SY09-2HARM REDUCTION IN SUBSTANCE RELATED ADDICTIONS

ISAM 2014

16TH INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MEDICINE ANNUAL MEETING

2

–6 OCTOBER 2014

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN

SY09-2

HARM REDUCTION IN SUBSTANCE RELATED ADDICTIONS D. F. Zullino1,2_{, R. Khan}1,2_{, G. Thorens}1,2_{, S. Achab}1,2_{, Y. Khazaal}1,2_,

G. Calzada1,2_{and R. Manghi}1,2

1

Division of Addictology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland and

2

Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva

The concept of harm reduction has for a long time been discussed mainly related to opiate injection. The objective of the present paper is to review the application of the concept regarding several other substances: alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and party drugs.

Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 49, No. S1, pp. i1–i69, 2014