Congress allocated $30 million to harm-reduction services for people with substance use disorders.
It’s a new policy experts applaud.
The pandemic caused a huge rise in the number of overdose deaths.
The new policy has been met with opposition from those who argue that harm reduction encourages drug use.
What is harm reduction and why is it controversial?
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Antonio Ruberto, LCSW is the Senior Director of Behavioral Health at The Center, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community center.
Syringe services programs are associated with abouta 50 percent reduction in HIV and hepatitis C incidences.
If a person desires, they can use harm reduction and abstinence together.
Any one individuals relationship with any substance is a highly complex one, he says.
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