Stigma Reducing Language — File 212034

5 LONGFELLOW PARK CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 I [email removed] I [phone removed] I MAAPMA.ORG Stigma Reducing Language TIRED NARRATIVE INFORMED NARRATIVE Methadone Mile Recovery Road The Mile, Mass + Cass Addict Person “Suffering” from/of Addiction Person Who Uses Drugs OR Person With a Substance Use Disorder Former / Reformed Addict / Alcoholic Person in Recovery / Person in Long-Term Recovery Abuse / Abuses Used other than Prescribed Opioid Epidemic Overdose Crisis Substance Abuse Substance Use Disorder Clean (as in drug test) Clean (non-toxicology) Tested Negative Being in recovery OR Not actively using substances Dirty (as in drug test) Dirty (non-toxicology) Tested Positive Actively using substances Relapse Resumed / Returned to Using Opioid Replacement, Methadone Maintenance Medications for Addiction Treatment Safe Injection Sites Safe Consumption Sites (SCS) (changing injection to consumption is inclusive of people who smoke or consume substances in other ways) Homeless Unhoused Person / Community Member(s) OR Person / Community Member Experiencing Homeless Changing the Narrative, a project of the Northeastern University Health in Justice Action Lab, is an excellent resource put together to help journalists and opinion leaders to provide accurate, humane and scientifically grounded information regarding drugs, people who use drugs, drug use and substance use disorder. Leo Beletsky is the Faculty Director and was on the Mass & Cass 2.0 hearing panel.