Saving Lives with Peer Support

This video is part of the NIDA series At the Intersection: Stories of Research, Compassion, and HIV Services for People who Use Drugs.

Peer support specialists like Chetwyn “Arrow” Archer are people with lived experience of substance use who help others navigate harm reduction tools, substance use treatment, and other healthcare and social services. Arrow works with Dr. Hansel Tookes at the IDEA Exchange, a syringe services program in Miami. He has helped many IDEA participants and community members connect with lifesaving care and tools, such as the opioid overdose reversal medication, Narcan® (naloxone nasal spray).

Learn more about overdose reversal medications like naloxone: https://nida.nih.gov/publications/dru...

Learn more about Syringe Services Programs like the IDEA Exchange: https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/...

Dr. Hansel Tookes was a 2021 recipient of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)’s HIV/AIDS Research Avenir Award for a project designed to leverage telehealth-enhanced services to engage people who inject drugs into HIV care. Learn more about NIDA’s Avenir Awards: https://nida.nih.gov/about-nida/organ...

Interviews were filmed in September 2021 at the IDEA Exchange in Miami, Florida.

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