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Two physicians and a nurse from Jefferson Health talking about why they distribute fentanyl test strips and some best practices they’ve learned along the way. We hope that other clinical settings can incorporate fentanyl test strips into care for patients who use drugs after watching this video.

When they are able to use fentanyl test strips, people implement additional harm reduction strategies with their drug use, such as testing a small sample of the drug, using less, or asking a trusted friend to sit with them when they use.

Black, Indigenous, Latinx and other BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by the drug overdose crisis. Overdose mortality rates steadily increased in the Black community since 1999, and doubled in the five-year period ending 2019.

Overdose prevention centers are public health facilities that provide people with a non-judgmental, hygienic, supervised space to use their drugs.

Access to naloxone has been found to decrease overdoses by more than 10 percent. Naloxone works by rapidly reversing the effects of…

Access to safer drug use supplies can reduce the risk of overdose, Hepatitis C, HIV, and other health harms to people who use drugs, and represents an important harm reduction strategy.

Medications for opioid use disorder can offer people a safe, individualized pathway to a healthier life.

This campaign informs Ukrainians about the new smoke free law and explains public benefits of this initiative. Despite the war, under the new law,…