In her account of Wide Front, Micaela Melgar, published a series of recommendations to reduce the risks if consuming cocaine. “Remember that if you are going to use cocaine you have to reduce the risks. Keep in mind that the substance is adulterated and we must be careful. Read, talk to friends,” the deputy wrote in her post.
In the thread, he attached a publication from the National Drug Board which warns that to consume cocaine and reduce the consequences, it is necessary to drink water, spray the substance and not mix it with other narcotics. “Take a low first dose and wait, do it with someone you trust (try not to be alone), wash your nostrils at the end of use,” said Melgar, adding: “Uruguay has a tremendous problem with drug use, especially cocaine and alcohol. “You have to put words to reality to overcome it.”
These observations by the Uruguayan leader arise after the Ministry of the Interior of the eastern country reported, last Monday, that a shipment of drugs seized could contain fentanyla synthetic opioid that wreaks havoc on USA. “Let’s help each other with the least degree of prejudice that each one can bring to the issue because it belongs to the State and society,” Meglar concluded.
This fact reminds us of what happened a few years ago, on the other side of the Silver riverin the match of Hummock. As part of a public festival, flyers containing recommendations on how to consume marijuana, cocaine and synthetic drugs were distributed. The so-called “risk reduction” campaign had been promoted by the Morón Youth Directorateprior unanimous approval of the deliberative Council from that same Buenos Aires district.
In relation to marijuana, the flyer indicated that it is best to get the joint “from reliable sources” and that it is “better” that they are flowers, not pressed; and regarding cocaine and pills he advised “Go slowly and slowly. Take a little to see how your body reacts. If you are detained, you have the right to a lawyer.” According to the Chequeado journalistic portal, the campaign was developed by the Municipal Youth Directorate, in joint action with the Secretariat of Comprehensive Drug Policies of the Nation (SEDRONAR) and the Harm Reduction Association of Argentina (ARDA).
“In relation to the content of a material with recommendations for young people, distributed yesterday by the Youth Directorate, the Municipality of Morón informs that the messages included there are framed in the Risk and Damage Reduction Program associated with the consumption of legal and illegal psychoactive substances, carried out by the commune,” stated the Municipality’s press release.
Said Program was “launched through an ordinance passed unanimously in the Morón Deliberative Council in June 2021″, and that promotes “the implementation of different actions by the local State to reduce the negative consequences generated by consumption in users of psychoactive substances.” In this regard, the municipality headed by the mayor Lucas Ghi, reported that the distribution of the leaflets was carried out “in the context of carrying out ‘La Minga’, a cultural, solidarity and inclusive festival organized by the commune”, which was held together with the SEDRONAR and the Harm Reduction Association of Argentina (ARDA).
The dissemination of this material, by local and national organizations, was highly questioned by several opposition leaders. In that year, the national deputies Diego Santilli, Waldo Wolff, Ricardo López Murphy, Cristian Ritondo and Mariana Zuvic, from Together for Change, and Carolina Píparo, from Avanza Libertadcriticized the municipal campaign publicly on their social networks.
However, in the ordinary session of the Morón Deliberative Council carried out on June 10, 2021 in a mixed manner, the ordinance was passed unanimously in general and in particular. In the official video of the vote it is observed that the opposition councilors raised their hands to approve the project. Among them, Gastón Pérez and Walter Anzorenaof Together for Change, and Rolando Moretto, from the UCR-Together bloc.
“In the 21st century with all the information we have with cell phones today, the only way the government finds to suggest to kids not to use drugs is to suggest to kids to use drugs. “This is how they govern, the worse for everyone, the better for them,” he posted. Cristian Ritondo in his account. Incredibly, as confirmed by the journalistic portal, the same councilor Walter Anzorena appears on his social networks supporting the national deputy Ritondo in his questioning.
“This concept of damage reduction “It can be defined as this set of programmed policies that aim to minimize the adverse consequences that the consumption of psychoactive substances, legal or illegal, can have and that can cause very significant damage to people’s health and to society itself.” declared Aldo Saraccotoxicologist, member of the Scientific Committee of the Argentine Toxicological Associationto Chequeado and added: “The harm reduction policy, which had its origin in northern Europe in the 1980s, has to be associated with a comprehensive drug policywhich begins with the most basic, which is to create and generate sufficient information to have an idea of what risk perception is.”
by RN
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