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Diplomatura de Políticas Públicas en Salud Mental 2026 — Transcript

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  1. 0:02Good morning, everyone. Uh, well, we
  2. 0:05are here to start a new, uh, a new
  3. 0:08block within the framework of the
  4. 0:10diploma program in public health policy
  5. 0:13for mental health. Uh, my name is
  6. 0:16Mariano Rey, I am the provincial
  7. 0:17director of mental health and
  8. 0:19problematic substance use for the
  9. 0:21Ministry, and today we will be sharing
  10. 0:23this first space of this module
  11. 0:25together with Ariel Parajón. I am
  12. 0:28currently being recorded because at the
  13. 0:31same time that we are which is part of
  14. 0:41the method we use to be able to work on
  15. 0:43some public policy issues in mental
  16. 0:44health and health in general, uh,
  17. 0:46closer to the territories. So, that is
  18. 0:50a bit of the reason why I am not here
  19. 0:52synchronously, but rather recording
  20. 0:55this a little bit beforehand so that
  21. 0:57you can listen to it later, but I did
  22. 1:00not want to miss out or fail to
  23. 1:02participate, because we are absolutely
  24. 1:04convinced that these training spaces
  25. 1:06are not only a working method, but an
  26. 1:09indispensable tool to be able to build
  27. 1:11what we need to transform the care
  28. 1:14model in terms of mental health. Yes,
  29. 1:17today we start this module which has to
  30. 1:19do with addressing problematic
  31. 1:21substance use; uh, with a number of
  32. 1:23issues that we will be able to think
  33. 1:25about from a historical perspective,
  34. 1:26also situating them in a current
  35. 1:28context, some issues that have to do
  36. 1:30with conceptual definitions, but that
  37. 1:32also provide tools to be able to think
  38. 1:34about the way in which we relate to a
  39. 1:36problem. Yes. Uh, problematic substance
  40. 1:40use in the health agenda has had a very
  41. 1:42marginal role, I mean, very typical of
  42. 1:45mental health policy, uh, which
  43. 1:47historically has had a marginal role
  44. 1:49within health policies, and even more
  45. 1:52so problematic substance use. I mean,
  46. 1:56an instance in which it was something
  47. 1:58absolutely, uh, uh, that remained on
  48. 2:01the sidelines, mainly due to issues of
  49. 2:03a double stigma. If people with mental
  50. 2:07health conditions are already bearers
  51. 2:10of a certain stigma, imagine those
  52. 2:12people who, apart from going through a
  53. 2:14mental health situation, also have
  54. 2:16problematic substance use. Well, this
  55. 2:19is something that for health workers
  56. 2:22has always been a challenging horizon.
  57. 2:25Uh, and I have been working with this
  58. 2:27topic for more than 20 years and in
  59. 2:29countless situations, and still to this
  60. 2:32day, it continues to happen to us. What
  61. 2:34comes up is, well, what disciplinary or
  62. 2:36interdisciplinary tools do we need to
  63. 2:38be able to advance on a problem for
  64. 2:40which we do not have all the solutions?
  65. 2:42Why? Because, just like mental health
  66. 2:47issues, problems with substance abuse
  67. 2:50cannot be addressed solely through
  68. 2:53healthcare or medical providers; they
  69. 2:56generally involve many situations
  70. 2:59related to a social context and a
  71. 3:02specific territorial setting.
  72. 3:06Problematic substance use is not the
  73. 3:08same in large urban centers as it is in
  74. 3:10situations, for example, that we might
  75. 3:12encounter in the interior of our
  76. 3:14country or within our own province.
  77. 3:16Right? So, for us, it has been very
  78. 3:19important from the beginning in terms
  79. 3:21of the strategic planning of our
  80. 3:23Ministry of Health's healthcare agenda.
