Harm reduction strategies

Needle exchange is not the only example of harm-reduction strategies. Another example is providing a safe area where people can use drugs without exposing themselves to being preyed upon by criminals. However, the most famous example of this approach, the needle park in Zurich, Switzerland, was eventually closed due to increases in crime. 

Drugs in Schools, Sports, and the Workplace Medical Use of Marijuana Legalization and Decriminalization of Drugs Harm Reduction Strategies... 

This section covers advocacy for and implementation of various harm reduction strategies such as needle exchange programs. 

Alexandrova, Anna, ed. AIDS, Drugs, and Society. New York International Debate Education Association, 2002. Includes both background readings and policy debates concerning the relationship between the worldwide epidemic of AIDS and drug abuse. There is a particular emphasis on harm reduction strategies and initiatives, and source documents include official statements and relevant human rights treaties. 

Harm Reduction Strategies. The rationale for harm reduction strategies has been described in this way ... 

As can be seen, the United States has adopted some harm reduction strategies. Certainly, the statements in the NDCS about harm reduction are referring to other, more controversial initiatives. However, it is important to recogni2e that harm reduction encompasses awide range of activities and the U.S. position would be more honest if it acknowledged the government s opposition to only those harm reduction strategies that are pohticaUy or philosophically unacceptable to those in power. 

The United States has taken a hard tine against nearly all harm-reduction strategies, seeing them as methods used by legalization proponents to achieve that goal. The United States has been highly critical of foreign countries that propose or... 

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