Building a Resilient Community: Drug Overdose Prevention & Harm Reduction

• Provide education on substance use disorder and overdoses in Madera County
• Learn about fentanyl and the overdose danger
• Discuss best practices for overdose prevention and harm reduction
• Collaborate, develop goals, and map a future for the Madera County Community Response Team
• Learn about harm reduction and overdose practices and discuss Madera priorities
• Follow-up training and distribution of life-saving Naloxone on Tuesday 10/26 **announcement coming soon**
• Drug Take Back activity: We encourage you to bring any unused Medic*tion in your home to dispose of safely and securely. Safe disposal of unwanted prescriptions can prevent drug misuse and overdose in your community.

Madera CRT Member Co-hosts: Connie Moreno-Peraza, MSW (Behavioral Health Services), Deborah Martinez (Department of Social Services), Janelle Raynor, LCPP (Madera Law Enforcement/Westcare), Sara Bosse and Simon Paul, M.D. (Department of Public Health), Lieutenant Ian Weaver (Madera County Sheriff's Office), Ted Pistoresi and Lance Hoffrage, EMT-P (Pistoresi Ambulance), and Lizette Contreras (Camarena Health).

This event will follow COVID-19 Madera County Guidelines. Masks are required.

For questions, contact Sandra Smit at [email protected]

Funding for this event was made possible (in part) by H79TI081686 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written event materials or publications and by facilitators and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.