  81. 3:27First, by placing problematic substance
  82. 3:28use within mental health policies, as
  83. 3:30our regulatory framework on mental
  84. 3:32health has provided since 2010. But
  85. 3:35making it a reality also implies
  86. 3:37starting to mainstream certain issues
  87. 3:40and getting them circulating within a
  88. 3:42healthcare agenda that, for a very long
  89. 3:45time, as I was saying, overlooked or
  90. 3:47brushed aside. Yes, this involved
  91. 3:51changes at the training, conceptual,
  92. 3:53and epistemological levels, in how we
  93. 3:55characterize the problem, and also some
  94. 3:57issues that have epidemiologically
  95. 3:59transformed our landscape. Right? What
  96. 4:03do I mean by this? I mean, today we
  97. 4:06don't just have users experiencing
  98. 4:08consumption problems, with or without
  99. 4:11substances—and we will talk a bit
  100. 4:13about that—but there are also various
  101. 4:16implications that reach us in different
  102. 4:19services that aren't traditionally the
  103. 4:21ones closest to mental health. And this
  104. 4:25also has to do with some clinical
  105. 4:27presentations we are seeing, where
  106. 4:29people arrive with very severe
  107. 4:30subjective erosion, but also in
  108. 4:32conditions of extreme vulnerability. I
  109. 4:34mean, they are often very vulnerable
  110. 4:36individuals, right? And we find them,
  111. 4:39for example, in issues linked to
  112. 4:41motherhood and consumption, or pregnant
  113. 4:43women. And how that also impacts
  114. 4:47neonatal units. I mean, we have some
  115. 4:51provincial hospitals where 30%of
  116. 4:53newborns test positive for drugs. I
  117. 4:58mean, this is a problem that isn't just
  118. 5:01the snapshot where we engage with that
  119. 5:03pregnant woman or the newborn in the
  120. 5:05NICU, but it actually also has to do
  121. 5:07with pregnancy check-ups. I mean, with
  122. 5:11issues that are more linked to how we
  123. 5:13build, uh, either barriers, or
  124. 5:15accessibility, or access barriers, or
  125. 5:18accessibility. Uh, how do we think
  126. 5:20about gender issues in relation to
  127. 5:22these matters? Uh, but well, how do we
  128. 5:25also engage in dialogue without being
  129. 5:27compartmentalized or fragmented within
  130. 5:30the hospital framework, and obviously
  131. 5:32also regarding the more community-based
  132. 5:35approach or primary care level in
  133. 5:37problems that are extremely complex? So
  134. 5:40, how do we circulate and develop broad
  135. 5:42health teams that have different
  136. 5:44disciplines, some more linked to the
  137. 5:46field of mental health and some not
  138. 5:48linked to mental health, but to general
  139. 5:51health, articulated with other actors
  140. 5:53to be able to generate, as I was
  141. 5:54telling you, better conditions of
  142. 5:56accessibility on one hand, support and
  143. 5:59care processes on the other, and then
  144. 6:01the continuity or follow-up of some of
  145. 6:03these people's trajectories with the
  146. 6:05formal health system? Yes. So, the
  147. 6:08importance of being able to think about
  148. 6:11the issue of consumption in terms of
  149. 6:13the era, in terms of the situation, is
  150. 6:15invaluable. If we had to define, for
  151. 6:17example, all these issues that I am
  152. 6:19sharing with you, a bit behind on that,
  153. 6:21we will see them throughout the entire
  154. 6:23module. Yes, it is about starting to
  155. 6:26share with you some issues that are
  156. 6:27indispensable for us, but also
  157. 6:29difficulties that we have encountered
  158. 6:30along the way. Because it is also true
  159. 6:35that when we started our management
  160. 6:38process almost 7 years ago, there were
  161. 6:42many hospitals, to mention one issue,
  162. 6:46that didn't have the habit of working
  163. 6:49with drug users. Yes, but I told you a
  164. 6:53little while ago that the issue is not
  165. 6:55just drugs with drugs; I mean,
  166. 6:56problematic consumption is with
  167. 6:57substances. So, in terms of the era, we
  168. 7:01also find other phenomena that have had
  169. 7:03an impact and continue to have it at
  170. 7:06different moments or life cycles of
  171. 7:08people, such as what has to do with
  172. 7:10digital consumption, yes? Which can
  173. 7:14also be problematic. Those of us who
  174. 7:16have been working on this for a long
  175. 7:19time already saw the impact that social
  176. 7:21networks, or even before social
  177. 7:23networks, online games, had on the
  178. 7:25frameworks and ways people connect. Yes
  179. 7:27. Or in the ways of forming bonds and
  180. 7:30how that also had an impact based on
  181. 7:32the psychic structure of each person.
