Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Row 1. First Task: Save Lives, Reduce Harm

Consolidates the lessons of the first five instalments of the online course on drug treatment research. The five cells in row 1 explored key research on reducing harm to the user as a result of their drug use. Prompted by HIV, from the start of modern-day harm reduction it was recognised that engaging active drug users was the essential first step, and that meant accepting them on their own terms. Yet also from the start, generating health-promoting and addiction-ending change was on the agenda. A common theme is how this core dilemma affects service delivery and impact, from the face-to-face encounter between user and practitioner to national treatment systems.

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