Remedy Alliance/For the People, (formerly known as the all-volunteer OSNN Buyers Club established in 2012), incorporated in 2021 in order to create a sustainable infrastructure to provide low-barrier, low-cost access to naloxone to harm reduction programs in the US.

We spent about a year working to set up the program, negotiate contracts with multiple manufacturers of naloxone to ensure supply stability and navigate the complicated territory of becoming a centralized warehouse/distributor of a life-saving medication that prioritizes harm reduction programs--the innovators and most impactful model of naloxone distribution.

All donations received will be used towards the purchase of naloxone to support the "free" pool, to contribute to our shipping fund to cover shipping for under-resourced programs, and to special projects supporting harm reduction programs and mutual aid groups across the US. Our Tax ID/EIN is 87-3486445.

Remedy Alliance/For the People officially launched August 1, 2022!

Remedy Alliance is now able to work directly with harm reduction programs to meet their naloxone supply needs.

In our first year of operations (August 2022-August 2023), we shipped 1,639,542 doses of generic injectable naloxone to 196 harm reduction projects in 44 US states, DC, and Puerto Rico, of which 206,371 doses were provided at no-cost to 138 under-resourced harm reduction projects. We redistributed $180,000 in unrestricted funds to 20 under-resourced harm reduction and mutual aid projects through our Community Support Initiative.

How does Remedy Alliance/For the People work?

Harm Reduction programs, mutual aid groups, and other not-for-profit organizations who distribute naloxone directly to people who use drugs can fill out an easy application to access bulk naloxone from Remedy.

Depending on the programs' resources, we provide access to generic injectable naloxone at three price tiers: below market rate, deeply discounted, and free. We ship naloxone to programs directly. No hassle, no bureaucracy.

We have designed Remedy to eliminate or greatly reduce many of the barriers currently faced by harm reduction programs in getting access to supplies.

Fiscal transparency:

One of Remedy Alliance’s core values is transparency. Working adjacent to one of the least transparent industries (the pharmaceutical one), we are actively working to subvert the opaque, profit-driven, extractive and opportunistic nature of access to medicines in the US. Remedy Alliance incorporated as a non-profit in November 2021 and 501(c)(3) status was determined in October 2022, retroactive to our incorporation date.

Our initial start-up costs were covered by the generous support of Open Society Foundations. Our Calendar Year 2022 operating budget was $1.4MM and our Calendar Year 2023 budget is $3.7MM. We receive ongoing grant support from Open Society Foundations (general operations), Vital Strategies (drug checking) and are otherwise self-sustaining through the sale of naloxone at our two priced tiers and technical assistance contracts.

We use our priced tiers of naloxone to create our “free” supply and to return resources directly back to un-funded harm reduction programs through our Community Support Initiative.

We have four paid staff (Maya Doe-Simkins, Eliza Wheeler, Clare Schmidt and Kaylee Butts) and warehouses in Michigan and California.

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Remedy Alliance/For the People

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Remedy Alliance/For the People

We ensure harm reduction programs have sustainable and equitable access to low-cost naloxone for distribution in their communities.