  182. 7:35But today, with the massification of
  183. 7:37some issues, it is also starting to be
  184. 7:39a problem that is beginning to have its
  185. 7:41own agenda at the level of districts
  186. 7:43and the different municipalities
  187. 7:45regarding digital consumption or
  188. 7:47digital well-being. I mean, we
  189. 7:49shouldn't just think about those who
  190. 7:52have problematic consumption or use of
  191. 7:54social media, cell phones, or anything
  192. 7:57related to screens, but also about how
  193. 8:00we build digital well-being. Right? So,
  194. 8:03digital consumption is part of a health
  195. 8:05agenda. Another issue that came up a
  196. 8:10lot, also linked to digital consumption
  197. 8:13, is online betting, which is another
  198. 8:16phenomenon we've been seeing lately,
  199. 8:19especially since the pandemic, much
  200. 8:22more so. Yes. And that has also had a
  201. 8:26very significant community impact and
  202. 8:29an increase in some other problems due
  203. 8:31to everything that the dynamics and
  204. 8:34logic of gambling imply. I mean, it's
  205. 8:37not that the issue of compulsive
  206. 8:39gambling is new. Yes, in fact, our
  207. 8:42province has 10 centers for the care
  208. 8:44and support of people with gambling
  209. 8:46problems, but it started to become much
  210. 8:48more widespread with the use of
  211. 8:50platforms, let's say. Before, when the
  212. 8:55issue of gambling was more linked to
  213. 8:57going to bingo halls or casinos or
  214. 9:00something like that, the physical
  215. 9:02barrier or how the mechanisms were for
  216. 9:04generating self-exclusion and so on,
  217. 9:07implied some dynamics that, with the
  218. 9:09emergence of online gambling platforms,
  219. 9:12and much more so with the rise of
  220. 9:15illegal online gambling platforms, have
  221. 9:17made consumption much more massive, and
  222. 9:21it doesn't end there. I mean, a very
  223. 9:24short time ago we were witnessing a
  224. 9:27huge platform, I would say, like a
  225. 9:30laboratory in relation to how this
  226. 9:33operating dynamic is implemented, which
  227. 9:36was the World Cup. I mean, when we
  228. 9:40watched the World Cup and saw how
  229. 9:43online gambling platforms were
  230. 9:45sponsoring it, it was something that
  231. 9:47became very widespread. Even the
  232. 9:51hydration break itself has little to do
  233. 9:53with hydrating people and a lot to do
  234. 9:55with the fact that these are the
  235. 9:57dynamics or moments in which bets on
  236. 9:59games increase exponentially. So, how
  237. 10:03our capitalist system and platform
  238. 10:06capitalism begin to acquire a very
  239. 10:08profound dimension that, although we
  240. 10:11historically associated it and thought
  241. 10:14that the issue of problematic
  242. 10:16consumption—those of us who worked a
  243. 10:19long time ago on the issue of legal or
  244. 10:22illegal drug use—also placed, uh, the
  245. 10:26impact that neoliberalism or capitalism
  246. 10:29has in its different forms of
  247. 10:30connection and production of
  248. 10:32subjectivity. Here it also becomes very
  249. 10:36clear with other modes of consumption
  250. 10:38that are substance-free, right? but
  251. 10:41they also generate, uh, horizons for
  252. 10:44constructing subjectivity, uh, and also
  253. 10:46have a very strong impact on
  254. 10:48communities. So, notice how
  255. 10:51consumptions are appearing that have
  256. 10:53historically been minimized and that
  257. 10:56have a very large presence today, which
  258. 10:59has to do with substance-free
  259. 11:01consumption. In that sense, uh, the
  260. 11:05Provincial State has generated a series
  261. 11:07of inter-ministerial policies, uh, that
  262. 11:09maybe Ariel can share a little bit more
  263. 11:12about now, uh, the plan that we put
  264. 11:14together at the provincial level to
  265. 11:16address gambling in adolescents. Yes,
  266. 11:19because we understand that, in reality,
  267. 11:21you cannot prohibit gambling, but you
  268. 11:23do have to generate very strong and
  269. 11:25very clear regulatory instances,
  270. 11:26especially to protect those who are
  271. 11:28most vulnerable. And in that case,
  272. 11:30minors are also a very important focus
  273. 11:32for being able to care for, uh, and
  274. 11:34generate strategies for care and
  275. 11:36accompaniment in these cases. So we
  276. 11:39have, uh, problematic substance-free
  277. 11:40consumption and problematic
  278. 11:42substance-based consumption. Those
  279. 11:44problematic substance-based
  280. 11:46consumptions continue to be, in all
  281. 11:47studies conducted at the provincial,
  282. 11:49national, and international levels. Uh,
  283. 11:52by far, uh, the ones that generate the
  284. 11:55most health problems are the
  285. 11:56consumption of legal substances. Yes.
