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Harm Reduction paper Randy Jones Substance Abuse Counselling January 18, 2012 This paper will discuss the principles and position of harm reduction. It will also examine the public perception of the user, which has created an ineffective philosophy. Most importantly, my paper seeks to recognize the harm of harm reduction. This discussion will highlight the lack of hope it creates in the user. Harm reduction needs to be addressed so that a long-term solution for the user can be implemented, not

“Abstinence Vs. Harm Reduction” “Drug policy regarding the control of the traditional illicit substances (opiates, cocaine, cannabis) is currently moving through upbeat times in almost all Western countries. Prohibition on the basis of repressive law enforcement not only seems to fail on a large scale, but also to create vast additional costs, problems, and harm for drug consumers, who often find themselves in extreme social, economic, and health conditions” (Fischer 1995: 389). Western countries

“Harm reduction is based on the premise that people are responsible for their behaviour, that they maker personal choices that affect their health and well-being, and that they can make safer and better decisions if given useful and honest information” (Mathre, 2002, p. 106). Harm reduction recognizes people’s unhealthy choices while also attempting to reduce the harmful effects that come from these unhealthy behaviours (Marlatt, 1998 as cited in Brown, Luna, Ramirez, Vail, and Williams, 2005). Using

to live together all four years of college. This transformation in our relationship from virtual strangers, to the best of friends can be explained by Charles Berger's Uncertainty Reduction Theory. Uncertainty Reduction Theory is the assumption that when strangers meet, their primary concern is one of uncertainty reduction or increasing the predictability about the behavior of both themselves and others in the interaction. We are motivated to search for this information for one of more of three reasons

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When learning about interpersonal relationship theories the one that related to my life the most would be the uncertainty reduction theory. The uncertainty reduction theory is defined as “people often feel uncertainty about others and are motivated to communicate to reduce that uncertainty (Berger C. 1982)”. I feel that within my relationship with my two sisters all three types passive, active and interactive strategies to reduce uncertainty, about how each other feel and think about situations

Judith Osiughwu Comm theory 3720 Professor Dr. Fred Fitch Journal 2 Uncertainty reduction theory Firstly, Uncertainty reduction theory was written by Charles Berger, his theory focus on the way human predict and interact to others. His theory focused on two types of uncertainty and eight Atoms for uncertainty. According to Charles Uncertainty reduction theory is an increased knowledge of what kind of person another is, which provides an improved forecast of how a future interaction will

Judith Osiughwu Comm theory 3720 Professor Dr. Fred Fitch Journal 2 Uncertainty reduction theory Firstly, Uncertainty reduction theory was written by Charles Berger, his theory focus on the way human predict and interact to others. His theory focused on two types of uncertainty and eight Atoms for uncertainty. According to Charles Uncertainty reduction theory is an increased knowledge of what kind of person another is, which provides an improved forecast of how a future interaction will

Natural Disaster Reduction is a serious topic all countries should be discussing. A study in 2015 recorded around 7,000 natural disasters worldwide, which claimed 1.35 million lives. Natural disasters could be earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, and hurricanes. The policy objective of anticipating and reducing risk is called disaster risk reduction (DRR). Natural disasters can take lives and also take the homes of many people. The loss of property can be very detrimental to some

we choose not to put in the effort to get to know someone unless we need something from him or her or we put in the minimal effort necessary to keep the conversation from getting to awkward. The book calls this the uncertainty reduction theory. The uncertainty reduction phase has three steps to it. The entry phase, which is the time when a relationship is just beginning. The subjects are strangers and have never met before. The next phase is the personal phase. In this phase, the subjects of the