Sheila P. Vakharia

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The Harm Reduction Gap

Apr 8, 2024 | routledge.com | Sheila P. Vakharia

This long-awaited book teaches how harm reduction can be a safety net for people with substance use disorders that our current addiction treatment rejects, abandons, and leaves behind. Harm reduction is an approach to helping people who engage in high-risk activities to develop the skills and strategies to keep them and their communities safe. This can include the provision of sterile equipment, low-threshold and low-barrier care, and the acceptance of non-abstinence goals in treatment.
As a Social Worker, I Know Oregon’s Recriminalization of Drugs Impedes Treatment

Mar 18, 2024 | truthout.org | Sheila P. Vakharia

Oregon’s move to recriminalize drugs sets people up to fail. We need evidence-based help beyond treatment alone. BySheila P. Vakharia, TruthoutPublishedMarch 18, 2024A member of the Portland Fire and Rescue Community Health Assess & Treat team pushes a patient into an ambulance after they were administered Narcan for a suspected fentanyl drug overdose in Portland, Oregon, on January 25, 2024.PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty ImagesOregon is moving backward. Gov.
The Harm Reduction Gap

Jan 31, 2024 | taylorfrancis.com | Sheila P. Vakharia

Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages. This long-awaited book teaches how harm reduction can be a safety net for people with substance use disorders that our current addiction treatment rejects, abandons, and leaves behind. Harm reduction is an approach to helping people who engage in high-risk activities to develop the skills and strategies to keep them and their communities safe.
'Harm reductionists have taken matters into their own hands'

Jan 18, 2024 | addiction-ssa.org | Sheila P. Vakharia

In her forthcoming book, Dr Sheila Vakharia presents her thesis of The Harm Reduction Gap – “the void in our current continuum of care between abstinence-based prevention programs and abstinence-only treatment programs, where people who currently use drugs are left without access to the knowledge, skills, and tools to stay safe”. In this edited excerpt, Dr Vakharia describes the ethos of harm reduction and the roots of the harm reduction movement.
The Harm Reduction Gap: Helping Individuals Left Behind by Conventional Drug Prevention and Abstinence-Only Addiction Treatment

Jan 15, 2024 | bookshop.org | Sheila P. Vakharia

(Author) FORMAT Paperback$28.69(English) Pre-Order Ships Feb 09, 2024 Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller This long-awaited book teaches how harm reduction can be a safety net for people with substance use disorders that our current addiction treatment rejects, abandons, and leaves behind.
When People Ask Harm Reductionists, “What About Treatment?”

Jan 8, 2024 | filtermag.org | Sheila P. Vakharia

“What about treatment?”I’m commonly asked this question by well-intentioned folks when I say I am a harm reduction advocate, or whenever it is suggested that we need more access to harm reduction services in the community. The people who ask me this are diverse and come from all races, genders, ages, socioeconomic backgrounds and political leanings. They are parents, community members, journalists, health care providers, recovery advocates, students and just about everyone else.
Why harm reduction is more about ending stigma than syringes and naloxone

Jan 4, 2024 | msn.com | Sheila P. Vakharia
Why harm reduction is more about ending stigma than syringes and naloxone

Jan 4, 2024 | salon.com | Sheila P. Vakharia

In recent years, several harm reduction interventions have been outsourced and integrated into the day-to-day work of various professions outside of harm reduction settings. One example includes police officers trained to administer naloxone to opioid overdose victims, since they are often the first on the scene after 911 is called.
The Harm Reduction Gap

Sep 8, 2023 | routledge.com | Sheila P. Vakharia

This long-awaited book teaches how harm reduction can be a safety net for people with substance use disorders that our current addiction treatment rejects, abandons, and leaves behind. Harm reduction is an approach to helping people who engage in high-risk activities to develop the skills and strategies to keep them and their communities safe. This can include the provision of sterile equipment, low-threshold and low-barrier care, and the acceptance of non-abstinence goals in treatment.
Decriminalization of drug possession in Oregon: Analysis and early lessons

Apr 6, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | Kellen Russoniello |Sheila P. Vakharia |Jules Netherland |Theshia Naidoo

Lessons from OregonIt has only been two years since Oregon voters approved Measure 110 and implementation remains ongoing, but there are several lessons to learn from Oregon's trailblazing approach to drug policy. First, voters are ready to endorse alternatives to criminalization, and this message can resonate in other jurisdictions across the U.S. and globally. Strong majority support for Measure 110 remains in Oregon nearly two years after passing (Dandekar and Fairclough, 2022).