Hi friends, I am Hossein a traveler. Most of the directors or producers when they want to create a new video, they would say that I want to do something which has never been done before.
Shani and I also want to do something that has never been done before.
The program name is “Bekesh va bekesh” (weight it then smoke it!). You will grasp the meaning of this metaphor during these videos. <Interpreter: Bekesh has two meaning in Farsi: whether it means smoking or it means weighting>
Our discussion is on harm reduction. Many years ago drug abusers specially opium users used to say weight it then smoke it! Meaning weight your opium first and then smoke it! This was a great education!
Because one used to use a specified amount of opium during for example 10 or 20 years. And the using dosage was constant.
Unfortunately these days if you ask a drug abuser how much do you use per a day? Usually they don’t know! And sometimes they say this much or this much (showing with hands). Sometimes they don’t know at all.
Another high risk and a great harm that exist nowadays is using several drugs together.
When we fill the questionnaires for our newcomers they check most of check boxes (each check box is for a drug like hash, opium, alcohols, heroin and etc.).
I mean he uses opium and alcohol and hash and he finds crack he would smoke that too and before going to bed he takes some sleeping pills as well. This kind of using creates a massive destruction to the body.
In order to treat and cure people initially we must reduce their using amount.
So our program is called “Weight it then smoke it!”
The end of part one