Youth and young adult knowledge of and access to opioid harm reduction policies and interventions in North Carolina

From 2019–2021, overdose deaths among youth and young adults ages 10–19 years of age residing in the United States increased by 109 %. We sought to examine the extent to which youth and young adults who have experience with substance use are aware of the harm reduction policies and interventions, including the statewide Good Samaritan Law (GSL), naloxone, and fentanyl test strips, and have access to naloxone and fentanyl test strips.