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Harm Reduction Nurses Association is a national organization with a mission to advance harm reduction nursing through practice, education, research, advocacy.
Jan 21, 2024 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The @HRNA_AIIRM has reached out directly to the @SKGov expressing our dire concerns over the recent policy change restricting access to evidence-based #HarmReduction supplies.

See our letter here 👇

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OPEN LETTER TO THE SASKATCHEWAN PREMIER, MINISTER OF HEALTH, AND MINISTER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS The Harm Reduction Nurses Association is deeply concerned over the Saskatchewan government’s recent decision to reduce public access to harm reduction by restricting the distribution of safer drug use supplies. As a national voice for nurses serving communities of people who use drugs, we are obligated to speak up against policies that will harm public health.
Nurses know the harms of regressive policy. We anticipate that this policy will result in increased disease transmission, infected wounds, more stigma, higher health care costs, and death. We know that everyone is deserving of health care and that the harms experienced by one individual can be felt by entire communities. We call on the Government of Saskatchewan to immediately: 1. Rescind the decision to limit access to safer inhalation supplies and sterile needles 2. Commit to the ongoing funding and support of harm reduction services across the province “Sterile supply distribution is vital to protecting communities and a well-established and evidence-based public health intervention…jurisdictions which require one-for-one needle exchange have higher rates of blood borne infections with no reduction in needle debris.”