Substance Use Harm & Judgment Reduction Model Sample Clauses

Substance Use Harm & Judgment Reduction Model a. The Contractor(s) must use a variety of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing the negative consequences associated with drug use, which includes meeting people who use drugs “where they’re at,” and addressing conditions of use along with the use itself. ACPD considers the following principles central to a harm and judgment reduction practice: b. The use of motivational interviewing and other non-judgmental, non-coercive provision of services and resources for people who use drugs and the communities in which they live to assist them in reducing harm. c. Ensure people who use drugs and those with a history of drug use routinely have a real voice in the creation of programs and policies designed to serve them. d. Affirms people who use drugs (PWUD) themselves as the primary agents of reducing the ▇▇▇▇▇ of their drug use and seeks to empower PWUD to share information and support each other in strategies that meet their actual conditions of use. e. Recognizes that the realities of poverty, class, racism, social isolation, past trauma, sex- based discrimination, and other social inequalities affect both people’s vulnerability to and capacity for effectively dealing with drug-related harm. f. Does not attempt to minimize or ignore the real and tragic harm and danger that can be associated with illicit drug use and requires all Staff to participate in opioid overdose prevention training, such as administration of Narcan/Naloxone.