Harm Reduction
Harm reduction emphasizes engaging directly with people who use drugs to prevent overdose and infectious disease transmission; improve physical, mental, and ...
Harm Reduction Principles | National Harm Reduction Coalition
Harm reduction is a set of practical strategies aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug use. Understand the principles of harm ...
Harm reduction refers to policies, programmes and practices that aim to minimise the negative health, social and legal impacts associated with drug use, ...
National Harm Reduction Coalition
National Harm Reduction Coalition works to increase access to evidence-based harm reduction strategies like overdose prevention and syringe access programs.
Harm reduction is used to decrease negative consequences of recreational drug use and sexual activity without requiring abstinence, recognizing that those ...
What Is Harm Reduction? | Johns Hopkins
Harm reduction acknowledges that drugs are widely available in our society. It encompasses the understanding that traditional law enforcement ...
Harm Reduction | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Evidence shows that harm reduction can lessen certain negative outcomes of drug use for individuals and communities.
Harm Reduction - Drug Policy Alliance
Harm reduction acknowledges the dignity and humanity of people who use drugs. Harm reduction is designed to meet people where they are at to form connection.
Harm Reduction Framework - SAMHSA
In December 2021, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (SAMHSA) convened the first-ever federal Harm Reduction Summit, in partnership ...
Harm Reduction | Overdose Prevention Strategy - HHS.gov
This page highlights current federal activities that promote harm reduction by increasing the availability and access to high-quality harm reduction services.
Harm Reduction - Recovery Research Institute
Harm Reduction ... Policies, programs, and practices that aim to reduce the harms associated with the use of alcohol or other drugs. ... Harm reduction is an ...
Harm reduction: An approach to reducing risky health behaviours in ...
Harm reduction is a public health strategy that was developed initially for adults with substance abuse problems for whom abstinence was not feasible. Harm ...
Harm Reduction Journal: Home page
The Harm Reduction Journal is an open access, community-focused journal for research on reducing risks and harms associated with drug use, gambling, ...
A Harm Reduction Guide for Safer Drug Use
Harm Reduction Guide · Giving car keys to someone before you start drinking · Avoiding taking Ecstasy with other substances · You may be able to ...
WHO EMRO | Drug-Related Harm Reduction | Health topics - EMRO
Harm reduction is more and more gaining acceptance as a strategic approach to HIV prevention among IDU in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR).
Harm Reduction International: Home
275 million people use drugs every year, 191 countries criminalise drugs, 39% of people who inject drugs have hepatitis C, 34 countries retain the death ...
Harm Reduction Legal Project - Network for Public Health Law
The Network's Harm Reduction Legal Project works to address the legal and policy barriers that impede the establishment and expansion of evidence-based harm ...
What Is Harm Reduction? - Open Society Foundations
What are some examples of harm reduction? · Community management of opioid overdose · Needle and syringe distribution programs · Overdose Prevention Sites ...
Harm Reduction | Opioid Stewardship in the Indian Health Service
Harm Reduction. Harm Reduction describes a positive approach to reduce the harm that may come from substance use and high-risk behaviors. It includes individual ...
Harm reduction – the current situation in Europe (European Drug ...
Harm reduction encompasses interventions, programmes and policies that seek to reduce the health, social and economic harms of drug use to ...