Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition

The Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition (often abbreviated AHRC) is an Atlanta-based non-profit organization that operates the only needle exchange program in Georgia. Such programs were illegal in the state until 2019.[1] The organization was formally incorporated in 1995.[2] The AHRC's needle exchange program is also the largest and most comprehensive such program in the South.[3][4] The program is conducted twice a week in the Atlanta neighborhood The Bluff.[5] A third weekly needle exchange was added in the Little Five Points neighborhood. In 2015, the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition filmed a documentary about the AHRC.[6]

References
  1. Mansoor, Sanya (4 April 2019). "Georgia Latest State to Legalize Needle Exchange to Stop HIV". U.S. News. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. "History". AHRC website. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. Carmichael, Rodney (24 October 2013). "Putting Atlantans in Harm's way". Creative Loafing Atlanta. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  4. Castillo, Tessie (6 December 2012). "Southern States Outlaw Syringe Exchanges Used to Prevent Disease". Alternet. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. Redmon, Jeremy (23 October 2015). "HIV epidemic afflicting Georgia, the South: A 'public health emergency'". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. Emerson, Bo (11 August 2015). "Heroin use in Atlanta: film examines needle exchange program". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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