Someone on the Line: SafeSpot and the Value of Staying Connected - June 10, 2026

A 1-Hour Training with Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP

12:00pm-1:00pm

Virtual via Zoom

Presentation: Every year, people die from overdose alone, not because help wasn't available, but because they didn't know where to turn, or didn't believe anyone would answer. SafeSpot, the only government-funded overdose monitoring hotline in the United States, was built on a single premise: isolation kills, and connection saves lives.

In this interactive session, participants will hear the origin story of SafeSpot, from a paramedic's firsthand experience of overdose and recovery to a 24/7 hotline staffed by over 60 operators with lived and living experience, and explore how a workforce built on peer credibility changes the nature of the call. We'll examine how the model works operationally, why it works, and how clinicians and peer specialists can position it as a genuine safety tool in everyday patient conversations.

The session will demonstrate how SafeSpot can be introduced naturally in clinical and peer support encounters, how common hesitations sound and how to meet them, and what effective, low-pressure referral actually looks like in practice.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Explain what distinguishes SafeSpot from other harm reduction resources;
2. Articulate the rationale for overdose monitoring as a structural intervention that addresses isolation and stigma as drivers of overdose mortality;
3. Identify at least two approaches for introducing SafeSpot within a clinical or peer support encounter; and
4. Recognize common patient hesitations around calling a hotline and describe strategies for responding to them.

1 Contact Hour Available

CRSW Performance Domains: 3-4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 4, 6-7 & 13
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 2 & 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A) 

NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

This course has been approved by New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association (NHADACA), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #23792, NHADACA is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.