Fentanyl Facts and Fiction | November 17, 2022
Date of Presentation: November 17, 2022
In this session, Blue Valentine, CHW, Harm Reduction Peer Specialist, leads a discussion on fentanyl facts and fiction, answering participant questions and sharing meaningful resources to prevent and respond to overdose, if needed.
Recording:
Presented by:
Blue Valentine
Blue Valentine, CHW, is a Harm Reduction Peer Specialist that currently works as part of a cross-program team of communicable disease, health navigation, and harm reduction staff at the Benton County Health Department, as part of the End HIV Oregon Project. Her work includes street and camp outreach, rapid testing, syringe services, client advocacy, naloxone distribution, and HIV and STI education. She coordinates a regional harm reduction group for the Linn, Benton, Lincoln, and Siletz region that has a focus on overdose prevention and naloxone access. Blue is also a member of the Measure 110 Accountability and Oversight Council. She started working in harm reduction in Los Angeles in 1992, and has extensive experience providing HIV/STI prevention and testing and syringe services to diverse communities, including people who use drugs, people experiencing homelessness, sex workers, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people living with HIV.
Resources Provided:
- Never Use Alone
- Are people really falling ill from touching fentanyl? In most cases, scientists say no
- Can someone overdose by touching something with fentanyl on it?
- The Pernicious Myth of Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis
- ACMT and AACT Position Statement: Preventing Occupational Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analog Exposure to Emergency Responders
- List of fentanyl analogues
- Diphenhydramine cross reacts with DRI Fentanyl Immunoassay
- Fentanyl causes naloxone-resistant vocal cord closure: A platform for testing opioid overdose treatments
- IM injection Naloxone training video
Date added: November 17, 2022
