Original research
by
Chassid-Segin, Moran, Keren Gueta & Natti Ronel
Release Date
2021
Geography
Israel
Language of Resource
English
Full Text Available
No
Open Access / OK to Reproduce
No
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Objective
Examines how functioning people who are in the process of building their careers or family lives perceive and manage the risks and harms of drug use
Findings/Key points
We conducted content analysis of these interviews which refers to both risk management and harm management and defined three different options. The first option refers to participants who described feeling no risk or harm from their drug use. The second focuses on participants’ perceptions of the subjective risks and their ability to manage them via the following domains: social relationships, profession, social status, finances, and health and lifestyle. The third deals with participants who recognized the harms in the domains of family and social relationships, health, and daily functioning.
Design/methods
We interviewed 29 Israelis who use drugs, dividing them into two different groups: the first comprised 16 regular or previously regular cannabis users and one cocaine user who didn’t describe themselves as problematic users and were not in treatment; the second comprised 13 regular users of cannabis, methadone, MDA, and cocaine who described themselves as problematic users and were in treatment.
Keywords
Harm reduction
About PWUD
Illegal drugs
Social benefits
