Podcasts about harm reduction action center

When State Senator Julie Gonzales wrote the Towing Bill of Rights last year, she had no idea that she'd have to get towed herself to find out just how badly tow companies have been skirting her law. The legislator took to social media last week to share a parking saga gone wrong that ended up exposing some shady towing practices. The senator joins host Bree Davies and returning fave, comedian and co-chair of the Denver American Indian Commission Joshua Emerson, to talk about what happened, and how she's already working on strengthening the law next legislative session. Plus the crew digs into their wins and fails of the week — Joshua gushes over a new baby orangutan at the Denver Zoo, Bree is weirdly obsessed with Jack Harlow's new video, “Denver,”  and so much more.  Sen. Gonzales mentioned Stop Fraud Colorado, where consumers can report towing issues and fraudulent situations with tow companies. Check out Joshua Emerson at the High Plains Comedy Fest this September. Bree talked about Overdose Awareness Day, and checking out Harm Reduction Action Center for more ways to help.  For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on Reddit: r/CityCastDenver Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Colorado Restaurant Association “Beautiful: A Carole King Musical” at the Arvada Center Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phew it's over. Steffan testified in front a House committee hearing HB 1202, the "Overdose Prevention Center" bill. Steffan and Deborah Flora discuss to open the hour. Sound from the "Harm Reduction Action Center" leader - a condescending, patronizing woman with an off-the-charts amount of hubris. Then - we replay Steffan's three-minute testimony from earlier. Calls & texts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the waning hours of their 2022 legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly finally reached a compromise on a bill meant to stop the spike in fentanyl-related deaths across Colorado. After months of debate, they agreed to toughen punishments for possession of smaller amounts of the synthetic opioid. Just like the lawmakers, we made this bill our top priority for the legislative session, so Bree and Paul are looking back at how it all went down, unpacking what made it into the bill, and what's next.  To get a full picture of how this debate played out, here's a rundown of our recent coverage: “More Like Poisoning than an Overdose” with Attorney General Phil Weiser (February 22, 2022) “Why the New Fentanyl Bill Has Harm Reductionists Concerned” with Harm Reduction Action Center executive director Lisa Raville (March 29, 2022) “Inside the Fentanyl Fight at the Capitol” with State Representative Leslie Herod (May 2, 2022) Here's a few of our sources for this conversation:  For a breakdown of all the little things that were included in the final version of the fentanyl bill, check out this piece from Colorado Public Radio. This Denver Post article has a good explanation of the closing minutes of the legislative session, when a flurry of compromises led up to the final vote. Bree mentioned a new repatriation effort underway at the Denver Art Museum. For more on that fascinating story, Peyton's going deep in today's CCD newsletter: https://denver.citycast.fm/newsletter/ How do you feel about the fentanyl bill our lawmakers delivered? Share your thoughts on Twitter and tag us @citycastdenver Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: How to Buy a Home Podcast Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With fentanyl-related deaths spiking across Colorado, our elected officials have been debating new measures to better protect people from the highly potent, synthetic opioid. Should they go after drug users who are at risk of unwittingly taking a lethal dose? Should they focus on dealers and manufacturers who lace their goods with fentanyl? And what are the roles of “overdose prevention sites” and harm reduction, a strategy borne from the failures of the war on drugs? Now that they've formally submitted their bill at the state legislature, it's time to dig in. Host Bree Davies sits down with Harm Reduction Action Center's executive director Lisa Raville to break down the policy and politics around the new Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention Act. For additional perspectives on this new bill, Peyton has got a deep dive in our newsletter today. Read and subscribe here: https://denver.citycast.fm/newsletter/ And if you'd like a more thorough breakdown of the fentanyl situation, Harm Reduction Action Center and Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition co-published a brief, titled “Fentanyl in Colorado: Overview and recommendations for addressing the overdose crisis.”  Don't let another day go by without RTing a great Denver tweet and tagging @citycastdenver Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Harm Reduction Action Center isn't rehab, it's a community. Not only does the center help people living with substance use issues find resources, but people who visit can also get clean needles, coffee, and even someone to talk to. So when it was reported that Colorado overdose deaths were at an all-time high, executive director Lisa Raville knew that the community she helped build needed to lean on each other more than ever. City Cast Denver Host Bree Davies speaks with her longtime friend Lisa about the family the center's built, how fentanyl has affected Denver as of late, and how to get rid of stereotypes around drug addiction.  HRAC is hosting a memorial and rally today for Overdose Awareness Day. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/350293813357389?active_tab=about Always stay in the loop with what's happening in Denver. Subscribe to the City Cast Denver newsletter here: https://denver.citycast.fm/newsletter/ And hey, if you're on Twitter, we are too! Follow us @CityCastDenver

