Health specialists Marseille 4th 13004

A collective of associations, Asud was born in Paris almost 20 years ago at the worst time of the AIDS epidemic among drug users. Today, the association is playing on words to seriously ask if it can be considered as a group of drug patients, an active queue of militant patients for better care or a meeting of citizens, users and/or former drug users, who for 2 decades hammer the same message: consumer repression is unproductive in public health. We need more moyesn to greet people who are addicted, to accompany them towards abstinence or substitution without judging them, and to propose alternatives to life. Asud Marseille, which has just changed its premises, provides anonymous and free reception hotlines, participates in the global prevention and risk reduction programme, including the distribution of sterile single-use syringes, the recovery of used equipment. The individual health and social aspect is increasing with collective activities, writing workshops, speaking groups, moments of conviviality, meals exchanged.