Apr 2008
Whatever Happened to Harm Reduction?
Monday/28/Apr 2008 Filed in:
Drug Treatment
- Harm Reduction
The Department of Health Reducing Drug Related Harm Action Plan is coming up to its first birthday in a couple of weeks.
How much have we achieved since
its publication and what can that tell us about the state of harm
reduction in the UK?
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The Great Debate?
Friday/18/Apr 2008 Filed in:
Drug Treatment
- Recovery
"Of course the general public do
not currently on the whole understand that maintenance is a
positive intervention and of course they think the ideal is getting
people off drugs and away from addiction altogether. That’s because
largely we don’t ever bother explaining
it."
I've just taken part in the
Drugscope and Conference Consortium Great Debate looking at the
issues around the resurgence of the abstinence vs maintenance
arguments.
You
can download Mike Ashton's article, 'The new abstentionists',
here.
A number of people have asked for a copy of my speech, so I’m
blogging it for them and anyone else who's interested.
Comments below or email me using the "get in touch link" on the
main page.