Maine Recovery Access Project

🎉 T-Minus 29 Days! 🎉
The Access Center turns ONE on July 9, 2026! 🎂

Join us as we celebrate an incredible first year of connection, recovery, harm reduction, and hope. This Center was built by our community, for our community, and we can't wait to celebrate with you!

🎂 First Birthday Party
📅 July 9, 2026
🕓 4 PM - 7 PM
📍 47 Water St, Augusta

Cake, food, music, community, and celebration! 💙 Learn more and RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/800439176166980

Today is Primary Election Day!

Looking for information about voting, polling locations, or what to expect at the polls?
Check out our voter guide for resources and information about the voting process.
For additional questions, please contact your local election officials.

Learn how current Maine lawmakers voted on ME-RAP’s priority legislation at http://www.tinyurl.com/merap132

Harm Reduction is built on 8 principles.

Harm reduction includes a spectrum of strategies such as: safer use, managed use, abstinence, and meeting people who use drugs “where they’re at.”

While harm reduction programs continue to evolve, there are eight principles we hold central to this work.

Learn more at https://harmreduction.org/movement/

🏳️‍🌈 Pride is a protest. 🏳️‍🌈

When the HIV/AIDS crisis devastated communities, ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and LGBTQIA+ activists refused to stay silent. They organized, advocated, cared for one another, and demanded dignity, treatment, and justice when too many institutions failed to act.

Today, we continue that work. We fight for people who use drugs. We fight for harm reduction. We fight for recovery. We fight for healthcare, housing, and the right of every person to be treated with dignity. ❤️💛🧡💚💙💜

We do this work on the shoulders of giants.

Can you believe the Access Center has been open for almost a year?!

This time last year we were counting down to our grand opening and putting the finishing touches on a vision that had been years in the making. Looking back, it's incredible to see how much has happened in just eleven months. 💛

🎉 This Week at the Access Center!

Join us for a week of recovery, connection, and community, including our special 🎲 Casino Night!
📍 47 Water Street, Augusta
🤝 Volunteer opportunities
☕ Recovery support meetings
🧹 Daily community clean-ups
🍎 Community and connection

Check out this week's schedule below and join us!

Injection alternatives, including pipes, are an important part of public health approaches to substance use. For many years, syringe service programs were primarily associated with injection drug use, which meant people who had a different route of administration often didn’t realize these programs were available to them or that they could access health services, education, testing, treatment referrals, and other supports.

Providing injection alternatives helps reduce injuries and disease transmission, while also creating opportunities to connect with people who may not otherwise engage with services. Harm reduction is about meeting people where they are and making support accessible and participant driven.

Today is National Naloxone Awareness Day. 💜

Naloxone is a safe, easy to use, lifesaving medication that can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose and restore breathing during a medical emergency. It is not addictive and will not cause harm to someone who is not experiencing an opioid overdose, instead it will have no effect at all.

Many people are surprised to learn that anyone, any age, can carry naloxone. Several nasal versions of the medication are available for purchase over the counter (OTC). In Maine, naloxone is also available without an individual prescription for community distribution to help ensure it is available when and where it is needed.

At the Access Center, naloxone keychains have become a popular way to keep this life-saving medication close at hand. Because overdoses can happen anywhere, having naloxone nearby can make all the difference in a life or death medical emergency.

Recognized nationally in 2023 and now officially recognized in Maine, National Naloxone Awareness Day reminds us that education, compassion, and access to life-saving tools is best practice in keeping our communities safe. 💜