NO JUDGMENT.
NO OBSTACLES
We partner with people who use drugs to provide confidential Medication Assisted Treatment and harm reduction services while honoring their autonomy and right to make decisions about their care
The Meharry Addiction Center works to improve the quality of life for people who suffer from substance abuse disorder and reduce the stigma around addiction.
NO JUDGMENT
The Meharry Harm Reduction Center provides services and programs throughout Tennessee, including metropolitan areas and rural areas alike. As a harm reduction center, we provide a non-judgmental and evidence-based approach to our practices and programs that aim to minimize the adverse health, social and legal impacts of drug use, drug policies, and drug laws.
NO QUESTIONS
Our center works with individuals from all backgrounds, lifestyles, and more, with an emphasis on vulnerable populations. We work and collaborate with individuals with compassion to help them live healthier lives without judgment and without questions.
UPCOMING EVENTS
GOOD PEOPLE HELPING GOOD PEOPLE GET WELL
OUR CLINIC SERVICES
The Meharry Harm Reduction Center provides services to individuals Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4:30.
Our clinic accepts walk-in patients, as well as appointments. We accept most insurance plans, and provide services to the uninsured.
Screening & Treatment
Our team offers screenings and assessments for addictions. This includes approaches that lead to safer use, moderation, or abstinence—depending on the individual’s desires and outcome needs.
Individual & Group Counseling
We offer counseling for substance use disorder, as well peer support from recovery professionals to develop coping skills and heal from interwoven experiences of violence, abuse, substance use, mental health problems, and housing instability.
Case Management & Referrals
For those on the road to recovery, we offer a wide-range of supportive needs and case management services which include healthcare arrangements, financial assistance, mental health services, employment, and housing.
NASHVILLE
CHATTANOOGA
MEMPHIS
RURAL TN
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OUR PROJECTS
The Meharry Harm Reduction Center consists of several clinics designed to serve uninsured and unhoused people who use drugs. Through our centers and community partners, we have several projects throughout the state of Tennessee.
- NASHVILLE PROJECTS- The Meharry Addiction Clinic is the centerpiece to all of our service projects. In the clinic, we provide low-barrier medication for opioid use disorder. We provide easy access to care and providing services to uninsured individuals and more.
- RURAL TN- The Rural Opioid and Alcohol Medication (ROAM) program provides medication for opioid use disorder support for rural counties and providers, such as Cheatham County which is currently the county with the highest overdose rate in the state of Tennessee.
- MEMPHIS PROJECTS- The Meharry Harm Reduction Center provides services and trainings in partnership with our community providers to provide services that are much needed including HIV and HCV testing, as well as harm reduction supplies distribution.
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
The Meharry Harm Reduction Center is proud to partner with other organizations throughout Tennessee including:
Hellbender Harm Reduction
Hellbender Harm Reduction improves wellbeing and builds solidarity in Tennessee by providing harm reduction supplies and advancing policies that support people who use drugs.
A Betor Way
A Betor Way is a mobile harm reduction service program operating in the Memphis, TN area. A Betor Way provides services including syringe access, overdose prevention, education, and rapid testing.
Partnership to End AIDS Status
Partnership to End AIDS Status PEAS Inc. delivers services and comprehensive HIV/HCV testing and education to the most highly affected communities during vulnerable hours and in non-traditional settings.
Clínica Médicos
Clínica Médicos is a medical clinic modeled after global mission hospitals with Chattanooga as their urban mission ground. Their ambition is to solve the complex challenges of health care.
Tennessee Center for AIDS Research
The Tennessee Center for AIDS Research leverages complementary strengths of its four partner institutions to have broad and substantial impact on the HIV epidemic.
Street Works
Street Works provides education, prevention, and care to those affected by HIV/AIDS on the inner-city streets of Nashville, Tennessee.
H.U.S.T.L.E. Recovery
H.U.S.T.L.E. Recovery also assists many organizations such as hospitals, non-profit organizations, community outreach programs, and individuals to help all those in need find recovery resources.
Tennessee Harm Reduction
Tennessee Harm Reduction (THR) is a 501(c)(3) community-based organization operating at the intersection of drug-user-centric public health, drug user advocacy, HIV/viral hepatitis prevention, and drug policy reform.
