’Changing attitudes and policy through living experience representation’ with Arild Knutsen Part 1

Update: 2023-11-08

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Arild Knutsen is Leader of The Association for Humane Drug Policy, a drug user organisation in Norway.

Arild recently visited Scotland and presented at SDF’s International Overdose Day conference. In this episode, Arild joins SDF colleagues, Jason Wallace, Louise Aitken, and Wez Steele to talk about the influence of living experience; the importance of living experience representation in the media, policy and government; how this involvement plays out in reality and harm reduction initiatives, drug consumption rooms and overdose prevention in each country.

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