

Harm Reduction in Hampden
March 28th marked the one-year anniversary of the Community Risk Reduction Services’ partnership with St. Luke’s Church on the Avenue, the first fixed site for Syringe Exchange Services in the state of Maryland. And while anniversaries are usually triumphant celebrations, we allowed this one to slip by unnoticed. Its conception was a difficult and somewhat divisive matter for our congregation and the broader community to consider and no amount of fanfare could counter the tr