We are a grassroots collective of liberatory harm reductionists in the Greater St Louis Metro East.
We are a grassroots collective of liberatory harm reductionists in the Greater St Louis Metro East.
We are a collective of liberatory-principled harm reductionists, all of which have lived/living experience across the entire spectrum of drug use. Our core individual and organizational principles are dedicated to dismantling oppressive systems by working intentionally outside of the normative traditional structures of the non-profit industrial complex and charity model. We work through the lens of an alternative mutual aid model using the framework of a horizontal org structure to build power with people who use drugs & other "in the trenches" kind of folx. End the war on people who use drugs.
Seeing a need for low-barrier harm reduction services in our community, we began our grassroots harm reduction work in 2017 in the Greater STL Metro East IL area. Today we serve over 500+ participants in Madison, St. Clair, & Jersey Counties in IL & beyond. Our services include mobile & mail-based delivery of all safer drug use supplies, safer smoking and snorting kits, naloxone (Narcan), stimulant use supplies and PNP chemsex gear, confidential drug checking by request, safer sex supplies, peer centered harm reduction education, point-of-care wound care services, and referrals to community resources. It's ALWAYS FREE!!
We empower people who use drugs with options for safer drug use supplies and overdose education by creating authentic relationships built with safety and trust. We advocate for compassionate and progressive evidence-based drug policy reform on a local, state, and national level to promote equity and reduce the harm to people who use drugs and the numerous intersections of marginalized folx within our communities. We intentionally practice radical love and acceptance every day to make connections with PWUD and meet them where they are, just as they are. We deliver safer use supplies, peer education, and access to services and resources to promote self-directed wellness. We recognize and stand firm that any self directed positive change IS RECOVERY!
We sustain equity by blending individual autonomy and self-advocacy with a collective community mindset. We utilize a mutual aid model hybrid framework for supply distro that cultivates our participants' trust, organic community care, & autonomy, allowing true low-barrier access to our drug user health services that prioritizes the safety
We sustain equity by blending individual autonomy and self-advocacy with a collective community mindset. We utilize a mutual aid model hybrid framework for supply distro that cultivates our participants' trust, organic community care, & autonomy, allowing true low-barrier access to our drug user health services that prioritizes the safety and well-being of marginalized drug users disenfranchised by oppressive systems that rely on punishment and surveillance that harm folx that as having multiple intersectional marginalized identities.
Our network of secondary program participantsPlease contact us 2-3 days in advance before you are expected to run out of safer use supplies. Thank you!
Test before you ingest! If you'd like a sample to be tested, message us anonymously here on our web page or text 618.882.2452 for info about alternative messaging platforms
