In this second single-issue installment of The CL Psychiatrist, the story moves beyond the inpatient wards and out onto the street—where the overdose crisis is unfolding in real time. As deaths from opioids continue to rise, one of the most powerful tools we have remains misunderstood and underused: naloxone.

Harm Reduction: Narcan steps outside traditional clinical boundaries to confront the stigma, hesitation, and moral discomfort that too often surround harm reduction—among the public and even within health care itself. Through an urgent encounter far from the safety of the wards, this issue illustrates how compassion, pragmatism, and preparedness can mean the difference between life and death.

Written by Omar Mirza and Alberto Bajana, this story emerges from communities deeply affected by overdose. It is both a narrative and a call to action—challenging readers to rethink what care looks like when it meets people where they are.