Why Are We Giving Out Needles? A Harm Reduction Expert Explains

Join Emily and Marissa as they interview Liz Beaule, Director of Education for the NH Harm Reduction Coalition. They discuss the range of support that harm reduction provides as well as ways we can all help demystify these often misunderstood services.Liz is an individual with lived and living experience in drug use and recovery. In her role she works to teach individuals and organizations comprehensive evidence-based drug education. She has spent years workingclosely with participants to identify their wants and needs around community drug education and training. Liz works to make an engaging, factual and respectful curriculum that holds participant experience and knowledge at the heart of it. She has a great deal of experience in direct service and working with clients that are experiencing homelessness and co-occurring disorders. Prior to her work at NHHRC she worked in substance use treatment, peer support and activism.Find out more at https://www.nhhrc.org/Overdose prevention and response training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMshIoXL_xUSpecial thanks to Helianthus Woodworks for sharing their art with us for this episode: https://www.helianthuswoodworks.com