Harm reduction’s wilderness years appear to be over. With a renewed focus on harm reduction and a huge shift in the drugs market anticipated, now is the time to come together and organise around harm reduction.
Attendees joined us at the Harm Reduction Café on 9 November to hear about a proposal for a Harm Reduction Alliance, a loose collective of harm reductionists who will work together to ensure that services are prepared to respond quickly to changes in the drugs market and to disseminate information in a timely fashion.
Our annual Cavern Club charity event is where the HIT team finally get to relax and enjoy ourselves. Always featuring the Sensational HIT Soul Band and one or two other invited bands, this is a night of music in one of the most famous venues in the world. We know that for many people who come to our conference each year this is the highlight of the events!
Featured
Speaker
Beccy Henderson
Now an independent researcher and consultant, Beccy’s personal experience with illicit drug use led her to recognise the crucial need for harm reduction in her teenage years. Despite existing needle and syringe programs, the alarming surge in overdose deaths during the 1990s drove home the fact that more action was required.
CONFERENCE ARCHIVE
At HIT we have been running the Hot Topics Harm Reduction Conference since 2011. Other than the short forced break (that whole pandemic thing… remember) we have flown the flag for harm reduction in the UK by bringing together some of the greatest leaders and advocates from around the world. You can find an archive of previous conferences over on the main HIT website.
