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Schottland. Tackling Stigma - Removing barriers and encouraging anyone to seek support.
Schottland. Tackling Stigma - Removing barriers and encouraging anyone to seek support.
Does the stigma around drugs and the people who use them cost lives?
Evidence demonstrates that many who could benefit from treatment can be discouraged from doing so by language, attitudes and behaviours that appear judgmental, even if these are displayed unwittingly. Stigma can negatively impact the morale of those providing support services, and friends and families of those at risk can often feel the effects of stigma by association, at a time when they too deserve support. (Scottish Drug Death Taskforce, Schottland, 27.08.2021)
https://drugdeathstaskforce.scot/about-the-taskforce/tackling-stigma/