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Vital Strategies – Overdose Prevention Centers Fact Sheet

Overdose prevention centers are public health facilities that provide people with a non-judgmental, hygienic, supervised space to use their drugs. Centers are staffed by peers and usually also healthcare professionals who are trained to intervene immediately in the event of an adverse drug event, such as an overdose. People who visit the centers to use drugs receive safer use supplies free of charge, such as sterile syringes, tourniquets, cookers, and cotton.

A Look Inside Life-Saving Overdose Prevention Centers – Video 

In 2021, OnPoint NYC opened the first sanctioned overdose prevention centers, or OPCs, in the U.S. They reversed 600 overdoses in their first year of operation and connected thousands of people with addiction services and social supports, including voluntary treatment. We spoke with OnPoint’s staff to learn how OPCs are saving lives.

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Public Health Drug Checking in North Carolina – video

1.5 min video about a groundbreaking collaboration between people who use drugs and public health scientists. Filmed at the NC Survivors Union in Greensboro, and the UNC campus in Chapel Hill, come see how analytic chemistry can prevent overdose deaths.

National Harm Reduction Coalition – Harm Reduction Truth 

Members of the harm reduction community share what harm reduction means to them at a personal level.

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SAMHSA – Harm Reduction 

SAMHSA defines Harm Reduction as an approach that emphasizes engaging directly with people who use drugs to prevent overdose and infectious disease transmission; improve the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of those served; and offer low-threshold options for accessing substance use disorder treatment and other health care services. This webinar examines Harm Reduction as a tool for Behavioral Health Professionals.

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AMERSA Podcast Series

Episode 2: Harm Reduction in the Hospital, Meeting People Where They Are
Episode 3: Insights from the Front Line: Harm Reduction Interventions in an Urban Hospital

Harm Reduction in Community Mental Health Settings 

Webinar created in conjunction with SAMHSA Harm Reduction Framework which illustrates how to integrate a harm reduction approach into community mental health settings.

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Building Effective Leave it Behind Naloxone Programming with First Responders

October 16, 2024

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM: Notes from the Field: Insights from Counties Conducting or Preparing for Overdose Fatality Reviews (OFRs)
  • Gregory Gallo, LCSW, Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health
  • Michael Birnbaum, Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health
  • Daniel Gilmore, Ph.D., Oneida County Health Department
  • Ashlee Thompson, MHA, MSEd, Master CASAC, Oneida County Department of Mental Health
  • Veronica Salvas, Greene County Public Health Department
  • Meghan Tice, Oswego County Health Department
  • Paul Fahey, consultant to Oneida County Health Department (Primeau-Fahey Studios)
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