SOC309Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20-21: Needle Exchange Programme, Harm Reduction, Narcotics Anonymous
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In particular, this review highlights policies and programs that have been evaluated in peer-reviewed journals and shown to be effective at reducing the harms associated with alcohol and drug use. The overall goal of this review is to present some of the most recent developments in the field of harm reduction. Introduction: harm reduction: public health policies or intervention programs designed to reduce harmful consequences associated with substance use and high-risk activities, most people with active alcohol or other drug problems do not seek treatment on a voluntary basis. In the early 1980s, psychologist phillip brickman and colleagues (brickman et al. From prevention to treatment programs any program that does not require abstinence and seeks to reduce harm could be considered a harm-reduction intervention. Declaration, and the zero tolerance approach of the united states, russia, japan, and. Italy prevailed, even with the european union endorsing a harm-reduction approach. supply control efforts can also be harmful.
