We commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, and throughout the month of August, to bring awareness to the realities of how drug overdose affects our communities, to honor the lives of those we’ve lost to overdose, to reduce the stigma associated with drug-related death, and to share information and resources to prevent drug-related harm.
Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, with nearly 70,000 deaths occurring every year. To educate and provide our community with the resources and information to prevent overdose, we offer response training and supplies through our Harm Reduction Center and outreach sites.
Our teams are out in neighborhoods across San Francisco providing safe injection and proper disposal supplies and services that help you manage your health, prevent overdose, and stop HIV and hepatitis C transmission.
Join the HIV Advocacy Network at San Francisco AIDS Foundation to help bring safe consumption spaces (also known as safe injection facilities and overdose prevention programs) to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Added by Mayor London Breed to the March 5 ballot, measure F will cut benefits for welfare recipients who are suspected of illicit substance use if they do not go to mandated treatment programs.
A new year brings time for reflection, change, and renewed commitment to reaching our goals.
The ceremony we hold is a special way to celebrate the accomplishments of clients who have completed and maintained their treatment goals with The Stonewall Project.
The following are the words from an HIV & harm reduction activist delivered on June 5,...
Real solutions to address San Francisco’s drug crisis.
We are alarmed by reports of law enforcement confiscating safe supplies and penalizing people for accessing and possessing harm reduction and disease prevention resources.
A new program offers individualized support for people interested in starting medication assisted treatment for opioid use.
San Francisco AIDS Foundation condemns recently-implemented city strategies prioritizing “War on Drugs” tactics over public health.
"No te pases" and "Trans Together" share safer drug use and overdose prevention information with Bay Area audiences.
Stories on unintended harms caused by drugs continue to dominate headlines. We can, and should, cast a critical eye on sensationalized reporting that plays to outsized fears of illicit substances like fentanyl.
It is time we abandon “tough love” approaches and shift towards something warm. Something radical. Something wild, unimaginable, and powerful. Something loving.
A groundbreaking report, published in 2022, sheds light on some critical issues faced by Latino/x community members who use drugs in San Francisco.
