NEXT (Needle EXchange Technology) Harm Reduction is an American nonprofit that sends naloxone, sterile syringes, and other harm reduction supplies through the mail.[1] It is based in the state of New York but serves clients throughout the country.[1] It is the first formal mail-delivered harm reduction service in the US.[2]
| Formation | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Type | Nonprofit |
| 83-1333112 | |
| Purpose | Opioid overdose prevention program |
| Headquarters | New York |
| Website | https://nextdistro.org/ |
Formerly called | NEXT Distro |
History edit
NEXT began operations in February 2018.[1] Jamie Favaro, the organization's founder, previously worked for the Harm Reduction Coalition, the Washington Heights Corner Project (which she founded in 2005) and other harm reduction groups.[3] The program design was influenced by the work of Tracey Helton, who had been mailing naloxone to drug users illegally as an act of civil disobedience.[3][4] In its first two and a half years of operation, NEXT distributed syringes to more than 800 people.[2] It experienced a spike in demand during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as brick-and-mortar syringe service programs shut down.[5]
NEXT partners with state-specific harm reduction organizations to mail naloxone.[6]
Funding edit
As of 2021, NEXT relied primarily on private donations, but it had also received some funding from the Delaware Department of Health, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and other health departments.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b c Yang, Carol; Favaro, Jamie; Meacham, Meredith C. (April 2021). "NEXT Harm Reduction: An Online, Mail-Based Naloxone Distribution and Harm-Reduction Program". American Journal of Public Health. 111 (4): 667–671. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.306124. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 7958031. PMID 33600254.
- ^ a b Hayes, Benjamin T.; Favaro, Jamie; Davis, Corey S.; Gonsalves, Gregg S.; Beletsky, Leo; Vlahov, David; Heimer, Robert; Fox, Aaron D. (2021-08-01). "Harm Reduction, By Mail: the Next Step in Promoting the Health of People Who Use Drugs". Journal of Urban Health. 98 (4): 532–537. doi:10.1007/s11524-021-00534-1. ISSN 1468-2869. PMC 7953942. PMID 33710493.
- ^ a b "Jamie Favaro's Quest to Bring Online Naloxone Access Nationwide". 5 December 2018.
- ^ "How the 'heroin heroine' saves lives from her living room". CNN. 2 October 2017.
- ^ Kaur, Harmeet (May 7, 2020). "The opioid epidemic was already a national crisis. Covid-19 could be making things worse". CNN.
- ^ "Our History". NEXT Distro.
We have increased the impact of our work by partnering with harm reduction programs across the country to mail naloxone within their own state through our affiliate hub-and-spoke model.
- ^ Barnett, B. S.; Wakeman, S. E.; Davis, C. S.; Favaro, J.; Rich, J. D. (2021). "Expanding Mail-Based Distribution of Drug-Related Harm Reduction Supplies Amid COVID-19 and Beyond". American Journal of Public Health. 111 (6): 1013–1017. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2021.306228. PMC 8101586. PMID 33950718.