 2013). "Putting Atlantans in Harm's way". Creative Loafing Atlanta. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Castillo, Tessie (6 December 2012). "Southern States Outlaw Syringe Exchanges Used to Prevent Disease". Alternet. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Redmon, Jeremy (23 October 2015). "HIV epidemic afflicting Georgia, the South: A ‘public health emergency’". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Emerson, Bo (11 August 2015). "Heroin use in Atlanta: film examines needle exchange program". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

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