Kat Humphries serves as the Program Director for the Harm Reduction Action Center (HRAC) in Denver, CO.  The organization's mission is to educate, empower, and advocate for the health and dignity of Denver's injection drug users, in accordance with harm reduction principles.   In this episode, Kat is joined by her colleague Lisa Raville, HRAC Executive Director. Kat and Lisa share more on their work in harm reduction and the importance of legislation to further HRAC's mission. Learn more about Harm Reduction Action Center: https://harmreductionactioncenter.org/.  To learn more about the Bloomberg American Health Initiative and the Bloomberg Fellows Program, visit https://americanhealth.jhu.edu/. 

This limited series will investigate how the nation’s opioid epidemic has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of this series, we will hear from a harm reductionist, an addiction medicine physician, a Denver Police narcotics sergeant and two people currently in recovery.  Unfortunately, both the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic are likely not going anywhere soon. Emergency Medical Minute remains committed to providing education to help combat these health crises.  In the first episode, we catch up with Lisa Raville -- executive director of the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver -- to learn how COVID has impacted her facility’s daily operations as well as the lives of her clients.   For more information about HRAC: http://harmreductionactioncenter.org/ Get In touch with HRAC: Email: HRAC.Denver@gmail.com Facebook: @harmreductionactioncenter Twitter: @HRAC_Denver Instagram: @harmreductionactioncenter ______________________________________ Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast/Shutterstock

Harm Reduction Action Center, drug users are provided with clean needles to prevent the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C, along with other resources to help them stay healthy and avoid overdose, in addition to providing treatment referral. Last year, Denver approved a measure that would create a pilot site for a "supervised use site," a place where people could legally inject drugs under medical supervision. However, state approval would still be needed, and federal threats by the Trump Administration loom. Lisa takes us inside the world of applying a harm reduction strategy to address the needs of people who inject drugs.

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Lisa Raville, executive director of The Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver, shares tales from her perspective as a Harm Reductionist. 

This week, Sarah talks about Denver’s push for supervised injection facilities with Kat Humphries, Programs Director at the Harm Reduction Action Center; Tyler gives us some information on MDMA; and Rachelle and Sam discuss the biggest stories of the week! News Updates: Study finds that US states legalizing marijuana leads to less drug violence The […] The post Supervised Injection Facilities [#101] appeared first on This Week in Drugs.

Our guests this evening are Ingrid Binswanger, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Lisa Raville, Executive Director of the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver Colorado.

This week’s podcast focuses on International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31st. It includes interviews with Eliza Wheeler who advertises the Overdose Awareness Day Memorial March and Celebration of Life in San Francisco, Sharon Stancliff talking about the newly released Samsha toolkit http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA13-4742, Narcotics Unit Commander Pat Glynn talks about the role police play in reducing overdose deaths using naloxone in Quincy, Massachusetts http://vimeo.com/47686862, Nigel Brundson of HIT and Injecting Advice http://injectingadvice.com/ fills us in on the UK scene, Heather Edney, Executive Director of La Ventana Treatment Program http://www.laventanaed.com/, talks about the newly created mural ‘The Memory Lives On’ http://tinyurl.com/nol5bos and also surviving multiple overdoses and Lisa Raville Executive Director of the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver talks about syringe exchange developments and their overdose anti-stigma work http://www.harmreductionactioncenter.org/index.html