Harm reduction - Recreational drug use, Safe injection site, Needle-exchange programme, Moderation Management, Responsible drug use, Trip sitter, Pill testing, Tobacco harm reduction, Swedish Drug Users Union, Enlighten
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| Verlag | Books LLC |
| Auflage | 2012 |
| Seiten | 92 |
| Format | 18,9 x 24,6 x 0,1 cm |
| Gewicht | 68 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781155671222 |
| Bestell-Nr | 15567122UA |
Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Chapters: Recreational drug use, Safe injection site, Needle-exchange programme, Moderation Management, Responsible drug use, Trip sitter, Pill testing, Tobacco harm reduction, Swedish Drug Users Union, Enlighten Harm Reduction, Condoms, needles, and negotiation. Excerpt: Harm reduction (or harm minimisation) refers to a range of public health policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with recreational drug use and other high risk activities. Harm reduction is put forward as a useful perspective alongside the more conventional approaches of demand and supply reduction. Many advocates argue that prohibitionist laws criminalize people for suffering from a disease and cause harm, for example by obliging drug addicts to obtain drugs of unknown purity from unreliable criminal sources at high prices, increasing the risk of overdose and death. Its critics are concerned that tolerating risky or illegal behaviour sends a message to the co mmunity that these behaviours are acceptable. Providing a medical prescription for pharmaceutical heroin (diamorphine) to heroin addicts has been seen in some countries as a way of solving the heroin problem with potential benefits to the individual addict and to society. The treatment greatly improves the social and health situation of patients, while reducing costs incurred by delinquency, criminal trials, incarceration and health interventions. In Switzerland, heroin assisted treatment is fully a part of the national health program. There are several dozen centers throughout the country at which heroin-dependent people can receive heroin in a controlled environment. The Swiss heroin maintenance program is generally regarded as a successful and valuable component of the country's overall approach to minimizing the harms caused by drug use. In a 2008 national referendum a majority of 68% voted in favor of continuing the program. The Netherlands has studied medically supervised he roin maintenance. A German study of long-term heroin addicts demonstrated that diamorphine was significantly more effective than methadone in keeping patients in treatment and in improving their health and social situation. Many participants were able to find employment, some even started a family after years