It's Better to Save a Life
Channel: Marty Otañez
Date: 24/09/2021

Kim, Denver, Colorado
www.NaloxoneChampions.org

Produced as part of the project "Naloxone Champions: Digital Success Stories of Reversing Opioid Overdoses" with funds from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ‘Overdose Data to Action’ grant. 

For more information contact Marty Otañez, Project Leader and Associate Professor, Anthropology Department, CU Denver, Marty.Otanez[at]ucdenver.edu

Video Editors
Yusura Ali
Madison Bounds
Alex Rocha
John Wroblewski

Project consultant, Steve Koester, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado Denver

Members of the Informal Advisor Committee for the Naloxone Champions (bios are here: 
Dr. Steve Koester, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado Denver

Dr. Angela Lee-Winn, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health, Anschutz Campus

Sarah Money, Syringe Access Program Manager at Access Point Pueblo, Colorado

Mary Ozanic, Manager of Volunteer Program Services with Colorado Palliative and Hospice Care

Lisa Raville, Executive Director of the Harm Reduction Action Center, Denver, Colorado

Shannon Robinson, founder of Action Is Safer, providing intersectional grassroots advocacy and capacity building for organizations, Grand Junction, Colorado

Maggie Seldeen, Executive Director of High Rockies Harm Reduction, Carbondale, Colorado


Harm reduction organizations in Colorado offer free Narcan/Naloxone and other resources
Access Point Colorado, coloradohealthnetwork.org/prevention-health-education/access-point
Harm Reduction Action Center, Denver 303 572 7800
The San Luis Valley Health Access Risk Reduction Project, Alamosa 719 589-4977

Learn more about Narcan/Naloxone and where to get it
narcan.com
bringnaloxonehome.org
drugpolicy.org/issues/naloxone

Stop the Clock, Pharmacy finder, http://stoptheclockcolorado.org 

Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, https://corxconsortium.org

Learn how to respond to an opioid overdose, https://harmreduction.org/issues/overdose-prevention/overview/overdose-basics/responding-to-opioid-overdose

Learn about heroin, https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/basics/heroin.html 

Learn about overdose prevention, https://harmreduction.org/issues/overdose-prevention

Learn about fentanyl, https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/basics/fentanyl.html 

Learn about methamphetamine. https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/methamphetamine 

Experiencing isolation? Call 844 493 8255 or text ‘talk’ to 38255. For additional information, visit https://coloradocrisisservices.org 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders. https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

Good Samaritan Law, C.R.S. §18-1-711. The 911 Good Samaritan Law states that a person is immune from criminal prosecution for an offense when the person reports, in good faith, an emergency drug or alcohol overdose even to a law enforcement officer, to the 911 system, or to a medical provider. https://cdphe.colorado.gov/prevention-and-wellness/colorado-public-health-harm-reduction-legislation

Senate Bill (15-053) states that the chief medical officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) may issue standing orders for Naloxone to be dispensed by pharmacies and harm reduction organization employees and volunteers to help expand statewide Naloxone access to those who need it most. Learn about Naloxone Standing orders, https://cdphe.colorado.gov/prevention-and-wellness/injury-prevention/overdose-prevention/naloxone-standing-orders

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the use of medications to treat substance use disorders and support a person’s recovery. MAT is considered the standard of care to treat opioid use disorder. There are currently three approved prescription medications for MAT: methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone. www.vera.org/publications/overdose-deaths-and-jail-incarceration/national-trends-and-racial-disparities