HARM REDUCTION & ADDICTION
A collection of resources to learn about harm reduction and addiction, including websites and book recommendations. For health care providers, harm reduction specialists, families, patients, allies and students. It is time we all learn how to "meet people where they are."
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
UNDOING DRUGS
By Maia Szalavitz
DOPESICK: DEALERS, DOCTORS, AND THE DRUG COMPANY THAT ADDICTED AMERICA
By Beth Macy
BEAUTIFUL BOY: A FATHER'S JOURNEY THROUGH HIS SON'S ADDICTION
By David Sheff
TWEAK: GROWING UP ON METHAMPHETAMINES.
By Nic Sheff
CANARY IN THE COAL MINE
By William Cooke
UNDER OUR ROOF: A SON'S BATTLE FOR RECOVERY, A MOTHER'S BATTLE FOR HER SON
By Madeleine Dean and Harry Cunnane
THE WEIGHT OF AIR
By David Poses
MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS
TRAINSPOTTING
1996
GIRL, INTERRUPTED
1999
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
2000
BLOW
2001
THIRTEEN
2003
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
2013
BEAUTIFUL BOY
2018
FOUR GOOD DAYS
2020
TAKE THE PLEDGE TO STOP STIGMA
Be a model for others in the health care field by using language that de-stigmatizes the disease. The pledge provides information for all staff about the importance of word choice when interacting with patients and their families. It's using words like "addiction" and "person in recovery" and getting rid of stigmatizing language like "drug habit" or "clean."
