ABOUT

 
 
 
 
 
 

WE recognize the resiliency of people who use drugs and work in collaboration to create access points for overdose prevention and harm reduction services in Maine

 
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Maine Access Points (MAP) is a nonprofit organization providing safer use supplies, overdose prevention education and naloxone distribution, drug checking, peer support, and advocacy throughout rural Maine. We are preparing to launch a clinical services program in 2027.

We leverage networks of community distribution and collective organizing to meet Mainers who use drugs where they’re at. We believe that reducing the stigma surrounding drug use creates safer communities for all and has the potential to end the overdose crisis.

MAP works with Mainers who use drugs, their families, friends, and loved ones to create a supportive environment where healing is possible. We believe that every overdose death is preventable.

Our extensive network of community partners enables us to connect our participants with social services, SUD treatment, medical care, and financial assistance.

 

OUR GOALS

 

01. Reduce overdose deaths by making naloxone accessible to everyone in Maine

02. Provide aftercare and support for people who use drugs, people who reverse overdoses, and anyone experiencing grief or losS

03. Create accessible Syringe Service Programs throughout rural Maine

04. Form networks of community care and advocacy that are strong enough to end the war on drug users and change our drug policies

 

OUR VALUES

 

  • We believe that all people have the right to access health care and meet their basic needs

  • We believe that people are the experts of their lives and have the right to choice and self-determination

  • We believe that all people have the right to safety and respect

  • We believe in ground-up, collective organizing

  • We hold ourselves accountable to the communities we work within

  • We recognize the impact of the war on drugs on all people, but especially communities of color

  • We hold critical hope that all people can heal from the injustices and trauma they have experienced

  • We commit to creating a world that rejects and deconstructs all forms of hate and oppression and we commit to reflecting on our own internalized oppression

  • We believe people have the right to naloxone, sterile injection supplies, and safe injection spaces

  • We believe that people do not have to die from their drug use

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OUR BOARD

 

BRITTNEY DUNHAM, MSW, BOARD PRESIDENT

ELIZA WHEELER, MS, BOARD SECRETARY

ELIAH THANHAUSER, BOARD TREASURER

PEGGY AKERS, CNP

CAMERON BONNEY, MD

ANNA MCCONNELL, FNP, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

To contact the board directly, please email board@maineaccesspoints.org

 

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