Essays Tagged: "Harm reduction"
Personal opinion of the harm reduction model. A harm reduction approach
and ill behaviours that plague the population of our time, however, given that I am focusing on the harm reduction model, I will focus this method with what I believe to be most prevalently misused su ... ince been introduced to a concept that I am particularly comfortable with, a concept referred to as harm reduction. Goldberg (1999) states, " The basic assumption behind harm reduction is that at leas ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Legalization of Marijuana - Persuasive - Against
ghtfully acquired pejorative connotations. Many supporters of this position have adopted the label "harm reduction" to soften the impact of an unpopular proposal that, if passed, would encourage great ... uld encourage greater availability and use of drugs -- especially among children. The euphemism of "harm reduction" implies that legalizing dangerous substances would reduce the harm these substances ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
What is the impact of the different drug policies of England and Wales and the Netherlands on their respective levels of offending?
inalization, meaning that it is classified as a summary offence rather than an indictable offence. 'Harm reduction' has been the guiding principle in defining the drug laws in the Netherlands. This me ... the convention in 1951 and 1954, respectively. Swart and Young argue that the Convention 'exerts a harmonizing influence on the various systems of criminal justice in Europe.' The Convention could th ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Integration Celebration: Reducing the Harms of Prohibition
It is our proposal that it is absolutely essential to move beyond the limitations of "harm reduction" and clarify definitions of "peers" if we are going to stand a chance of actually sup ... stand a chance of actually supporting the health and well-being of people who use drugs. The term "harm reduction" itself is negative, and in practise it is often unclear as to whether it is the pote ... ften unclear as to whether it is the potential harm of dug use that is being prevented, or the many harms of prohibition.For many of us who have spent some time working in the harm reduction field, th ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Women and alcohol
options available along with their theoretical underpinnings, and finally debate the issues from a harm reduction standpoint. Thus, I have chosen 'Women' as my client group and 'Alcohol' as the drug ... , defines 'alcohol abuse' as 'a pattern of drinking in which a person uses alcohol in a way that is harmful to themselves or others.'Alcoholism or alcohol dependence is more seen as a disease. The Wor ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Paradigm case study -introduction and discussion
cohol and drug dependencies. To assist this process medical detoxification provides tools utilising harm minimisation philosophy. This philosophy encompasses harm reduction to the individual, family/w ... tension within a person's whole system. Such tension has the ability to produce a disturbance or disharmony of the individual and thus evoking a response. Neuman describes individuals as having a resi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Illicit Drugs: Harm minimisation
e has developed, together with the criminal justice system and the government, a range of realistic harm minimisation strategies to deal with the issues surrounding drug dependence and crime (Makkai, ... history of Australian drug policy and prohibition will be briefly explored. The current approach of harm minimisation developed as a response to illicit drugs including supply reduction, demand reduct ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Women and Alcohol
options available along with their theoretical underpinnings, and finally debate the issues from a harm reduction standpoint. Thus, I have chosen 'Women' as my client group and 'Alcohol' as the drug ... , defines 'alcohol abuse' as 'a pattern of drinking in which a person uses alcohol in a way that is harmful to themselves or others.'Alcoholism or alcohol dependence is more seen as a disease. The Wor ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Drugs, Society and Criminal Justice Drug Abuse and Pregnancy
ter laws being emplaced to deter pregnant women from using drugs in eighteen states not, because of harm reduction. 1997 the Supreme Court of South Carolina felt that they had a great need to interven ... they wanted to reduce or lower the fetus risk of birth defects. The law was enacted because, of the harm committed against unborn babies by their drug abusing mothers but, the policy makers intent ver ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Drug abuse and Pregnancy
ter laws being emplaced to deter pregnant women from using drugs in eighteen states not, because of harm reduction. 1997 the Supreme Court of South Carolina felt that they had a great need to interven ... they wanted to reduce or lower the fetus risk of birth defects. The law was enacted because, of the harm committed against unborn babies by their drug abusing mothers but, the policy makers intent ver ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Adolescent Risk Taking Michael Denver
o 1997 (Oman & al., 2005, p.1425). A 2005 study conducted in Thunder Bay by the Superior Points Harm Reduction Program (SPHRP) found that of the street-involved or at-risk youth surveyed, aged 24 ... s struggle with. It is not reasonable to think that one can stop adolescents from taking risks, but harm reduction techniques have proved to be of benefit and offer them some protection (Wu et al., 20 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Harm Minimisation Has Been An Overwhelming Success In Australia. It Would Be Equally So In Other Countries
"Harm minimisation has been an overwhelming success in Australia. It would be equally so in other cou ... ld be equally so in other countries". Discuss.The aim of Australian drug policy since 1985 has been harm minimisation. Harm minimisation is the overall policies and programs aimed at reducing harm ass ... at reducing harm associated with drug use without necessarily eliminating use (Heather et al 1993). Harm minimisation has been a hallmark of Australia's approach to drugs, giving Australia prominent r ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Different Commentators Define 'Harm Reduction' And 'Harm Minimisation' In Different Ways.
Different commentators define 'harm reduction' and 'harm minimisation' in different ways. Discuss your understanding of the terms a ... difference applications to the drug use arena.The aim of Australian drug policy since 1985 has been harm minimisation. Harm minimisation is the overall policies and programs aimed at reducing harm ass ... reducing harm associated with drug use without necessarily eliminating use (Heather et al. , 1993). Harm minimisation has been a hallmark of Australia's approach to drugs, giving Australia prominent r ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
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