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Video: Allan Clear - what is harm reduction?
- By Drug Reporter
- Published 06/18/2008
- Drug Reporter videos , Harm Reduction Theory
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Allan Clear is Executive Director of the Harm Reduction Coalition. He was interviewed at the International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harms in Warsaw, 2007.
Harm Reduction Works
- By G. Alan Marlatt
- Published 05/28/2008
- Harm Reduction Theory
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The Harm Reduction approach is based on compassionate pragmatism
instead of moralistic idealism. It recognizes that a minority of people
have always abused alcohol and always will. It doesn't condone this
behavior, but seeks to reduce its incidence and the harm it causes.
Early exit: Estimating and explaining early exit from drug treatment
- By Misc Author
- Published 05/23/2008
- Harm Reduction Theory
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Early exit (drop-out) from drug treatment can mean that drug users do
not derive the full benefits that treatment potentially offers.
Additionally, it may mean that scarce treatment resources are used
inefficiently. Understanding the factors that lead to early exit from
treatment should enable services to operate more effectively and better
reduce drug related harm.
Video: Is harm reduction effective for addicts who feel their behavior is out of control?
- By Marc F. Kern
- Published 04/9/2008
- Harm Reduction Theory , Marc F. Kern videos
- Unrated
If you are not willing to take the big leap and abstain from the
destructive behavior, then it's an obvious choice to try a harm
reduction approach.
Harm Reduction - Meeting Clients Where They Are
- By Misc Author
- Published 04/4/2008
- Harm Reduction Theory
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Unlike models that aim to foster abstinence, a harm-reduction model, as
its supporters like to say, meets people where they are. It eliminates
judgment and values progress toward the alteration or elimination of
behaviors that cause harm to the individual and society.
What Is Harm Reduction?
- By Brian Murphy
- Published 04/3/2008
- Alcohol Moderation , Harm Reduction Theory
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Harm Reduction Philosophy
- By Alcohol Answers
- Published 09/4/2007
- Harm Reduction Theory , Alcohol Moderation
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A harm reduction strategy seeks pragmatic solutions to the harms that drugs and drug policies cause. It has been said that harm reduction is not what's nice, it's what works.
Harm Reduction
- By David F. Duncan
- Published 04/21/2006
- Harm Reduction Theory
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One of the earliest instances of the harm reduction approach was an educational program implemened by Dr. Duncan and his colleagues in 1971 in Houston, Texas... No further deaths occurred after this program went into effect..
Dr. DeLuca's Harm Reduction and Pain Management RSS Feed
- By Alexander DeLuca
- Published 04/15/2006
- Harm Reduction Theory
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A feed from Dr. DeLuca's website.
Harm Reduction: Application to Alcohol Abuse Problems
- By N.I. D.A.
- Published 03/20/2006
- Harm Reduction Theory
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Harm reduction methods are based on the assumption that habits can be placed along a continuum ranging from temperate to intemperate use along with associated risks for harm.

Harm Reduction Theory

