Format
Book
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
Drug and Alcohol Findings
Keywords
harm reduction
illegal drugs
management
mortality
needle exchange
methadone maintenance
naloxone

Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Cell C1: Life and Death Decisions for Drug Harm Reduction Management

Explores how harm reduction impacts are affected by the management of the service and of the intervention. Highlights the studies which showed that treatment-termination and needle-exchange policies can mean life or death for service users, and the dilemmas of squaring this responsibility with maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment and satisfying community concerns over discarded needles.