Harm Reduction Resources

We understand that not every person who uses drugs desires or is ready to seek treatment. Your life is the most important thing.

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Harm Reduction Kits

Several local organizations offer harm reduction kits to keep our community safe.

All kits include:

  • A harm reduction pamphlet
  • Fentanyl test strips and instructions on how to use them
  • Information about how to identify and respond to overdose emergencies
  • Injectable Naloxone and a syringe
These local community agencies are offering Harm Reduction Kits:

Test Strip Instructions

Test before you use. Brochure with instructions on how to use the Fentanyl Test Strips.

Pain Management Resources

The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (the Department) has implemented and plans to continue to implement policies designed to impact the opioid overdose epidemic.

Naloxone Resources

Naloxone is a medication approved by the FDA designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose.

The Colorado Naloxone Project provides instructive videos on how to use Naloxone — injectable, nasal spray and nasal atomizer.

Never Use Alone

This organization helps individuals who are using substances by themselves. Users will be asked for their name, location and phone number, and then an operator will stay on the line with them while they use. If responses from the user stop, the operator will notify emergency services of an unresponsive person at your location.

Xylazine Test Strip Instructions

When using immunoassay test strips for drug checking (as opposed to urine testing), sample preparation is important. Any drug can produce a false positive if over-concentrated, and if you don’t concentrate enough (over-diluting by adding too much water) you run a greater risk of false negatives.

The proper dilution for any drug checking strip is initially determined by laboratory analyses as well as relevant facts about the current status of the illicit drug supply, such as the average concentrations of various adulterants in specific drugs. Over time, field testing supplemented by confirmatory lab analysis (like GC-MS) may change our understanding of the optimum dilution.

As of right now, we have determined that the optimum dilution for using WHPM’s xylazine test strips to test powdered illicit opioids is two milligrams per milliliter (2 mg/mL). This is the equivalent of 10 mg of powder into one teaspoon (5 mL) of water, or one level micro scoop into a normal plastic bottle cap.

Drug Take-Back Locations

Additional information: TakeMedsSeriously.org

This card below is designed to provide you with helpful quick tips on using, storing and disposing of your prescription medicines safely.

Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program)

Naloxone saves lives and it’s free for Health First Colorado (Colorado Medicaid) members. If you or someone you know is at risk for opioid overdose, get naloxone today. Naloxone treats opioid overdoses. It is sprayed into the nose or injected.