  286. 12:00Uh, and illegal substance consumption
  287. 12:02often comes with a lot of other layers,
  288. 12:05uh, especially certain consumptions
  289. 12:07that we accompany in the health system
  290. 12:10for people who, in reality, uh, are
  291. 12:12completely disconnected. So, how can we
  292. 12:15go about building life projects? Uh, it
  293. 12:19cannot just be about healthcare and
  294. 12:21support; it has to be within the
  295. 12:23framework of an integral public policy,
  296. 12:25as we call it, which is different areas
  297. 12:27of government working simultaneously to
  298. 12:29be able to think about how processes of
  299. 12:32citizenship building are generated.
  300. 12:35Right? So, notice how the debates are
  301. 12:37very broad. The formal health system
  302. 12:40often does not reach those people who
  303. 12:42need it most and, in that sense, there
  304. 12:45are other instances that are
  305. 12:47indispensable for being able to
  306. 12:48articulate and generate, uh, an
  307. 12:50accompaniment and care flowchart, or a
  308. 12:53network, uh, of accompaniment and care
  309. 12:55that exceeds the formal system, within
  310. 12:59which the indispensable role of social
  311. 13:02organizations must be incorporated due
  312. 13:04to their proximity in some territories
  313. 13:06and the impact of their work at the
  314. 13:08community level, we would say, in
  315. 13:10general terms, but also in what has to
  316. 13:13do with the accompaniment processes, uh
  317. 13:15, at the territorial level, uh, which
  318. 13:17have far fewer, uh, access barriers, uh
  319. 13:20, when we talk about consumption issues
  320. 13:22. Thinking about certain public health
  321. 13:27criteria, such as availability and
  322. 13:30equity, is very, very important. I mean
  323. 13:35, people with problematic substance use
  324. 13:37usually don't come on a scheduled basis
  325. 13:40; if we set up a health system that
  326. 13:43primarily operates in the morning, and
  327. 13:45they are sleeping in the morning after
  328. 13:48long periods of consumption, it is very
  329. 13:51difficult for them to meet certain
  330. 13:53structures. Yes. How do we rethink the
  331. 13:57logic of the health system's entry
  332. 13:59points? As well as the admission
  333. 14:02criteria that institutions often create
  334. 14:05, which act as a high barrier for us to
  335. 14:09be able to support those who need us in
  336. 14:13the way that they can. Yes, because
  337. 14:16people arrive with what they have and
  338. 14:18as best they can. That is why many
  339. 14:21times social organizations, which have
  340. 14:24a much lower threshold of requirements
  341. 14:26than the traditional health system,
  342. 14:28have a better reach in some aspects
  343. 14:31than the health system itself. That is
  344. 14:35why it is important that we work
  345. 14:38together, not only to learn other ways
  346. 14:42to be more flexible, so that those who
  347. 14:46need us most can enter the formal
  348. 14:49health system, but also to build codes
  349. 14:52and forms of communication and
  350. 14:55operation that prevent fragmented work
  351. 14:59and ensure continuity of care, whether
  352. 15:04in our provincial care centers, our
  353. 15:07community mental health and problematic
  354. 15:11consumption centers, our residential
  355. 15:14units, or hospitals. And in that link
  356. 15:19with social organizations, as I
  357. 15:22mentioned, or other non-governmental
  358. 15:26organizations—the "third sector"—or
  359. 15:29even private institutions, we must form
  360. 15:33a network; otherwise, everything
  361. 15:37remains fragmented, which only harms
  362. 15:40the person who needs support. Right? So
  363. 15:45, we have to keep transforming, uh, our
  364. 15:48characterization to have a common
  365. 15:50language regarding problematic
  366. 15:52substance use and, with that, generate,
  367. 15:55uh, working links and operational
  368. 15:57dynamics that help ensure the few or
  369. 16:00many resources we have in each
  370. 16:02territory can function as articulately
  371. 16:05as possible, so that it doesn't come at
  372. 16:07the expense of our communities 'health.
