The Role of Drug Checking and Other Harm Reduction Interventions in Responding to the US Overdose Crisis

Presenters:
Brandon DL Marshall, PhD
Diego Arene-Morley

Dr. Brandon Marshall, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University School of Public Health and his colleague Diego Arene-Morley, Community Engagement Coordinator at RICARES, will discuss the role of drug checking in your community and the implementation of a proactive overdose prevention model.

Attendees of this webinar will be able to:

1. Review the state of harm reduction programs in the United States
2. Assess the role of drug checking as an evidence-based intervention to reduce overdose deaths
3. Evaluate results from a recent pilot study of fentanyl test strip distribution in Rhode Island
4. Reconceptualize harm reduction as a recovery pathway
5. Outline three approaches to FTS on three campuses
6. Provide relevant documents to inspire other campuses