Bevel Up Resource Walkthrough Webinar

The NASTAD Drug User Health Team hosted the Bevel Up Site and Safer Use Education Resource Collection Walkthrough Webinar on September 12 from 3-4:15 pm ET. The webinar explored the Bevel Up website and Safer Use Education Resource Collection. Speakers from community based organizations and tribal organizations provided lessons learned and tips in utilizing and adapting the Bevel Up materials for people who use drugs and local harm reduction programs. They included Heather Edney, Jonathan Leiva from St. John’s Community Health, and Coleman Cox from Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health.

Bevel Up is a comprehensive safer use website for exploring and sharing recommendations on vein care, safer injection, alternative routes of administration, and naloxone and overdose prevention. This resource was developed through the CDC-funded National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center in collaboration with project consultant Heather Edney. Bevel Up is created for community-based organizations, grassroots programs, health departments, and other groups running or supporting syringe services programs and other harm reduction service providers. Messages and recommendations come from current and former users with experience navigating the unregulated drug supply, health providers, and program staff who serve people who use drugs.