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Harm reduction through a social justice lens.

Bernadette Pauly¹

¹School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Box 1700, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada. bpauly@uvic.ca

The International Journal on Drug Policy

|January 30, 2008

Summary

Harm reduction strategies must address the social determinants of health for street-involved individuals, including homelessness and poverty. A social justice framework offers a more comprehensive approach to reducing drug use-related harms.

Area of Science:

Public Health
Social Sciences
Ethics

Background:

Street-involved populations, including those experiencing homelessness and drug use, face significant health inequities and increased morbidity/mortality.
Current harm reduction approaches primarily focus on reducing drug use harms, neglecting broader contextual issues like poverty and violence.
Existing healthcare models often fail to adequately address the complex needs of this vulnerable population.

Purpose of the Study:

To ethically analyze the values underpinning harm reduction and explore conceptions of justice.
To propose an alternative ethical framework for addressing a wider spectrum of harms associated with drug use.
To inform policies aimed at mitigating the multifaceted harms experienced by street-involved individuals.

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Ethical analysis of harm reduction principles.
Examination of various theories of justice, particularly distributive and social justice.
Application of Iris Marion Young's critical social justice lens.

Main Results:

Traditional distributive justice theories are insufficient for addressing the root causes of drug use-related harms.
Reconceptualizing social justice through a critical lens provides a more effective ethical framework.
This framework highlights structural inequities contributing to the harms associated with drug use.

Conclusions:

A critical social justice approach illuminates structural inequities driving harms for street-involved populations.
This perspective offers a promising foundation for developing policies that address homelessness, poverty, and other contextual harms.
Integrating social justice principles can enhance healthcare access and outcomes for marginalized individuals.