In this episode, Beth talks with special guest Emma Roberts from National Harm Reduction Coalition about what her organization is doing to help mitigate harm from opiates and other substances.  

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RESOURCES: 

National Harm Reduction Coalition: https://harmreduction.org/ 

Find Naloxone near you (to reverse opiate overdose): https://harmreduction.org/resource-center/harm-reduction-near-you/ 

Find sterile syringes near you: https://www.nasen.org/map/ 

Johann Hari’s TED talk ”Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong” that Emma mentioned in the podcast: https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong?language=en 

 

Here are some resources for teens and others who are struggling right now: 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: call 800-273-8255 - 24/7 

Lifeline Chat: https://Suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat - 24/7 

Teen Line: call 310-855-HOPE   6-10pm PST  Or text TEEN to 839863  Talk to other trained teens 

Youthline:  call 877-968-8491   4-10pm PST   Or text Teen2Teen to 839863. 

Need2Text: text TALK to 38255    24/7 

 

And here are some resources for therapy, coaching, and counseling: 

Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling 

Miguel Rosell - Guided Core Integration: https://miguelrosell.com/ 

Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/ 

 

TIME STAMPS: 

1:35 Emma Roberts’ background with harm reduction work 

5:10 Definition of harm reduction philosophy 

6:50 Harm reduction v. “Just Say No” 

7:10 Harm reduction origins with AIDS 

8:40 Connection as antidote to addiction 

11:30 Frustrations with our Kaiser Permanente healthcare system 

16:17 Harm reduction offers more tools for your tool kit 

18:47 Harm reduction in sex ed 

20:15 Opiate overdoses higher since Covid 

22:08 Presence of fentanyl 

23:44 Importance of having Narcan/Naloxone available 

25:50 Where to get Narcan/Naloxone 

28:16 Indiana outbreak of opiate overdoses 

31:25 Syringe services 

31:58 Teens and opioids 35:46 Risks of injecting substances 42:27 War on the War on Drugs 45:57 Looking for the root cause of substance use 48:17 Proliferation of opioid prescriptions 51:28 Labelling people as addicts 53:20 Drug/Set/Setting - evaluating risk 57:21 How we can support National Harm Reduction Coalition (HarmReduction.org) 59:57 Loving people back to health

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