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At the outset, my goal was to work at solving this problem with scholarships, grants, recovery coaches, and more using the treatment resources we already have. Since that time, I've realized that change needs to come on a more basic level. Addiction is a medical issue that we approach in a distinctly unmedical way. In the United States, we almost exclusively treat addiction with an abstinence-only approach that succeeds in only 5 to 10 percent of cases.
My goal is to shift our view to focus on harm reduction, medicine assisted treatment, and a focus on the health and safety of the people dealing with addiction.
The Simran Sethi Memorial Scholarship in Social Work is a $60,000 endowment that will grow to $200,000 over the next five years and will be used to provide scholarships for students aiming to provide care for substance abuse. This scholarship is given to students at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work, the 7th ranked social work program in the Country.
This endowment will begin paying out scholarships in the 2024/2025 academic year with the hopes of encouraging a new generation of care providers unafraid of approaches outside of "abstinence-only."
We need to change the way this country looks at addiction. Right now, if somebody can't or won't stop using, we perceive them as having failed.
If I can't change your mind on that, fine. But take it from somebody who's been in that place, a person can only "fix" things as long as they live.
If we can stop trying to force people dealing with addiction to become sober, and instead just worry about keeping them safe and healthy, I promise better things will come.
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