Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Learning Objectives

    • Content Warning

    • Supportive Quotes

    • Reflection

    • Stigma, Trauma and People Who Use Drugs Pre-Test

  • 2

    The War on Drugs

    • Stigma Stigma and Criminalization

    • A Brief History of Drug Laws in America

    • The War on Drugs

    • A History of the War on Drugs: From Prohibition to Gold Rush
  • 3

    Stigma

    • What is Stigma?

    • Components of Stigma

    • Different Types of Stigma

    • The Four I's of Oppression

    • Internalized Stigma and Internalized Oppression

    • Reflection: Participant Stigma

    • Brain Disease Model of Addiction: A Complicated Relationship

    • Did Rats Start the Drug War?
  • 4

    Trauma

    • What it Trauma?

    • Childhood Experiences and Adult Alcoholism

    • Impact of Trauma

    • Childhood Trauma and Lifetime Health
  • 5

    People Who Use Drugs

    • Challenging Stigma

    • Language Matters - Stigmatizing Language

    • Language Matters - Person-centered Language

    • Opportunities to Challenge Stigma

    • Daily Practice of Challenging Stigma

    • Challenging Stigma as an Organization

    • Reflection: Challenging Stigma
  • 6

    Closing

    • Stigma, Trauma and People Who Use Drugs Post-Test

    • Stigma, Trauma, and PWUD Feedback

    • Conclusion