Crack Pipes, Cow Wormer, and Controversy: Stimulants and Harm Reduction

Crack Pipes, Cow Wormer, and Controversy: Stimulants and Harm Reduction
Santa Barbara A/B, Lobby Level
Despite the perception that . . . “doesn’t work” with stimulants – crack, methamphetamine, cocaine, etc. – there are in fact effective harm reduction programs around the world working to reduce the harms of stimulant use. From testing cocaine for adulterants to providing a safe space for crack smoking, people are implementing a variety of cutting-edge harm reduction programs. What programs have been successful, and what can we learn from them in developing new ones?   

Facilitator: Bill Piper, Director, National Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance, Washington DC

• Michael Discepola, Director, Stonewall Project, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, San Francisco, CA      
• Zoe Dodd, South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Toronto, Canada
• Don Habibi, Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina Wilmington
• Thomas Kerr, Director, Urban Health Research Initiative, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• Carl Hart, Associate Professor, Psychology & Psychiatry Department, Columbia University, New York, NY Nathan Messer, Board President, DanceSafe, Seattle, WA  
• Eliza Wheeler, DOPE Project Manager, Harm Reduction Coalition, Oakland, CA