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Bluelight does not condemn or condone drug use, but instead advocates educating individuals to make informed decisions, connecting them with local harm reduction services, and providing them with evidence-based harm reduction resources and public safety notices. Bluelight emphasizes "meeting users where they are", and supporting them whether ...
A recent Yale study confirmed that Zoom meetings fail to spark the brain activity of in-person connection, which only stands to reinforce the enduring epidemic of Zoom fatigue.
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]
Restorative practices (or RP) is a social science field concerned with improving and repairing relationships and social connections among people. [1] Whereas a zero tolerance social mediation system prioritizes punishment, RP privileges the repair of harm and dialogue among actors. [2]
Harm reduction is a strategy to minimize the harms associated with drug use. So, with harm reduction, you get easy access to Narcan, which can reverse an opioid overdose. And by opioid, I would ...
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 ]
AA’s meetings, with their folding chairs and donated coffee, were intended as a judgment-free space for addicts to talk about their problems. Treatment facilities were designed for discipline. Something else has been lost with the institutionalization of the 12 steps over the years: Bill Wilson’s openness to medical intervention.
Moderation Management (MM) is a secular non-profit organization providing peer-run support groups for anyone who would like to reduce their alcohol consumption. MM was founded in 1994 to create an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and similar addiction recovery groups for non-dependent problem drinkers who do not necessarily want to stop drinking, but moderate their amount of alcohol ...