Psychotropic Drugs, Prevention and Harm Reduction

This book promotes the interaction between research and professional practices in the field of prevention and harm reduction. Through the scientific work and experience of human and social sciences researchers and medical social actors, research and action assist one another in illuminating the problems associated with the consumption of psychotropic drugs and in developing intervention strategies. Over the course of several chapters, contributed by attendees of the Psychotropics, Prevention and Harm Reduction Put to the Test By “Human and Social Sciences” workshop, a range of varied themes are explored within the scope of drugs and their uses. Both the socio-historical context of drug uses and the construction of prevention and harm reduction public policies in light of scientific knowledge are covered, as well as the issue of release, mobilization and/or negotiation of prevention and harm reduction standards, both for professionals and drug users.

Presents acts that formalize the first day of study initiated by the network of young researchers at the Psychotropes and Societies InterventionOffers a multidisciplinary view on the understanding of the use of psychotropic substancesIncludes different analyses to stimulate reflection

Part 1. Prevention in Care Environments:Approaches and Practices 1. Scientific Data and Political Decisions in the Field of Addictive Behaviors 2. Social Sciences and Practice Renewal: From Prevention, to Identification. to Early Intervention

Part 2. (Re)designing Prevention: Multidisciplinary Outlooks 3. The Beautiful Life With or Without Drugs: Questions on Emancipation 4. Tobacco and Alcoholic Beverage Consumption of European Adolescents: Substitutes or Complements? The Value of an All-encompassing Policy 5. Animated Images, Words Coming Alive, Reflection in Motion

Part 3. Psychotropic Uses and Health Policies: International Perspectives 6. Towards the Addiction of Adolescents Under Public Protection: Paradoxical Contextualization 7. Socio-anthropological Contributions to the Senegalese Harm Reduction Program

Part 4. Prevention and Harm Reduction at the User Level 8. Promoting Harm Reduction Personal Strategies by Means of Drugs Checking: Its Use in CAARUD 9. Initiation to Injection: A Community Challenge