  373. 16:11Yes. Uh, to do this, to try to approach
  374. 16:15and reach some point of agreement in
  375. 16:17terms of language, we built a, yes, a
  376. 16:20provincial guide for the comprehensive
  377. 16:23approach to problematic substance use,
  378. 16:26in which we placed and proposed, yes, a
  379. 16:29definition of problematic substance use
  380. 16:32to keep in mind, yes, so we can start
  381. 16:36thinking about levels of intervention
  382. 16:38at the different stages people might go
  383. 16:41through in a situation of problematic
  384. 16:43use, yes? Whether it's the initial
  385. 16:47intake, addressing an emergency, or
  386. 16:50regarding the continuity of care, some
  387. 16:53concrete tools to help us work along
  388. 16:56those lines. Always keeping in mind
  389. 17:00that, from the perspective of the
  390. 17:01provincial government, we position
  391. 17:03ourselves from a risk and harm
  392. 17:05reduction model; this does not mean,
  393. 17:07this risk and harm reduction model,
  394. 17:09that abstinence cannot be achieved in
  395. 17:11some cases, but rather it is about
  396. 17:13tailoring strategies where people are
  397. 17:15active participants in making decisions
  398. 17:17about their own health. In other words,
  399. 17:20nothing different from what we mean
  400. 17:22when we talk about informed consent, in
  401. 17:25a way, in action. Yes. And with the
  402. 17:27dynamism that this entails. Yes. Uh,
  403. 17:29and now I will return to this point
  404. 17:31because I think it is very important.
  405. 17:33Yes. Uh, and from there to go about
  406. 17:36building those forms of care, those
  407. 17:39care flowcharts, those equations that
  408. 17:41are indispensable. Why do I say this
  409. 17:44about informed consent? Because there
  410. 17:49are also many issues linked to
  411. 17:51criticisms of our regulatory framework
  412. 17:53regarding mental health which, by the
  413. 17:56way, we are experiencing a historic
  414. 17:58moment in which, (which also happened
  415. 18:01to us during the Macri administration,
  416. 18:03but it's happening again now) there is
  417. 18:06a desire to push for a rollback in
  418. 18:08regulatory terms of policy regarding
  419. 18:10mental health, of the regulatory
  420. 18:12framework in mental health and,
  421. 18:14fundamentally, the two groups that in
  422. 18:19some way raise questions regarding how
  423. 18:21potent the implementation of the
  424. 18:23regulatory framework in mental health
  425. 18:25has been or not. One of them has to do
  426. 18:28with schizophrenic family members,
  427. 18:30another has to do with problematic
  428. 18:31substance use. And why? Because it
  429. 18:34keeps persisting. And in this sense, I
  430. 18:36mean, there is a characterization that
  431. 18:38is real, but then the conclusion
  432. 18:40reached is not good. Yes. The real
  433. 18:43characterization is that there are
  434. 18:45still many barriers to access for those
  435. 18:47people who have problematic substance
  436. 18:49use, and that, in reality, you have to
  437. 18:52navigate the health system through its
  438. 18:54different components to find that, if
  439. 18:56you have a consumption problem, it is
  440. 18:58difficult to manage to build, uh, a
  441. 19:00space where they can feel, uh, at ease,
  442. 19:03comfortable, and supported. Not because
  443. 19:05they don't exist, they do. Yes, but
  444. 19:08there are many who choose not to work
  445. 19:09with substance use. So, that naturally
  446. 19:12turns into a barrier, accompanied by
  447. 19:15the perception of confinement as a cure
  448. 19:17. Right? Why do I say this? Because
  449. 19:21many times it is true that in some
  450. 19:24situations the issue of the
