Safe Substance

Interactive drug harm reduction for substance combinations

3 followers

Interactive drug harm reduction for substance combinations

3 followers

Safe Substance is an interactive tool to help people visualize the risks associated with combining substances. With this tool, users can learn about, and protect themselves from, common drug interactions that currently kill thousands of people every year.

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Launch tags:

Health & Fitness•Education•Internet of Things

Launch Team

Zachary Jordan

Boycott Buddy

Maker

Hey, Product Hunters! I initially released Safe Substance following a lethal drug overdose in my community. I fear that the current state of harm reduction education is failing many vulnerable people, which leads to an immense amount of unnecessary suffering and death. With this tool, I hope to provide an accessible starting point for people's research so that we can start building towards a safer world. Feedback is extremely welcome! Thanks and stay safe everybody :)

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4yr ago

Chris Messina

Ambassador

@zachary_jordan1 where do you source this information from? Have you considered building a bot that people can text a list of substances to and get a response back? Seems like that might be easier to use when out?

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4yr ago

Teodora Tatu

@zachary_jordan1 yes, indeed. Also, there are pretty general and individual characteristics, it should warn you what is the impact of the substances (that you previously selected) if taken simultaneously.

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4yr ago

Zachary Jordan

Boycott Buddy

Maker

@teodora_tatu The overview card is the list of general/individual characteristics, but the "risk assessment" is based on any interactions that are detected between substances. For instance, neither alcohol nor opiates will trigger a "lethal risk" warning by themselves, but if combined the system will recognize that harm and warn the user. Not every combination is included within the system, and if more than 5 substances of any kind are entered a warning is displayed that notes that we do not yet have adequate research to identify unique combinations between many types of substances. Thank you for your feedback! If there's a way that you think I could make this clearer to the end user I would love to hear it so that changes can be made.

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4yr ago

Teodora Tatu

@zachary_jordan1 🙏🏼 Good Luck

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4yr ago