"(Harm reduction) is not just giving people safer equipment to keep using drugs, it's also to develop relationships and develop that trust. And eventually some people choose to get off, not all. Sometimes the success of harm reduction is the quality of life of that person went up and they were connected to community."

We're so happy to have harm reduction expert Trevor Stratton on the program, talking about the importance of harm reduction as a life saving and altering tool in the ongoing meth and opioid use crisis affecting Indigenous communities.

Trevor is the Coordinator for the International Indigenous Working Group on HIV & AIDS at Communities, Alliances and Networks (caan.ca) is a 56-year old, two-spirit citizen of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation near Toronto.

***Warning, this episode features discussion around suicide which may be triggering for some listeners.

For more on this topic, check out our episode with Dr Evan Adams

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Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.