Tag: treatment

  • Death by Degrees?

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    “Harm reduction” has been defined myriad ways. The “Godfather of Harm Reduction,” Dan Bigg, referred to it as “the principle of reducing the negative consequences associated with drug use.” The organization he co-founded, the Chicago Recovery Alliance (CRA), uses the phrase “any positive change.” (https://www.thechicagoschool.edu/insight/news/any-positive-change/) The National Harm Reduction Coalition says that “harm reduction is a…

  • But What Do I Say? Concerned, Worried, Scared

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    Addiction affects one in three people. No; I’m not saying that one in three people suffer from the disease of addiction. I’m saying that those people who DO suffer from the disease of addiction are loved by one in three people, and so every third one of us knows and cares about someone who suffers.…