"Harm reduction refers to a range of pragmatic and evidence-based public health policies and practices aimed at reducing the negative consequences associated with drug use and other related risk factors such as HIV and AIDS. These interventions exemplify human rights in action by seeking to alleviate hazards faced by the injecting drug users, where needed, without distinction and without judgement."
Source
"Out of harm’s way: Injecting drug users and harm reduction" International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Geneva, Switzerland: December 2010), p. 2.
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