PT420 – Rachel Clark – DanceSafe: Drug Testing, Fentanyl Myths, and the Importance of Consent

In this episode, Alexa interviews Rachel Clark: Education Manager for DanceSafe, a public health nonprofit specializing in serving people who use drugs and their communities. As we move into the prime festival season, more people are going to be doing drugs, and the importance of harm reduction and drug testing becomes even more central to the experience. She discusses the complications of drug testing and how it's more of an act of ruling substances out rather than determining purity; the fentanyl problem and its surrounding myths; how to identify and treat an overdose (and what not to do); Philadelphia's struggles with Xylazine highlighting the problem with regional cross contamination; and DanceSafe's "We Love Consent" and "Healing is Power" campaigns, which aim to open up the dialogue of true harm reduction and safe spaces outside of the substance alone. Check out DanceSafe.org for more info, and use this link when you're ready to make a purchase! psychedelicstoday.com