Around the world, youth and young adults engage in substance use for various reasons, including experimentation, socialization, performance enhancement, and to care for their wellbeing. This population includes post-secondary students; in the post-secondary environment, researchers have found that young adults are more likely to increase their substance use and their role in supplying substances. Post-secondary environments also house cutting-edge technology that can be used to identify ingredients in unregulated substances, preventing harm from unexpected contaminants and adulterants amidst the evolving drug supply. In this talk, Lauren will discuss the background and context of the student-run harm reduction team she co-founded and coordinated. She will share about engagement with the student community, including how students are using classroom knowledge to enhance their psychedelic journeys. Additionally, she will highlight what was shared by participants in an implementation science study of the harm reduction team’s on-campus drug checking service including how decision makers, service providers, and students navigated tensions in this political environment. Speaker Bio: Lauren is a registered nurse with a PhD in nursing from the University of British Columbia. For her PhD, she conducted an implementation science study of a multisector (university – community – health authority) student-run harm reduction drug checking service that she co-founded and coordinated. Presently she is conducting research to build robust harm reduction experiential education frameworks for post-secondary students. She is passionate about re-distributing resources from resource-rich institutions to address public health concerns.