Harm Reduction at Work: A Guide for Organizations Employing People Who Use Drugs

Guidelines
by
Balian, Raffi & Cheryl White, Open Society Foundations

Release Date

2010

Geography

International

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Yes

Peer Reviewed

No

Objective

The key goal of this guide is to help harm reduction organizations and drug policy advocates hire and work with active drug users

Findings/Key points

This is the third guide book in a series aimed to provide practical, hands-on guidance for harm reduction and drug user organizations. This guide lays out a series of strategies to address the challenges faced by organizations that want to hire people who use drugs or who are on methadone or buprenorphine treatment.

Keywords

Policy/Regulatory
About PWUD
Workplace
Substitution/OAT
Peer/PWLLE program involvement
Harm reduction