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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 an 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. While its critics are concerned that tolerating risky or illegal behaviour sends a message to the community that these behaviours are acceptable. DrugsSee also: Responsible drug useFrom Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  drugtext.org 667px x 887px | 76.10kB [source page] Slovakia Estonia HungaryLithuania Malta France ItalyFinland BelgiumGermanyAustria Netherlands United KingdomLuxembourgSlovenia CyprusIreland Denmark EU average BulgariaRomania Source Council of Europe 2004 Regarding the total number of deaths in penal institutions the highest values are achieved by the big European member states France Germany Italy Poland From Yahoo Image Search: "Harm reduction"  soros.org unknown Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:57:10 GM Women, . Harm Reduction. , and HIV October 2009. A new report by the Open Society Institute examines women's access to . harm reduction. , reproductive health, and HIV and AIDS services in the former Soviet Union. ... From Google Blog Search: "Harm reduction"  prnewswire.com Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:25:21 GMT+00:00 in ... PR Newswire (press release) It is the ultimate harm reduction strategy," said Dr. Kessler. "The law prohibits banning of cigarettes and reducing nicotine levels to zero, ...  windycitymediagroup.com Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:53:47 GMT+00:00 Windy City Times Chris builds his relationships with young people on a non-clinical basis through using the harm - reduction model and exhibiting respect. ...  news.scotsman.com Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:14:21 GMT+00:00 Scotsman Jailing offenders for a short time does nothing to rehabilitate them, nothing to challenge their behaviour and nothing to pay back to victims for the harm ... From Google News Search: "Harm reduction" If its the governments job to protect the people, then why doesnt it practice harm reduction stratagies? Q. Like provide Narcan which would save heroin addicts lives or allow quantitative pill testing of ecstasy (tells the user exactly what is in a pill). If you prohibit substances should you at least do what you can to keep the people that use them safe? Like isn't the whole idea of prohibition to protect public health and save lives? Asked by Sam - Fri Jul 10 20:30:09 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. i think it is a lot more complicated than that. Answered by sciencegeek+ - Fri Jul 10 20:37:52 2009 Do you think it's better to aim for a drug free world? Q. Do you think it's better to aim for a drug free world? Or should we aim for harm reduction? Asked by HHH - Tue Mar 3 05:48:25 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. No matter what, people are always going to use drugs .. Many drug users resort to drugs because of harm done to them, and they don't know how to deal with it . Aiming for harm reduction could decrease the use of drugs, in a sense . There are so many people who abuse drugs without the harm though, reasons could range from boredom to poverty . It would be more logical to reduce the harm a person endures in a society, rather than trying to aim for a drug free one . It also depends on what you are trying to imply when you say "harm" . Harm could be fights, abuse, physical, emotional, mental etc .. -or- Harm could be from the government, poor governing skills, etc .. hence poverty . Either one is a difficult task, but harm reduction will have… [cont.] Answered by Chanelle M - Tue Mar 3 06:06:20 2009 what are some whole school activites to help with the reduction of drugs?
Q. what are some activities or efforts which could be used at a whole school level to assist in reducing the harms with drug use. These may include activities within the school and community, the wider educational community and professional groups. Asked by Jennay - Wed May 5 01:40:32 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments From Yahoo Answer Search: "Harm reduction" |
