Recommendations for Programs and Funders Who Serve People Who Use Substances

The historical and ongoing impacts of implicit and explicit discrimination in national and local policies, practices, programs, leadership, and access to resources have had a profound and harmful effect on people who use drugs, particularly Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and other historically and structurally excluded people. This report highlights how communities of color counter structural racism and oppression by creating culturally effective community-based programming that promotes equitable outcomes for people who use drugs.