Harm reduction
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Harm reduction (or harm minimization) is a range of public health policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with various, sometimes illegal, human behaviors. Harm reduction policies are used to manage behaviors such as recreational drug use and sex work (or prostitution) in numerous settings that range from services through to geographical regions. Critics of harm reduction typically believe that tolerating risky or illegal behaviour sends a message to the community that such behaviours are acceptable and that some of the actions proposed by proponents of harm reduction do not reduce harm over the long term.
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See also
- Pill testing
- Brief intervention
- Demand reduction
- Recovery housing
- Supply reduction
- Illicit drug use in Australia
- Surrogate alcohol: harmful substances that are used as substitutes for alcohol
- Drug rehabilitation
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