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On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… preventing the preventable.
At best, the rate of epidemic of drug overdose deaths in this country is slowing — but by many metrics and in many jurisdictions, the situation remains as dire as ever.
Which begs the question: what tactics will work to prevent these deaths, if nothing has yet?
Laura Guzman, Executive Director of the National Harm Reduction Coalition, joins us to say that harm reduction strategies like clean needles, clean pipes, and Narcan distribution are the way forward… because criminalizing drug use isn’t.
RESOURCES FOR PREVENTING OVERDOSES:
Access guidance and emergency mental health support via Overdose Lifeline.
Find Naloxone near you here.
You may be able to receive Naloxone through the mail; check here.
Find harm reduction centers near you here.
If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: [email protected]
Podcast production by Maura Currie
You can skip all the ads in Hear Me Out by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/hearmeoutplus for just $15 a month for your first three months.
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On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… preventing the preventable.
At best, the rate of epidemic of drug overdose deaths in this country is slowing — but by many metrics and in many jurisdictions, the situation remains as dire as ever.
Which begs the question: what tactics will work to prevent these deaths, if nothing has yet?
Laura Guzman, Executive Director of the National Harm Reduction Coalition, joins us to say that harm reduction strategies like clean needles, clean pipes, and Narcan distribution are the way forward… because criminalizing drug use isn’t.
RESOURCES FOR PREVENTING OVERDOSES:
Access guidance and emergency mental health support via Overdose Lifeline.
Find Naloxone near you here.
You may be able to receive Naloxone through the mail; check here.
Find harm reduction centers near you here.
If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: [email protected]
Podcast production by Maura Currie
You can skip all the ads in Hear Me Out by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/hearmeoutplus for just $15 a month for your first three months.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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