Gotham By The Bay - Harm Reduction or Enablement
Channel: Mr BadlyTV
Date: 2021-10-13

Make sure you watch Episode 1 and 2 before watching the episode  3:

Part 1
Gotham By The Bay - The Introduction 
https://youtu.be/IPRSrn2AWWI

Part 2
Gotham By The Bay - The Back Pack Brigade 
https://youtu.be/_fBlTr22wP4

In the 3rd  part in a 4-part series about the opioid crisis in San Francisco (a.k.a. Gotham By The Bay) Stanley Roberts looks at what is being called harm reduction. Harm reduction, or sometimes called  harm minimization, often refers to a range of public health policies designed to lessen the negative social and/or physical consequences associated with human behaviors, both legal or illegal.

Stanley talks to several people including a former drug addict turned recovery advocate, Tom Wolf was homeless and addicted to multiple drugs before turning his life around and now is working on fixing a system he considered broken. 

There are somewhere in the range of 60 no profits divvying up $240 million dollars in money from the City of San Francisco, however instead of helping people get off drugs people believe they are enabling people to use drugs thus fueling the illegal drug market.  

Most #harmreduction advocates will tell you their method “saves lives”. Technically, they’re correct. When someone overdoses and is brought back with #narcan they are in fact saving a life! However, is that really saving a life or pumping up the numbers?

Executive Producer: Stanley Roberts
Executive Producer: Susan D. Reynolds 

Written by Stanley Roberts
Editor: Preston Yeung 
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