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标题：‘Meet people where they are’: An approach to opioids and harm reduction in South Africa
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作者：Danielle A. Millar ; Caradee Y. Wright
期刊名称：South African Journal of Science
印刷版ISSN：0038-2353
电子版ISSN：1996-7489
出版年度：2020
卷号：116
期号：5-6
页码：11-11
DOI：10.17159/sajs.2020/8141
语种：English
出版社：The Foundation for Research Development
摘要：Use of psychoactive and opioid substances is under-researched in South Africa. Traditionally, the approach towards treatment of opioid misuse was established in prejudice: stereotyping, stigmatisation, and connotations of its criminalisation. Opioids in South Africa: Towards a Policy of Harm Reduction presents a shift in mindset that will undoubtably bend the mind of its readers. The text challenges normative thinking pertaining to opioid substance use with case studies and reflections. It opens with an historical account of opioids in South Africa using graphics from archives. It introduces dilemmas of reducing harm among people who use drugs and shows that regulation and criminalisation of opioids and their use serves to exacerbate social division. Addressing these issues calls for a practical and compassionate social response.