  451. 19:25voluntariness of the processes in a
  452. 19:28person whose life is organized around
  453. 19:30consumption, right?,but in reality the
  454. 19:33person truly has their will affected,
  455. 19:35which is not 100%of cases. That is
  456. 19:38where the dilemma lies. In which cases
  457. 19:42can an involuntary decision be made, or
  458. 19:44to make it involuntary, which is within
  459. 19:46the powers and possibilities of a
  460. 19:48healthcare team, and which ones? You
  461. 19:52can work with the person's will in
  462. 19:55building, uh, a work process that can
  463. 19:58gradually incorporate them in order to
  464. 20:02be able to start a care process. Not
  465. 20:05all people want to quit all substance
  466. 20:07use. Not all people have problematic
  467. 20:09substance use. I mean, of the universe
  468. 20:12globally, of the universe of people who
  469. 20:15consume, between 8 and 13%have
  470. 20:17problematic substance use. And those
  471. 20:20problematic uses also require, uh, a
  472. 20:24very common effort, as I was telling
  473. 20:29you, which are not just sanitary, but
  474. 20:31are, uh, from a comprehensive public
  475. 20:33policy. Yes. Regarding the definition
  476. 20:36of problematic substance use, which Ari
  477. 20:38can also continue to advance on now, uh
  478. 20:40, in a little bit, nothing for us.
  479. 20:43Actually, problematic substance use is
  480. 20:45not only compulsive use that organizes
  481. 20:48people's lives in relation to
  482. 20:50consumption, but that includes those
  483. 20:52types of use, but there is also, uh,
  484. 20:54use that due to a lack of information,
  485. 20:57yes, uh, ends up being problematic in
  486. 20:59just a single instance. Yes. Uh, for
  487. 21:03example, there are certain injectable
  488. 21:05substances where the method of
  489. 21:07administration becomes a problem, or
  490. 21:10the quantities consumed just once can
  491. 21:12already be problematic or even fatal at
  492. 21:14some point, and some other forms of
  493. 21:16consumption that are also, uh,
  494. 21:18problematic due to the context in which
  495. 21:21they occur. Example: episodic,
  496. 21:24excessive alcohol consumption or
  497. 21:27consuming alcohol and, uh, driving. Yes
  498. 21:31. Uh, what also makes it problematic is
  499. 21:33the behavior that goes along with it.
  500. 21:34Right? So, for us, problematic
  501. 21:37consumption would basically be any
  502. 21:39consumption that threatens people's
  503. 21:42health, right? And affects the
  504. 21:45realization of individual and
  505. 21:46collective projects. Why individual and
  506. 21:49collective? Because in reality, we
  507. 21:50cannot think of ourselves outside of
  508. 21:52the community in which we live. So, our
  509. 21:55life project is a project that is also
  510. 21:58a collective project, which also seeks
  511. 22:00ways to build it with others and from
  512. 22:03there return to what is important for
  513. 22:05each person within the framework of
  514. 22:07their life. So it is important that
  515. 22:10these forms of consumption must be
  516. 22:12thought of in a situational key, that
  517. 22:13these forms of consumption must be
  518. 22:15thought of in a contextual key. There
  519. 22:18are many care models that have been
  520. 22:20thought of in terms of problematic
  521. 22:22consumption and, in all those that
  522. 22:25seriously complicate, uh, the issue,
  523. 22:27they do not focus only on the substance
  524. 22:30, or only on the context, or only on
  525. 22:32the person, but rather they are
  526. 22:34interdependent variables that must be
  527. 22:37brought into play with each other to be
  528. 22:40able to think in terms of complexity.
