HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Harm Reduction, Gambling, Debtors Anonymous
6 Apr 2018
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2l03: o(cid:272)iet(cid:455) a(cid:374)d it"s addi(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s january 23rd 2018 lecture 3: addressing addictions. Four pillars: prevention, harm reduction, treatment, enforcement. Questions to ponder: different treatment models are beneficial to different people and not all treatments will work for all people. Indicated prevention (for people already addicted: preventing discrimination as it fosters marginalization, from teaching, psychosocial skills to community coalition building. Individuals should be involved in discussion on how to reduce harms to themselves: incorporates all drugs (legal & illegal) into single category (cid:862)d(cid:396)ug use(cid:396)s(cid:863) (cid:396)ather than addicts and drug abuse. Interventions are helpful because they save a lot of money giving them clean needles will stop them from contracting hiv and going to a hospital: by minimizing harms, lives saved, users integrated in society, healthcare costs reduced. If you are producing cigarettes you want it to be maximally available, and advertise it and have no age limit.
