The county asked for community input this month on programs that could treat addiction, reduce harm, and more.
Tag: drug overdoses
Posted inAmplify Oakland
Helping East Bay residents avoid overdose, without judgment
Oakland-based case manager Sabrina Fuentes draws on personal experience to assist people navigating homelessness and addiction.
Posted inHealth & Environment
Oakland could establish safe injection sites to prevent overdoses
If approved by Gov. Newsom, Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco could operate supervised facilities where addiction treatment and health resources are also available.
Posted inHealth & Environment
‘Invisible’ overdoses are hiding the true scale of Alameda County’s opioid crisis
Far from being passive victims, opioid users on Oakland streets use Narcan to save each other’s lives by the hundreds each year. But those rescues go uncounted by the government.
Posted inHealth & Environment
Opioid overdoses are up, posing another health challenge for unhoused people
As COVID intensifies the overdose crisis in Alameda County and elsewhere, harm reduction advocates step in where government lags.
