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.   =============== 💌 Sign up for our Safe Home Families email list: http://eepurl.com/hVIAVX =============== Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and his moms Beth Syverson and Jan Mabie  Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao  Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson, with design help from Nina Smith  Email questions or comments to Safe Home at [email protected]  Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube  Support Safe Home on Patreon    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 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/safe-home-podcast/message

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