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Bevel Up: Chapter 5 - Street Youth (Ages 18+)

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In Chapter 5, the nurse uses harm-reduction strategies to help youth stay safe on the streets—including while they’re using drugs. View the complete 45-minute documentary Bevel Up. Explore all 10 educational playlists or the Teacher's Guide for this chapter.

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Bevel Up: Chapter 5 - Street Youth (Ages 18+)

In Chapter 5, the nurse uses harm-reduction strategies to help youth stay safe on the streets—including while they’re using drugs.

View the complete 45-minute documentary Bevel Up. Explore all 10 educational playlists or the Teacher's Guide for this chapter.

Playlist

  • Bevel Up: Chapter 5 - Street Youth
    Street nurse Elaine Jones hands out coloured condoms and encourages a young woman to get a pregnancy test. Elaine also meets a 16-year-old, new to the city and shooting heroin for the first time, and works to connect her with services.

    *Watch the complete documentary.
    *View all 10 educational playlists.
    *Explore the Teacher's Guide for this chapter.
  • Reflections on Practice: Entrenchment
    Street nurse Elaine Jones reflects on the lure of the streets and why youth use drugs.

    *Watch the complete documentary.
    *View all 10 educational playlists.
    *Explore the Teacher's Guide for this chapter.
  • Reflections on Practice: Harm Reduction
    Nurse Elaine Jones and ethicist Paddy Rodney talk about the ethical questions involved in showing youth how to safely inject.

    *Watch the complete documentary.
    *View all 10 educational playlists.
    *Explore the Teacher's Guide for this chapter.
  • Topics: Street Drugs 101
    Street nurse Fiona Gold and experts from the streets outline the effects and characteristics of common street drugs and how they are used.

    *Watch the complete documentary.
    *View all 10 educational playlists.
    *Explore the Teacher's Guide.