The History of Drugs in Society explores the history of different substances and how we’ve lived alongside and interacted with them.This season, we’re going to look at opium in one of three ways: opium as a medicine, opium as a commodity that is traded, and opium as a drug that is consumed and people become addicted to. Each episode will have one of these three as the primary focus. We will start with the first signs of the opium poppy through the current opioid crisis in America and the major issues surrounding opioids globally.
Episodes
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
My guest this week is Clayton Ruley, who is the Director of Community Engagement and Volunteer Services for Prevention Point Philadelphia. We talk about harm reduction overall as well as how these services have been affected as a result of COVID-19. We also get into questions regarding community, policy, and what makes Clayton most hopeful in terms of harm reduction.
In case you want to learn more:
Prevention Point Philadelphia
- Site - https://ppponline.org/
- Wishlist - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/28VNBINQYAP4L/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1?_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist
- Twitter - https://twitter.com/preventionpp
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/preventionpointphiladelphia
- Step Up To The Plate Campaign - https://e.givesmart.com/events/hbE/?fbclid=IwAR3gjSA2yhnq60RLGesx9JHXtupztHZz1rm6ofS63IEm3MYzq4VNAhdA95g
Timestamps
- What is prevention point and what do they do - 1:58
- What’s your background - 2:56
- What brought you to Phill - 3:52
- Importance of community in terms of managing addiction - 4:15
- Internal vs external community - 5:52
- How has Covid affected needle exchange services - 6:38
- How have the operations changed - 9:00
- Is prevention point involved in the mail home narcan program - 10:13
- How might harm reduction change moving forward - 10:52
- Any concerns of increased usage during social isolation - 14:15
- Policy changes you want to see change - 15:23
- What makes you most hopefully in terms of harm reduction - 16:16
- Anything that makes you least hopeful - 17:31
- Any organizations to highlight - 19:32
- How can people support prevention point - 20:36
- Outro - 22:03
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