Colorado Drug Policy Coalition

Advisory Board

Harm Reduction Action Center People Who Use Drugs Advisory Committee
Shannon Robinson

Founder, Action Is Safer; Harm Reduction Advocate, Peer, Overdose Loss Survivor
"I'm sick of people I love dying in the streets. Overdose Prevention Centers bring the dignity, compassion and care that is imperative to healing our community."
Maggie Seldeen

Founder / Director / Peer, High Rockies Harm Reduction
"Any law that focuses on criminalization and punitive methods over evidence-based interventions and treatments will be interpreted by those most affected by it in a way that will result in even greater loss of life."
Sydney Melson

Association Manager for Colorado Providers Association
"Working with policy really is a chance for everyone to have their voice heard, and when we stand together, we can't be ignored. Now is the time for people-first drug policies - let's make it happen!"
Betsy Craft

Overdose Survivor and Harm Reduction Advocate
“The overdose crisis in Colorado is characterized by overdose, death, incarceration & stigma. Colorado needs drug policies that aim to protect people who use drugs because we are human beings who matter.”
Andrew Goodman

Community Advocate, Harm Reduction Action Center
"Connection, community and compassion act as antidotes to addiction."
Jude Solano, MS, RN, ADS

Founder/CEO, Southern Colorado Harm Reduction Assoc.
“50 years of the war on drugs has only proven to increase the health crisis in the US. Mass incarceration, sickness, and death continue to be the highest outcomes. Until this health issue is treated as a health issue, we will continue to decline as a society. “
Sarah Axelrath, MD

Primary Care and Addiction Medicine Physician, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
“We ask our elected and appointed leaders to listen to the communities most effected by overdose and to prioritize, expedite, and expand evidence-based public health strategies which will save lives.”
Josh Barocas, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
“We need policies that are innovative and bold, not regressive and stigmatizing. We can come together as a community and implement evidence-based policies, rather than ones that are reactionary and based on fear.”
Lisa Ravile

Executive Director, Harm Reduction Action Center
“It’s crucial for the streets to influence policy at the capitol. It’s increasingly difficult AND DEADLY to have to work under archaic drug policies, and legislators telling US what WE need to do. To save lives, we need to tell THEM what to do.”