Harm reduction secrets | Nicole Lee

Professor Nicole Lee is an expert int he HARM REDUCTION MODEL OF ADDICTION TREATMENT. She has described "harm reduction" as "what happens when you take judgement and moralising out of the equation and just look after people." When it comes to working with those suffering from alcohol and other drug addictions, she sees HARM REDUCTION AS AN ACT OF COMPASSION.
Some people are prone to make statements like, ALCOHOL IS WORSE FOR YOU THAN YOU THINK and ALCOHOL MAKES EVERYONE STUPID. There are calls for everyone to STOP DRINKING ALCOHOL NOW and WE MUST BAN THIS! But Nicole Lee reminds us that when these calls slip into prohibition-based approaches, and something more like judgement, moralising, stigmatising and shaming, then they have the opposite effect to that which was (possibly) intended.
Nicole Lee discusses the dangers of TOUGH LOVE and its alternatives. and she gives ADVICE FOR PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND HEALTH PRACTITIONERS about practical ways to promote harm reduction. She offers a sensible perspective to this difficult area of human suffering. And she does so with profound care and compassion.
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[@richardwylie07]

Great interview Stan. I was blown away when Dr Lee mentioned Ben Cousins' father driving him to a drug deal. That story has stuck in my mind for many years as an act of 'radical compassion'. Incredible.

[@drstansteindl]

Yes, radical compassion indeed! Compassion is being sensitive to suffering and taking wise action to alleviate suffering or prevent it. And courage is often the key!