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On the outside looking in: finding a place for managed alcohol programs in the harm reduction movement

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dc.contributor.authorIvsins, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorPauly, Bernie
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Meaghan
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Joshua
dc.contributor.authorGray, Erin
dc.contributor.authorSchiff, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorKrysowaty, Bonnie
dc.contributor.authorVallance, Kate
dc.contributor.authorStockwell, Tim
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-14
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:15:44Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:15:44Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractAlcohol policy in North America is dominated by moderation and abstinence-based modalities that focus on controlling population-level alcohol consumption and modifying individual consumption patterns to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harms. However, conventional alcohol policies and interventions do not adequately address harms associated with high-risk drinking among individuals experiencing severe alcohol use disorder (AUD) and structural vulnerability such as poverty and homelessness. In this commentary we address this gap in alcohol harm reduction, and highlight the lack of, and distinct need for, alcohol-specific harm reduction for people experiencing structural vulnerability and severe AUD. These individuals, doubly impacted by structural oppression and severe AUD, engage in various high-risk drinking practices that contribute to a unique set of harms that conventional abstinence-based treatments and interventions fail to adequately attend to. Managed alcohol programs (MAPs) have been established to address these multiple intersecting harms, and though gaining momentum across Canada, have had a hard time finding their place within the harm reduction movement. We illustrate how MAPs play a crucial role in the harm reduction movement in their ability to not only address high-risk drinking practices among structurally marginalized individuals, but to respond to harms associated with broader structural inequities such as poverty and homelessness.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/full-record/edswss/000468256500008
dc.identifier.citationIvsins, A., Pauly, B., Brown, M., Evans, J., Gray, E., Schiff, R., Krysowaty, B., Vallance, K., & Stockwell, T. (April, 2019). On the outside looking in: Finding a place for managed alcohol programs in the harm reduction movement. International Journal of Drug Policy, 67, pp. 58-62.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.02.004
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1884
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectmanaged alcohol program
dc.subjectharm reduction
dc.subjectalcohol
dc.subjectalcohol use disorder
dc.subjectenabling places
dc.subjecthomelessness
dc.subjectalcohol harm reduction
dc.titleOn the outside looking in: finding a place for managed alcohol programs in the harm reduction movementen
dc.typeArticle

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