Comments on: U.N. Drug Policy: The Harm Reduction Debate http://www.hhropenforum.org/2009/04/un-drug-policy-the-harm-reduction-debate/ Advancing global health and social justice Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:38:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Wade http://www.hhropenforum.org/2009/04/un-drug-policy-the-harm-reduction-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-2061 Wade Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:35:51 +0000 http://www.hhropenforum.org/?p=130#comment-2061 I am not a proponent of legalizing drugs, however "Harm Reduction" only makes sense. The US regardless of it admiting it or not is already in effect practicing harm reduction. What are methadone clinics doing except switching people to less harmfull substances? If harm reduction policies can reduce the occurrences of grandmothers being attacked and robbed on the streets, I am all for it. I realize this is a drastic and sensationalized example, but so be it. I am not a proponent of legalizing drugs, however “Harm Reduction” only makes sense. The US regardless of it admiting it or not is already in effect practicing harm reduction. What are methadone clinics doing except switching people to less harmfull substances? If harm reduction policies can reduce the occurrences of grandmothers being attacked and robbed on the streets, I am all for it. I realize this is a drastic and sensationalized example, but so be it.

]]> By: RECOVERED ADDICT http://www.hhropenforum.org/2009/04/un-drug-policy-the-harm-reduction-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-2005 RECOVERED ADDICT Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:12:33 +0000 http://www.hhropenforum.org/?p=130#comment-2005 East Vancouver Darkness - Lisa The Harsh Reality of Drug Addiction Lisa is a resident of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, She has been part of the Harm Reduction experiment taken place for over the last several years. You can see she has tried most of the resources available but life in general is very sad and lonely, Addiction support is no problem but life is very hard." Harm reduction" or "Terminal Addiction" / "Addiction Till Death" Below are some comments from people who have viewed this video and how they feel about Lisa's life as It exists today. I would not wish this sadness upon anyone not even my enemy. http://phatpooch.livejournal.com/41188.html East Vancouver Darkness – Lisa The Harsh Reality of Drug Addiction

Lisa is a resident of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, She has been part of the Harm Reduction experiment taken place for over the last several years. You can see she has tried most of the resources available but life in general is very sad and lonely, Addiction support is no problem but life is very hard.” Harm reduction” or “Terminal Addiction” / “Addiction Till Death” Below are some comments from people who have viewed this video and how they feel about Lisa’s life as It exists today. I would not wish this sadness upon anyone not even my enemy.

http://phatpooch.livejournal.com/41188.html

]]> By: Stoked http://www.hhropenforum.org/2009/04/un-drug-policy-the-harm-reduction-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 Stoked Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:09:15 +0000 http://www.hhropenforum.org/?p=130#comment-1897 "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. 18 Dec. 1840 “Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”
Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. 18 Dec. 1840

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