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They state that harm reduction should not lead to less efforts to reduce drug demand. [111] Pope Benedict XVI criticised harm reduction policies with regards to HIV/AIDS, saying that it was "a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems". [112]
Even when purchased on the black market, regardless of the intentions of the user, the medication works as intended — as harm reduction. One 22-year-old woman addicted to Percocet told researchers in that 2011 report that the stigma of medical treatment for addiction motivated her to buy buprenorphine on the black market.
IDPC was set up in 2006 following a meeting of NGOs, which identified the need for a global advocacy and communication structure in the area of drug policy. [7] Since then, IDPC has welcomed over 170 members, which include NGOs, academic institutions, think tanks, networks and community organisations engaged in drug policy advocacy – located in every region of the world. [8]
The NHRC emerged from a Harm Reduction Working Group (HRWG) organized in 1993 by Francie and Stephanie Comer, Dan Bigg, George Clark (head of San Francisco's needle exchange), and Dave Purchase. [2] Many of the attendees at the first meeting had worked with (or founded) needle exchanges in different cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco ...
Harm reduction consists of a series of strategies aimed at reducing the negative impacts of drug use on users. [1] It has been described as an alternative to the U.S.'s moral model and disease model of drug use and addiction. [ 2 ]
Dr Raabe once argued that "it is futile to pursue discredited policies of so-called 'harm-reduction'", [12] and had written that "The only way of stopping people from dying from drug-related deaths is to prevent drug use in the first place". [13] On the 8th of February 2011, Dr Raabe was sacked before his first meeting. [citation needed]
A 2014 systematic review and meta-analysis found evidence that NEPs were effective in reducing HIV transmission among injection drug users, but that other harm reduction programmes have probably also contributed to the decrease in HIV incidence. [84] NEPs appear to be as effective in low- and middle-income countries as in high-income ones. [85]
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