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The Feasibility & Effectiveness of Drug Using Peers Distributing Naloxone & Injection Equipment

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Jessica Williams

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The use of peer-based recovery support has grown substantially in the last five years. However, given ongoing high rates of opioid overdose and addiction, another peer-based workforce has not received enough attention: peers who use drugs. Just as there is a long history of peers in recovery supporting peers seeking recovery, there is a similarly long history of drug-using peers helping one another stay safe and alive. This presentation describes a peer-based program that employs people who use drugs to distribute naloxone and sterile injection equipment in Pittsburgh, PA. It reviews basic harm reduction principles, the peer-based program model, and data on program effectiveness.

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Sarah Danforth is the Harm Reduction Services Coordinator for Prevention Point Pittsburgh. She has worked in harm reduction and homeless outreach for over ten years, including as a peer support specialist with the PATH Team in Western North Carolina. She is pursuing a Master degree in Public Health through the Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University.

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