Harm reduction

Reducing the negative health, social, and legal impacts associated with substance use. 

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Stimulants: Understanding Use, Impact, and Responses Reading List

Reading List
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Stimulants are a class of drugs that act on the central nervous system, increasing alertness, energy, and attention while elevating mood. They achieve these effects by enhancing the activity of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and...

Harm Reduction Learnings from the European Model

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Online

Time: 10AM - 11AM Eastern Time

Presenter: Dr. Francisco Calvo Garcia, Lecturer Professor, Universitat de Girona, Director of the journal Pedagogia i Treball Social

 

Stigmatizing imagery for substance use disorders: a qualitative exploration

Scientific article
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This study used qualitative methods to identify stigmatizing and non-stigmatizing imagery for SUD and explore the reactions of people with lived experience with SUD to SUD-related imagery. We conducted focus groups and brief semi-structured qualitative interviews with 14 individuals in recovery from a range of SUD.
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Clinical Interventions for Harm Reduction Patients

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Online
The addiction profession has made incredible progress in adopting harm reduction strategies as clinical intervention tools for persons with substance use disorders. In this presentation, participants will review which clinical interventions most effective for people who express they do not want or do not need counseling.

DIMS Annual Report 2022

Report
The DIMS annual report 2022 covers the concentrations, adulterations, and other relevant information produced by DIMS in the past year, and in doing so forms a topical image of the Dutch drug market. Spread out over all Dutch provinces, the...

Harm reduction services in the Netherlands Report

Report
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Harm reduction (HR) has been a pillar of drug policy in the Netherlands for many decades. In fact, the Netherlands was a pioneer in the field of HR. Like many other Western countries, the Netherlands was hit by a wave of heroin use in the...