Conversaciones de Salud E-Newsletter: March edition

Conversaciones de Salud E-Newsletter

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STRIPS: FENTANYL

A HARM REDUCTION STRATEGY

FENTANYL TEST STRIPS (FTS) ARE A LOW-COST METHOD OF HELPING PREVENT DRUG OVERDOSES AND REDUCING HARM. FTS ARE SMALL STRIPS OF PAPER THAT CAN DETECT THE PRESENCE OF FENTANYL IN ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF DRUGS (COCAINE, METHAMPHETAMINE, HEROIN, ETC.) AND DRUG FORMS (PILLS, POWDER, AND INJECTABLES).

1FTS PROVIDE PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS AND COMMUNITIES WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT FENTANYL IN THE ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY SO THEY CAN TAKE STEPS TO REDUCE RISK OF OVERDOSE. LOOK FOR ORGANIZATIONS IN YOUR CITY OR STATE THAT DISTRIBUTE FTS, KEEP THEM ON YOU, AND USE THEM!

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A LETHAL DOSAGE OF FENTANYL

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TIANEPTINE is an over-thecounter drug that is marketed as a dietary supplement. It can also be used as an antidepressant

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BOBBY MARINES: TEXAS

"Though the company claimed to be sorry for my experience, it did not take any responsibility for what happened."

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TWORIVERSALMAS

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The videos have been picked up by Town Square Televisionandarebeingshowntotheiraudience.

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“I am from arroz con gandules... I am from a place proudofitsTaino,African,and Spanish roots...I am from PuertoRico.”JuanDelgado

INTERNATIONALWOMEN'SDAYINPUERTORICO: HONORINGOURWOMENANDTHEIRTRIUMPHS

Today and every day, we celebrate Puerto Rico's entrepreneurial women, their achievements, and their local businesses. Their heartening stories are the storiesofPuertoRico—resilient,beautiful,andinspiring. These pioneering women are pouring their passion for theirbelovedIslandintoproductsthatwilleitherinspire yournexttriptoPuertoRicoorremindyouofyourpast adventuresontheIsland.

"I AM FROM"

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COMPROMETIDA

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¡CONOCÉNOS!

armen obles: by a latina to latine communities

Originally from Brooklyn, New York by way of Neillsville, Wisconsin and of Puerto Rican decent, CarmenRoblescallsSt.Paul,Minnesotahome.

Carmen Robles is nationally recognized as an accomplished and high impact community engagement specialist with over 40 years of experience in implementing equity plans within underserved, immigrant, and multicultural ethnic communities.

From Honeywell Corporate to Governor Arne Carlson’s community engagement team, to implementing successful health awareness campaigns, Carmen continues to lead initiatives thatimpactMinnesotansthroughoutthestate.

Carmen Robles has a stellar background in public relations, multicultural marketing, and youth development, within the Hispanic/Latinx/Latine/Latino/AfroLatino/Indigenous-Latino/Asian-Latino communities throughout the State of Minnesota. She was featured as a valuable mentor in a PeabodyAwardWinningMentorshipCampaign.

Robles was a former Minnesota State Board of Education member, AmeriCorps Training Committee chair and developed Minnesota’s first non-traditionalapprenticeshipstandards.

In 2005 she founded Jovenes de Salud: Latino Youth Taking Action for Health, Education and Social Justice. The afterschool enrichment program is based on the youth apprenticeship system of connecting academics with hands on experience through community service outreach projects, encouraging and supporting academic goals. Jovenes de Salud successfully led legislative efforts to ban tobacco use in public places. Youthralliedagainstthetobaccoindustry, removing the tobacco industry’s support from Cinco de Mayo celebrations. The impactful program was selected as Best Practices by the Latino National Council on Tobacco Control, WashingtonDC2012,andBestPracticesforCenter DiseaseControlmaterials2010.

In 2019, she began work on creating awareness of Opioids/Substance Use Disorders/Mental Health crisis In2020 likemostoftheworld shebeganto

In a recent interview with La Voz Newspaper, Robles commented “We all have problems, traumas.It'swhathasalwayskeptmethinking aboutmyparentsandthedifficultlifetheyhad. My parents didn't know English. The reality is that the concrete streets of New York City swallowed up my dad who abandoned my mom. Iamaproductofthat.

That's why I like to write and have healthy conversations because we all have trauma. Whatkeptmegoingforwardwaskeepingthat family pride. Always remembering, hey were theoneswhohadadifficultlifesothatIandmy descendants live well. That's what I love about being a Latina: we always find hope in everythingweface”sumsupRobles.

Conversaciones de Salud web show and ENewsletter features Dr. Hector Colon-Rivera, MD technical assistant from ORN (Opioid Response Network) and a diverse group of individuals committedtothemissionoferadicatingtheopioid epidemicandotherhealthrelatedtopicstookroot.

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"I'm an artist, I make ceramics, mosaics and crochet. EverythingIdohastodowithPuerto Rico even when I crochet a scarf! God has

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SAINT PAUL CIVILIAN POLICE ACADEMY

THE ST. PAUL POLICY CITIZENS ACADEMY IS AN EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS ST. PAUL CITIZENS TO LEARN ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT FACE LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AND DEVELOPS STRONGER TIES BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. NEW CLASSES TO BE SCHEDULED SOON

PHOTO (LEFT TO RIGHT): CHIEF OF POLICE, AXEL HENRY CARMEN ROBLES DEPUTY CHIEF, PAMALA BARRAGAN SENIOR COMMANDER, JOHN LORETZ

RUBENROSARIOSHOW:“THECHATWASVERYINFORMATIVEAND INSIGHTFUL—IWASHONOREDTOBEINTHEROOMTOLISTENIN. RUBENHASANAMAZINGLONGHISTORYINTHEFIELDANDBEING ABLETOHEARFROMHIMWASATREATINANDOFITSELF.”ELVISR

“MUCHTHANKSTOBORICUAANDTWINCITIESMULTIMEDIA PERSONALITYANDENTREPRENEURCARMENROBLESFOR ALLOWINGMEONHERSHOWTOSHAREWITHLOCALVIEWERS ANDALIVEAUDIENCEMYCANCERTREATMENTSITUATIONANDA FEWINSIGHTSASWELLONMYJOURNALISMCAREER.ANDTHANKS ALSOTOROBERTHANSON,FELLOWNUYORICANELSAPEREZVEGA ANDNOTEDUNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPROFESSORAND NEUROLOGISTDR.MIGUELFIOL,ANOTHERBORICUA,FORSAYING SUCHNICETHINGSABOUTMEDURINGTHEINTERVIEW.IT'S APPRECIATEDANDTHECHECKSAREINTHEMAIL...”RUBEN ROSARIO

“ITWASAGOODCONVERSATION. THANKS,CARMEN, ITWASANICESHOW.”STEVEB

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