Break the Stigma, Save a Life is part of the Treating Addiction in Primary Care series.

M. Shoaib Khan, MD, AAHIVS interviews Sky Lee, MD, AAHIVS and MK Orsulak, MD, MPH, AAHIVS

Health care providers may still blame patients for their substance use disorder (SUD) even though we know that addiction is a brain disorder and not the result of moral weakness. This episode dives deep into the origins of SUD stigma and how it merged with racism in the U.S. to influence drug policy and treatment. We’ll discuss harm reduction and how to promote health and dignity with people who use drugs.

On the Podcast:

M. Shoaib Khan, MD, AAHIVS is core faculty at UCSF Fresno with a focus on underserved populations in the San Joaquin Valley area.

Sky Lee, MD, AAHIVS works with people who are incarcerated. Previously she was on the faculty of UC Davis Medical Center, and worked with the CA Bridge program.

MK Orsulak, MD, MPH, AAHIVS serves patients at the Sacramento County Primary Care Clinic, Mercy Clinic at Loaves and Fishes, and the Sacramento County Department of Public Health Sexual Health Clinic. She is an attending on the inpatient UC Davis Substance Use Intervention Team.

Rob Assibey, MD, hosts.

For full bios of speakers, please visit: www.familydocs.org/podcast.

Resources:

CAFP - CA Academy of Family Physicians, Substance Use Disorder: education, resources, projects, and peer support
https://familydocs.org/sud

NCCC California Substance Use Line: 24/7 confidential provider tele-consultation for SUD
https://nccc.ucsf.edu/clinician-consultation/substance-use-management/california-substance-use-line/
844-326-2626

CA Bridge: training, information, and advocacy across California and beyond
https://cabridge.org

National Harm Reduction Coalition: to increase access to strategies like overdose prevention and syringe access programs
https://harmreduction.org/ 

Bevel Up: safer use, overdose prevention & other harm reduction tips
https://www.bvlup.com/ 

Thanks:

The Family Docs Podcast series Treating Addiction in Primary Care is supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). Thanks to Shatterproof for sharing ambassador voices.

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