Content Warning: This episode contains explicit discussions of hard drug use. It also contains mature, uncensored language.

For about the last four years, This is Nashville's managing editor Tasha A.F. Lemley has been reporting on ways to support people who use dangerous drugs, often without requiring, or even suggesting, that they should stop using.

It’s a philosophy known as harm reduction. The concept has become more widely embraced in recent years as a way to keep drug users from dying – whether that’s from an overdose, disease or infection. But some champions want to take it even further, beyond what the law in Tennessee allows right now. 

And that’s the story we’re bringing you today for this special episode of the NashVillager. 

Credits:
Producer: Tasha A.F. Lemley
Host: Blake Farmer
Legal review: Paul McAdoo
Special thanks: Tony Gonzalez