drug harm reduction models

Asbury Park

Asbury Park’s Help Not Handcuffs Granted United Nations Consultative Status

Thompson: Having this kind of access is critical, as our organization fills a key deficit in public policy discourse

By Michelle Gladden


The City’s own Help Not Handcuffs has been granted special consultative status with the UN’s Economic and Social Council [ECOSOC], CEO and founder Randy Thompson announced. Help Not Handcuffs works to help reform drug policy from a recovery and human rights perspective. They have participated in UN policy discussions as a guest member of delegations […]

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Sep 16, 2017
Asbury Park

Help Not Handcuffs aims for harm reduction strategies

Thompson: why aren’t we considering these proven drug reduction models

By Michelle Gladden


Help Not Handcuffs founder Randy Thompson is asking the questions: “With needles on our streets and beaches, three times the national overdose death rate and first responders running in every direction to reverse overdoses, why aren’t we considering these proven models of harm reduction strategies?” Help Not Handcuffs’ mission is to eliminate failed drug criminalization […]

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Apr 07, 2016