{"id":520407,"date":"2022-12-03T03:49:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T00:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/no-moral-sanction-for-drug-dealers-is-not-harm-reduction\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T03:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T00:49:25","slug":"no-moral-sanction-for-drug-dealers-is-not-harm-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-moral-sanction-for-drug-dealers-is-not-harm-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"#No, moral sanction for drug dealers is not &#8216;harm reduction&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e07e0758d9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e07e0758d9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-moral-sanction-for-drug-dealers-is-not-harm-reduction\/#%E2%80%9CNo_moral_sanction_for_drug_dealers_is_not_%E2%80%98harm_reduction%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;No, moral sanction for drug dealers is not &#8216;harm reduction&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;No, moral sanction for drug dealers is not &#8216;harm reduction'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Ever heard of \u201csafer supply\u201d? It\u2019s a trendy euphemism for \u201cdoctors handing out drugs to addicts.\u201d Instead of scrounging fentanyl on the streets, they get other opioids from an MD.<\/p>\n<p>All part of the left\u2019s \u201charm reduction\u201d philosophy. Which is utter nonsense: look at the hellhole of San Francisco\u2019s Tenderloin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not stopping far-out advocacy group<strong> <\/strong>the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nss-aps.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/ReframingDiversionForHealthCareProviders.pdf?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">National Safer Supply Community of Practice<\/a> from taking this lunacy a step further.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some doctors worry that if they <em>do<\/em> hand out opioids to addicts, these addicts will sell them to other addicts \u2014 a process with its own Orwellian euphemism, \u201cdiversion.\u201d No sweat, trumpets a brochure from the Safer Supply folks: Diversion \u201cis a harm reduction practice rooted in mutual aid\u201d that<strong> <\/strong>\u201csaves lives and improves quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words: Go ahead and hand out opioids to addicts, and let those addicts sell them along if they want. Never mind the disastrous consequences of getting others addicted. Or the fact that this is nothing less than a moral sanction for street dealing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/diversion-stigma-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Outreach workers from R\u00e9seau ACCESS Network, a non-profit, community-based charitable organization, walk among 243 crosses that cover the lot on the south west corner of Brady and Paris Streets as part of Crosses for Change that memorialize victims in the overdose and opioid crisis in Sudbury, on May 9, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24880016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/diversion-stigma-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/diversion-stigma-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/diversion-stigma-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Addicted individuals can get opioids from an MD with \u201csafer supply.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Toronto Star via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/diversion-stigma-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A male doctor hands a prescription to a patient.\" class=\"wp-image-24880014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/diversion-stigma-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/diversion-stigma-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/diversion-stigma-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cSafer supply\u201d is a trendy euphemism for \u201cdoctors handing out drugs to addicts.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After all, criticizing diversion is \u201charmful, inaccurate, and ultimately rooted in anti-drug and anti-euphoria prohibitionist principles.\u201d How dare anyone judge an addict?<\/p>\n<p>This sanctimonious denial of the obvious boils down to naked cruelty. <\/p>\n<p>Keep drugs illegal. Arrest people who sell them. Get addicts into treatment.\u00a0<em>That\u2019s<\/em> how you reduce harm.\u00a0\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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It\u2019s a trendy euphemism for \u201cdoctors handing out drugs to addicts.\u201d Instead of scrounging fentanyl on the streets, they get other opioids from an MD. All part of the left\u2019s \u201charm reduction\u201d philosophy. 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