GHB & Passing out

This video was made for and by people with abundant GHB experience. The video reflects the experiences of the highly experienced group who have long passed the casual stage of using. This group uses predominantly at home, and as a result are not reached through drug education at social events. Also traditional addiction care does not always resonate with this subgroup because of the focus on abstinence and these people are not (yet) ready to stop. Meanwhile, this faces the highest risk of a coma and accidents caused by passing out. This emerged from the European study: 'Overdose prevention among hard-to-reach people who use GHB.’ This group often doesn’t see passing out as a problem, but rather as inherent to the use of GHB. Since they see themselves as experts, they are less inclined to listen to professionals. Hence the decision to use peer-education in this video. What tips and tricks do people who use have to offer each other in order reduce the risks of passing out? In this way reflection on own use is stimulated as much as it does reflection on the complacent attitude towards passing out. Also, the video is a tool to stimulate the debate on these issues.

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