CHARIOT
What is CHARIOT
Overdose Lifeline is working with the Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD) to support Marion County harm prevention efforts by delivering harm reduction supplies to affected communities.
The Community Harm Reduction and Improved Outcomes Team (CHARIOT) is a community-based program aimed at preventing overdose deaths before they occur by analyzing drug seizure, bad batch, and overdose spike reports and getting harm reduction services into the affected areas. CHARIOT aims to gather local organizations to address multiple health needs while also providing fentanyl test strips and/or naloxone to community members at pop-up health events.
- We Keep Us Safe
CHARIOT brings together key partners within Marion County to address addiction and prevent overdose. Together, we can keep each other safe through compassion and harm reduction.
- Community Harm Reduction
The goal of CHARIOT is to confront the opioid crisis by empowering the affected communities. By engaging with our neighbors and loved ones when the risk of overdose is increased and offering Marion County harm prevention services, we can help reverse fatal overdoses, connect people to local resources, and build stronger communities.
- Improved Outcomes
When CHARIOT pop-up events occur and reach the communities at high risk of overdose, communities can have open conversations about substances and harm reduction, as well as be connected with organizations that may be able to help in other ways.
To receive notifications and text message alerts relating to bad batches, drug seizures, overdose spikes, and where and when to access naloxone and fentanyl test strips, text CHARIOT to 888-450-3598.
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