WV: Doing Away With Needle Exchange Programs Won’t Prevent Drug Use

This is where the principle of harm reduction becomes important

A needle exchange programopens in a new tab or window, also known as a syringe services program, is a harm reduction strategy that provides clean and sterile injecting equipment to those who inject drugs. At first glance, these programs may sound radical. But the reality is, individuals who are injecting or using drugs are going to do so regardless of whether they have access to clean injecting equipment.

This is where the principle of harm reductionopens in a new tab or window becomes important: these are evidence-based strategies for people who use drugs to prevent or limit the negative outcomes that may come from their drug use. The principle accepts that people use drugs and that there are very real consequences to drug use, but that it is not our role to stop people from using drugs.

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