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Harm‐reduction groups in prime position to combat multiple epidemics locally
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32879
Subject(s) - harm reduction , harm , argument (complex analysis) , prime (order theory) , workforce , position (finance) , criminology , referral , service (business) , reduction (mathematics) , public relations , medicine , political science , psychology , nursing , business , law , marketing , finance , geometry , mathematics , combinatorics , public health
If policymakers don't consider the harm‐reduction workforce to be essential personnel as communities fight the dual scourges of rising drug overdoses and COVID‐19, a strong argument can be made that substance use treatment organizations will feel the negative effects as well. For individuals with a history of mistreatment in service systems, a referral to treatment that's made by a harm‐reduction organization that has earned their trust may be the only chance to get them into other effective care.

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