Neuroscience Author, Journalist and Mental Health Advocate Newton, Massachusetts
For 30 years, Maia Szalavitz has delivered groundbreaking writing on addiction, drug policy and neuroscience. Her newest book, Undoing Drugs, is the first history of the harm reduction movement, a fresh and compassionate alternative to the war on drugs. In a spellbinding narrative rooted in an urgent call to action, she returns to the NatCon stage to share the story of how a small group of committed people changed the world and explain how harm reduction is a policy transformation that both saves lives and illustrates the enormous power of kindness.
Learning Objectives:
Explore the history of harm reduction in the United States and around the world.
Examine how harm reduction has impacted substance use treatment and recovery.
Recognize how harm reduction can improve world health outcomes.