{"id":35907,"date":"2023-09-01T18:49:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=35907"},"modified":"2023-09-01T18:49:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:49:59","slug":"lessons-from-the-frontline-harm-reduction-and-safer-supply-can-return-quality-of-life-for-drug-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/lessons-from-the-frontline-harm-reduction-and-safer-supply-can-return-quality-of-life-for-drug-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from the frontline: Harm reduction and safer supply can return quality of life for drug users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1181\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2672.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2672.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2672-768x709.jpeg 768w\" \/><figcaption>Ashley Legere and Katie Upham at an International Overdose Awareness Day event at Victoria Park in Amherst on August 31, 2023.  Photo: Erica Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Ashley Legere\u2019s count, about 22 people in Sackville and Amherst died between 2020 and 2022 due to unsafe drug supply and overdose. \u201cWe see a lot in the news of downtown eastside Vancouver,\u201d says Legere, but the reality is, \u201cit\u2019s in every small town.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legere is known in Sackville as the driving force behind the town\u2019s harm reduction vending machine, located inside the Main Street foyer of the Sackville United Church downtown. These days, she works for the Cumberland Homelessness &amp; Housing Support Association, where she leads a team providing shelter options and meals to about 45 individuals. On Thursday, she was in Victoria Park in Amherst, helping mark International Overdose Awareness Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>That\u2019s where CHMA caught up with her:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ashley-Legere-Aug-31-2023.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the course of her career so far, Legere has a list of 81 names, all people who have died since 2010 in the Amherst, Sackville and Moncton area, that she has personally known. The loss is significant, she says, especially when you consider the impact on those left behind. \u201cIt\u2019s their family, it&#8217;s their co-workers, it&#8217;s their friends,\u201d says Legere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The job is tough but Legere isn\u2019t beaten down, rather she radiates compassionate energy. \u201cI don&#8217;t know what life is if you don&#8217;t love people,\u201d says Legere. \u201cAnd feeling the loss of 80 people heavily just means I&#8217;ve loved that many people. And I think that&#8217;s the whole point, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legere figures she has trained about 14,000 people so far on how to administer the life-saving shot Narcan (also known as Naloxone) that can reverse the effects of opioids and prevent overdose deaths. \u201cThat&#8217;s 14,000 people who have been able to save lives,\u201d she says, noting that her stepson used a Narcan shot to spare someone from an overdose death this summer. She carries a pack with her \u201cat all times,\u201d and a number of people walked away from Victoria Park on Thursday with kits, and the brief, basic training on how to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legere says she is a \u201charm reductionist at heart\u201d, which is why she\u2019s an advocate for safer supply as way to help combat the dangers that are posed by the thriving illegal drug industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe celebrate when someone opens up a bar\u2026 we&#8217;re so excited for that. But that&#8217;s a safe consumption site,\u201d says Legere. And the liquor store? \u201cThat\u2019s the safe supply,\u201d she says, \u201cfor one of the most [deleterious] substances in the whole world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to cigarettes, cannabis, and prescription drugs, \u201cthese are heavily regulated substances that we look at as acceptable,\u201d says Legere. \u201cThey&#8217;re just a part of our culture.\u201d But when it comes to illicit substances, there\u2019s stigma, illegal markets, and danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katie Upham is grateful not to have to deal with those issues any longer. Upham is an advocate with Moms Stop the Harm who participated in Thursday\u2019s event. She is also a daily user of Dilaudid, something she gets via prescription, to guarantee her a safe supply. She didn\u2019t always have that opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>She shared her story with CHMA:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Katie-Upham-Aug-31-2023.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI used to spend a lot of time looking for drugs, spent a lot of money buying drugs,\u201d says Upham. \u201cI was buying other people&#8217;s prescriptions, and getting it on the street. And sometimes those would be pressed pills that wouldn&#8217;t actually be Dilaudid. It would be tainted with fentanyl.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These days Upham has a prescription that she picks up everyday. \u201cI know how much I&#8217;m taking, I know what&#8217;s in it, and I haven&#8217;t overdosed because, you know, I have that regulated, safe supply.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And although she needs the Dilaudid daily to stay well (\u201cwithout the drugs every day, I\u2019m sick,\u201d she says,) her quality of life is way ahead of where it was previously, when she spent her days accessing drugs. \u201cI have time to do other things,\u201d says Upham, \u201cI like rock climbing. I like playing pickleball. I&#8217;m a normal person,\u201d she says with a smile. Upham is well-spoken, clear and confident. Earlier in the event she addressed the crowd, speaking on behalf of Moms Stop the Harm, a network of Canadian families impacted by substance use related harms and deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She knows herself, and has thought about her future. \u201cAt some point, I do want to change my relationship with drugs and maybe get off of my safer supply,\u201d she says. \u201cBut for now, I&#8217;m happy to have it. I&#8217;m very, very fortunate\u2026 Very few Nova Scotians have access to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are few programs in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia where people can access safe supply. 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