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Our Initiatives

2 programs. 1 goal.

Dave Purchase Project seeks to stop the spread of bloodborne pathogens such as HIV/HCV among drug users and reduce the harm to individuals and communities associated with drug use. Through our local and national initiatives, we are seeing real change.

NASEN

Our national network, NASEN, is best known for its Buyers Club, a purchasing cooperative that supplies harm reduction programs with affordable medical supplies. But NASEN is so much more—it’s a community-driven initiative that supports harm reduction nationwide by providing technical assistance, helping programs in need, fostering connections, and much more!

TACOMA NEEDLE EXCHANGE

Our TNE initiative utilizes evidence-based interventions to expand access to essential tools, information, and resources, empowering individuals to care for themselves and make safer choices. The result? Improved health outcomes for participants and a reduction in overall healthcare costs for the community.

Land Acknowledgment

The Dave Purchase Project, Tacoma Needle Exchange, and NASEN respectfully acknowledges that our work takes place on the ancestral lands of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Nisqually Tribe, Muckleshoot Tribe, and Squaxin Island Tribe. We acknowledge that these tribes are the traditional stewards of this region. We honor their profound connection to this land, its waters, and all things both living and spiritual, and recognize the deep injustices inflicted by colonization that disrupted their ways of life.

In our commitment to harm reduction and public health, we strive to listen to, learn from, and elevate Indigenous voices and leadership. We express our heartfelt respect and gratitude for the opportunity to operate on this land and pledge to support the resilience, knowledge, and contributions of the Puyallup, Nisqually, Muckleshoot, and Squaxin Island people, both past and present.

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