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Harm Reduction
Julia talks about beginnings of the Shanghai alliance between China and America. China formed a pragmatic alliance with the US and partners to restrict opium production. Self medication with opium was no longer seen as acceptable. Drugs became a moral issue for the US.
Julia describes how racist and anti immigrant propaganda became linked to reinforcing of messages on drug use. She describes the expansion of the legislation to include a range of drugs, and the growth of issues of drugs and criminality.
Julia describes how the United Nations Office on Drug Control alignment with US prohibition strategies. She looks at the contrasting views of Doctors, academics and public health. As a result Latin America has established a committee which pressures UNODC for change.
Julia describes the complex history of narcotics and insurgency between the US South America. Julia describes the link with other violent criminal activity.
John talks about being able to identify risk and target responses accordingly. He talks about prevalence for people released from prison.
Nick talks about the work of Mansell Pattison in the 1970s of ‘attenuated drinking’ and makes other points about the goals of controlled drinking and moderation. “It’s when you extend that principle (of harm reduction) to everybody, I think, that you get the problems.”
Joy talks about HIV / Aids, the origins of the projects, and the complexity of working with women drug users and children together.
Julian talks about his perspective as having emerged from experience and from developing a pragmatic approach to problematic drug use
Paul Hayes says its our role to get alongside communities rather than to persuade them of the value of drug treatment. He suggests it would be easier to persuade ordinary people than Fleet St Editors.
Lord Patel talks about the first piece of work he did looking at drug use and trafficking among people from Pakistan. This was while a Social Work student in 1987 and when his interest in drug use began.
David talks about the problems of mapping and setting measures for recovery on the ground.
Mike describes the downside of medical approaches that 'restrict the vision' of what treatment might consist of.
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