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The New Frontiers of Harm Reduction |
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SR 2 (550) |
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14:30 - 16:00, 06.08.2008 |
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Gerry Stimson, United Kingdom
Daniel Zulaika, Spain (Co-Chair)
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Harm Reduction has moved beyond the traditional focus on opiate drugs, injecting drug use, needle and syringe exchanges, and substitution therapy. As our understanding of the global state of drug use has matured in recent years, so a more global approach to harm reduction has developed ? encompassing human rights, non-injecting drug use, alcohol and tobacco use, issues for producer countries, challenging oppressive legal systems, and engraving drug use within a broader poverty and marginalization agenda. This session will aim to outline some of the new frontiers for the developing international harm reduction agenda ? including the frequent violations of the human rights of drug users, the emergence of a new generation of drug users, the engagement of drug user activists in policy discussion and creation, and the changing scenarios in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Presentations in this session:
14:30
WESY0602
Powerpoint (1.08 MB) | HR2 - Harm reduction and human rights
Rick Lines, United Kingdom
| 14:40
WESY0603
Powerpoint (520 KB) | Young people taking the lead
Caitlin Padgett, Canada
| 14:50
WESY0604
Powerpoint (71 KB) | HIV and drug use (including alcohol) in Africa
Olanrewaju Onigbogi, Nigeria
| 15:00
WESY0605
Powerpoint (152 KB) | Nothing about us without us
Stijn Goossens, Belgium
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WESY0606
Powerpoint (389 KB) | HIV and non-injecting drug use in Latin America
Graciela Touze, Argentina
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Rapporteur report
Youth report by Annelies Mesman
This session around the current state of harm reduction included speeches of Stijn Goossens of the Internationel Network of People who use Drugs (INPUD) and Caitlin Padgett of Youth Rise.
The main points they gave were:
-stop depriving drug users from their human rights and access to health care
-involve us in program design
-we need youth-friendly, judgement-free services.
Some of the factors that would improve partnerships were mentioned during the discussion and included:
- Respect, pay us. Treat us as adults We are not benificiencies, society is.
- Pragmatism is better than moralism
- Acknowledge our knowledge on this topic over non-users,
- Give us opportunity to speak. It’s very rare that young people have the right to be at the table. The real inclusion isn’t happening yet. We need funding and
- Many things cause harm, do not only talk about drugs!
- Any drug has the ability to cause harm: let people define what the harm is!
- Harm reduction depends on the region and the individuals: It’s a comprehensive approach.
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