‘Meet people where they are’ : an approach to opioids and harm reduction in South Africa

Use of psychoactive and opioid substances is under-researched in South Africa. Traditionally, the approach towards treatment of opioid misuse was established in prejudice: stereotyping, stigmatisation, and connotations of its criminalisation. Opioids in South Africa: Towards a Policy of Harm Reducti...

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Published in:South African Journal of Science 2020-05, Vol.116 (5-6), p.11-11
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