Smoky Mountain Harm Reduction is a North Carolina–based community organization dedicated to reducing the negative health and social consequences of drug use. The organization focuses on providing harm reduction services such as syringe exchange, overdose prevention education, naloxone distribution, and linkage to treatment and recovery resources, particularly in rural and underserved areas of Western North Carolina.
Public health and harm reduction policies including syringe service programs, overdose prevention initiatives, naloxone access, substance use treatment access, Medicaid expansion, and criminal justice reforms related to drug policy
Grants from public health agencies, private foundations, and individual donations
North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition and local public health departments in Western North Carolina
Non-profit organization