Rev. Michelle Mathis is the Executive Director of Olive Branch Ministry, a faith-based harm reduction agency serving the NC Foothills/Piedmont region. She oversees a Tri-County Overdose Response Team, and Points of HOPE, a justice-centered education and syringe services program that includes low barrier/low threshold suboxone and HepC treatment. Michelle is Board President of the NC Harm Reduction Coalition and serves in the National Faith in Harm Reduction Movement. In this workshop, she covers policies around harm reduction and substance use in North Carolina such as the Stop Act, the Syringe Exchange Law, the Good Samaritan law, and Death by Distribution. She explains how these policies affect the work of harm reduction and people who use drugs.
- 2021 Legislative Seminar: NC Drug Policy and How it Affects the Overdose Crisis ( Download)
- The COVID-19 Overdose Crisis: 2021 Legislative Session ( Download)
- 2021 Legislative Seminar: Healthcare Policy ( Download)
- Community Impact North Carolina & People of Clay CARES – Overdose Prevention in Virtual Reality ( Download)
- 2021 Legislative Seminar: Voting Rights: The Struggle Continues ( Download)
- Opioid Overdose Prevention & Naloxone Training for North Carolina ( Download)
- Policing Behavioral Health Emergencies & Alternative Response Models | Drug Researchers' Roundtable ( Download)
- 2021 Legislative Seminar: Current State of Public Education ( Download)
- 2021 Legislative Seminar: Current Immigration Legislation ( Download)
- An Epidemic within a Pandemic: Understanding Substance Use and Misuse in America ( Download)
- New York State Senate Joint Task Force on Opioids, Addiction and Overdose - 10/20/21 ( Download)
- QCN Special: Combating the fentanyl crisis in the Carolinas ( Download)
- North Carolina Opioid and Prescription Drug Abuse Advisory Committee [OPDAAC] Meeting - 6/10/22 ( Download)
- Fighting the Overdose Crisis with Over-the-Counter Narcan ( Download)
- Sensible2021 Session: The Intersection of US Drug Policy and Treatment Industrial Complex ( Download)