  529. 22:42So, notice how in the characterization
  530. 22:44of the phenomenon there is already a
  531. 22:45complex definition. In, in, in the way
  532. 22:49of approaching the phenomenon, it also
  533. 22:51requires, uh, the value of a
  534. 22:54transversal policy, right? Which is not
  535. 22:57just a mental health policy, but
  536. 22:59necessarily not a security policy. Yes,
  537. 23:02that is the shift or the value that
  538. 23:03incorporating problematic consumption
  539. 23:05into the regulatory framework for
  540. 23:07mental health has had, it was to move
  541. 23:09it away from the logic of security. Yes
  542. 23:11. Uh, and when I say the logic of
  543. 23:13security, it doesn't just have to do
  544. 23:15with the criminalization it has.
  545. 23:18Because our regulatory framework, uh,
  546. 23:20in mental health, uh, is one of the
  547. 23:22most, uh, interesting in terms of legal
  548. 23:25definitions and legal framework in the
  549. 23:27region, but then, at the same time, we
  550. 23:30still have a drug law in force that
  551. 23:32criminalizes consumption. Uh, actually
  552. 23:36it doesn't criminalize consumption, but
  553. 23:37possession for consumption, simple
  554. 23:39possession for consumption. So, clearly
  555. 23:42, and I might be getting a bit ahead of
  556. 23:45myself here, but regarding the
  557. 23:47dimension of drug policy, if drug
  558. 23:50policies—and in that sense,
  559. 23:52prohibitionism, which is, if you will,
  560. 23:54the drug policy most prevalent since
  561. 23:57the war on drugs started in the United
  562. 24:00States, five decades of the war on
  563. 24:02drugs—have achieved that
  564. 24:04prohibitionism as a policy has
  565. 24:06abstinence, which is what I usually
  566. 24:10find most accurate to call the "
  567. 24:12sanitary arm" of prohibitionism. Yes.
  568. 24:16Uh, for those who don't have much
  569. 24:18information on this, abstinence as a
  570. 24:20model, the abstentionist model, is one
  571. 24:22that asks the person for abstinence. in
  572. 24:27order to achieve abstinence. In other
  573. 24:28words, that final goal, which is to
  574. 24:30achieve a person's abstinence—which
  575. 24:32isn't a bad goal in itself—is asked
  576. 24:34of the person in order to start that
  577. 24:36process of abstinence. Basically, you
  578. 24:38have to stop using to be able to
  579. 24:39succeed in stopping your use. And a
  580. 24:41huge number of people simply cannot do
  581. 24:44that. There are people who can stop
  582. 24:47using right off the bat and from there
  583. 24:50work on what would be the maintenance
  584. 24:53of abstinence. In many other cases,
  585. 24:56especially where social issues also
  586. 24:58have a direct impact, where, as I was
  587. 25:01saying, we aren't just thinking about
  588. 25:03consumption, but the concrete variables
  589. 25:05and subjective coordinates that cause a
  590. 25:08person in a specific context to have
  591. 25:10problematic consumption, it often
  592. 25:12requires accompaniment and an end point
  593. 25:14. So, if in our healthcare facilities
  594. 25:18we demand, right? the cessation of
  595. 25:21consumption of all substances at the
  596. 25:24same time, right? Uh, many times what
  597. 25:26we will find is that people won't be
  598. 25:28able to sustain it. So, the harm
  599. 25:31reduction model allows for the
  600. 25:34construction of, if you will,
  601. 25:36intermediate goals where abstinence is
  602. 25:38a possible goal to reach, but where
  603. 25:41some other intermediate goals can be
  604. 25:43set, which allows for regulation of the
  605. 25:46substance, right? or it also allows for
  606. 25:50moving from the most harmful to the
  607. 25:52least harmful. The risk and harm
  608. 25:54reduction model, as we will also see
  609. 25:56throughout this module, is a model that
  610. 25:58doesn't just have to do with the
  611. 26:00substance, but with all the negative
  612. 26:02implications that come with consumption
  613. 26:04, many of which are social or legal. Uh
  614. 26:08, I mean, today, someone who has, for
  615. 26:11example, uh, been caught on the street
  616. 26:14with three marijuana cigarettes, right?
