Topic: harm reduction
In the News: Do Safe Injection Sites Work?
That’s not a large percent of the user population, but it’s among the sickest. That along might be enough to justify the investment; I’m sure a number of lives have been saved along the way.
Topics: harm reduction, In the news, opioids, policy
Needle Exchange Backlash
Nonetheless, in most instances it’s an a priori resistance rooted in fear, rather than legitimate objections.
Topics: harm reduction, policy, recovery-friendly, stigma
In the News: Harm Reduction in West Virginia
He compares the patients he treats, who are often homeless, to “outcasts” and ‘lepers”, who have been “derided, despised, and marginalized.”
Topics: harm reduction, In the news, opioids
Methadone Maintenance and Crime
So even if drug use decreases, and clients continue on methadone, they don’t necessarily make the other much-desired (by society) changes — such as giving up crime.
Topics: harm reduction, MRT, opioids
Medication Assisted Treatment
In terms of a comfortable detox, Suboxone was a success. In terms of a return to opiate use, it was a failure.
Topics: harm reduction, MRT, policy, therapeutic modalities
Reducing Harm vs… Well, Reducing Harm
My longstanding rule is to design your program to treat your population, not some idealized group of subjects who did well in a research setting with a significantly different structure.
Topics: abstinence, harm reduction, program development
