Harm Reduction
“Harm reduction is an evidence-based approach that is critical to engaging with people who use drugs and equipping them with life-saving tools and information to create positive change in their lives and potentially save their lives.” – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NALAXONE
Marion Public Health is a Project DAWN location that offers Naloxone, also known as Narcan, to any interested person to be equipped with this life-saving medication. There is no prescription or cost required to obtain and carry Naloxone. We provide training free of charge on how to use Naloxone.
Kits are available for pick-up at 181 S Main St Marion, OH 43302.
Monday – Friday 8 AM – 4:30 PM
Naloxone training is available for businesses upon request. We teach employers and their employees how to recognize the signs and symptoms of an overdose.
Consider having Naloxone in the workplace for emergency use.
For more information, please call 740-387-6520.
Safe Syringe Program
Sharing needles, syringes, and other injection equipment puts people who inject drugs (PWID) at high risk for getting HIV and other infections, including hepatitis and other infectious diseases. These can be prevented by providing harm reduction services, including access to sterile injection equipment and promoting safer injection practices. Also, this can be done through increasing access to treatment for substance use disorders.
Marion Public Health offers a Safe Syringe Program (SSP) on Tuesdays and Fridays. The Safe Syringe Program allows participants to receive sterile syringes, education, linkages to access to care, and other community resources.
Tuesdays: 9 AM – 3:30 PM
Fridays: 1 PM – 3:30 PM
For more information call the front desk at 740-387-6520