BHN Spring 2018 Issue

• April 1st, 2018
• addiction treatment, behavioral health, harm reduction, healthcare interventions, public health, recovery support, risk reduction, substance use disorders
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"Harm Reduction: Theory and Practice”   Articles in This...

Finding the Right Recovery Path: Welcoming Everyone into Treatment

• By: Arlene González-Sánchez NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
• April 1st, 2018
• abstinence-based treatment, addiction treatment, evidence-based practice, harm reduction, patient-centered care, recovery pathways, relapse prevention, substance use disorder
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This nation is in an epidemic. There are no two ways about it. By now you have undoubtedly heard that more people died of overdose in New York State in 2016 than died of motor vehicle accidents, homicide and suicide, combined. In responding to this crisis, we do not have the luxury of closing our...

Legalization of Drugs: The Ultimate Harm Reduction Measure

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Columbia University School of Social Work
• April 1st, 2018
• addiction treatment, drug decriminalization, drug legalization, drug policy reform, drug-related violence, harm reduction, incarceration impact, public health approach
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Illegal drugs are dangerous, but many of their dangers are caused by their illegality rather than the drugs themselves. Yes, the use of illegal (and some legal) drugs results in addiction. But if we really want to reduce the dangers of drug abuse, we must address its illegality as well as the...

Harm Reduction: Theory and Practice

• By: Lloyd I. Sederer, MD
• April 1st, 2018
• addiction treatment, criminal justice diversion, harm reduction, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), opioid epidemic, overdose prevention, substance use disorders
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If we want to reduce the harm that derives from psychoactive substances, we need to begin by ending two ineffective, enduring and hugely expensive policies and practices in this country. Then we can get to true harm reduction. The first are strategies that seek to control access to and...