  617. 26:20And they get a drug-related case filed
  618. 26:22against them, the impact that has on
  619. 26:24that person when they go out to look
  620. 26:26for work is huge. Why? Because one of
  621. 26:30the first things they ask us for, right
  622. 26:31? And surely, for each of us before
  623. 26:33starting, for example, to work in the
  624. 26:35health facilities we have, one of the
  625. 26:37things they asked for was a criminal
  626. 26:38record check. And if automatically what
  627. 26:42comes up for a person is that they have
  628. 26:43a criminal record for drugs, then
  629. 26:44they’re already left out. So, notice
  630. 26:48how it has nothing to do with whether
  631. 26:50the consumption is exacerbated or a
  632. 26:52matter of huge subjective devastation,
  633. 26:55but rather that often with much less we
  634. 26:58create a very, very harsh mark, right?,
  635. 27:00of what later builds a subject of
  636. 27:02impossibility. Yes. Uh, and well, so in
  637. 27:07that sense we have to make it a bit
  638. 27:08more complex, we have to make the
  639. 27:10equation a bit more complex and start
  640. 27:12thinking in a more thorough and
  641. 27:13significant way. Uh, well, I think
  642. 27:17you’re going to see a lot of these
  643. 27:19issues throughout the modules. I wanted
  644. 27:23to do a little back-and-forth on some
  645. 27:25issues that I do find important for us.
  646. 27:28The issue of problematic substance use
  647. 27:30is a central pillar of our first
  648. 27:32provincial mental health plan. It will
  649. 27:36also be in the second Provincial Mental
  650. 27:39Health Plan, which we are starting to
  651. 27:41work on now in consultation with the
  652. 27:43135 municipalities of our province,
  653. 27:46human rights organizations,
  654. 27:47non-governmental associations, and
  655. 27:49professional associations; and it is
  656. 27:52also within the general health planning
  657. 27:54of our provincial government. So, for
  658. 27:58us, the path is to register it within a
  659. 28:01policy that can contain it, that can
  660. 28:03provide a response, so they aren't just
  661. 28:05the CPAs, as they have historically
  662. 28:07been in our province, the places where
  663. 28:09people with problematic substance use
  664. 28:12were addressed, treated, and
  665. 28:13accompanied. It is all the providers in
  666. 28:17the Provincial Network for care,
  667. 28:18support, and attention that must give
  668. 28:19some level of response to consumption
  669. 28:21problems. Later we can see who feels
  670. 28:24more capable, and based on the capacity
  671. 28:28that is being obtained, who can start
  672. 28:31taking on a little more. But what we
  673. 28:34cannot do is say: "If you have a
  674. 28:36substance use situation, you only have
  675. 28:38to go to one place," because in reality
  676. 28:40it is something that, in terms of
  677. 28:42prevalence, in epidemiological terms,
  678. 28:44requires us to think about it in each
  679. 28:45of the providers, in each of the
  680. 28:47components of our health system. So
  681. 28:50well, that is somewhat the idea. Surely
  682. 28:52we will also be looking at some issues
  683. 28:54in historical terms and, and issues
  684. 28:57that also have to do with how we build
  685. 28:59a future perspective regarding this,
  686. 29:01and the dilemmas and and the challenges
  687. 29:03we have to be able to build a dynamic,
  688. 29:06deep public policy, uh, and that can
  689. 29:08put people and communities at the
  690. 29:10center. But anyway, uh we are, that is
  691. 29:13a bit what the module is for. What I do
  692. 29:16ask of you is: let's try to interrupt
  693. 29:19at the moments when the teachers are
  694. 29:22giving the class, interrupt in the
  695. 29:24sense of proposing comments, asking
  696. 29:27about concerns, because it is the only
  697. 29:30way we are going to go, uh, unwinding
  698. 29:33and also getting rid of our own
  699. 29:35prejudices; how we also put our own
  700. 29:38idiosyncrasy into play or into tension
  701. 29:40to be able to approach a better quality
  702. 29:43of care, support, and care for, our for
  703. 29:47our communities and for each of the
  704. 29:49Monarenses who requires any care
  705. 29:51process. So well, for the moment we
  706. 29:54will leave it here and well, now Ari
  707. 29:57will continue with you. Well, thank you
  708. 29:59very much.

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