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Digital Storytelling for Advocacy: Using Social Media Videos to Advance Health-Based Drug Policies

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Intended for those who have lost their loved ones to overdose, these training materials from Broken No More detail how to use your story to create moving social media videos to advocate for health-based drug policies.

This document:

  • Guides bereaved family members to create 1–2 minute face-to-camera advocacy videos
  • Helps structure personal stories with a clear message and call to action (health over punishment)
  • Focuses on countering punitive drug laws, particularly drug-induced homicide laws
  • Provides practical tips for filming, delivery, and handling public responses
  • Encourages solutions-focused language highlighting harm reduction and medications for opioid use disorder

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