harm-reduction
Lessening negative consequences
Harm-reduction is a public health approach that aims to minimize negative consequences of risky behaviors rather than eliminate the behaviors entirely.
Needle exchanges for drug users, safe-injection sites, and distributing condoms in prisons are harm-reduction strategies: The clinic takes a harm-reduction approach to addiction.
The philosophy accepts that some people will engage in dangerous activities and focuses on keeping them alive and healthier.
Opioid overdose antidote
- NarcanBranded opioid antagonist spray
- methadoneSynthetic addiction treatment opioid
- buprenorphinePartial agonist for dependency
- outreachProactive community assistance
decriminalization · hotline · detox · counseling · tolerance · withdrawal
Stopping something before occurring
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- educationSystematic development of mind
- outreachProactive community assistance
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
policy · screening · awareness · vaccination · testing · evidence-based · pragmatic · accessibility
Practical problem-solving philosophy
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- dignityInnate personal worth
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- incrementalProceeding by small additions
realistic · humane · empowerment · agency · choice · destigmatization · acceptance · support
Ending criminal status
- legalizationMaking something lawful
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
progressive · evidence-based · Vancouver · funding · cost-effectiveness · municipal · federal · lobbying
naloxone
Opioid overdose antidote
- NarcanBranded opioid antagonist spray
- methadoneSynthetic addiction treatment opioid
- buprenorphinePartial agonist for dependency
outreach · decriminalization · hotline · detox · counseling · tolerance · withdrawal
prevention
Stopping something before occurring
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- educationSystematic development of mind
- outreachProactive community assistance
epidemiology · policy · screening · awareness · vaccination · testing · evidence-based · pragmatic · accessibility · resources
pragmatism
Practical problem-solving philosophy
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- dignityInnate personal worth
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
incremental · realistic · humane · empowerment · agency · choice · destigmatization · acceptance · support · holistic
decriminalization
Ending criminal status
- legalizationMaking something lawful
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- advocacyPleading for a cause
legislation · progressive · evidence-based · Vancouver · funding · cost-effectiveness · municipal · federal · lobbying · coalition
harm-reductionzero tolerance
Policy allowing no infractions
prohibition · prohibitionism · cold turkey · criminalization · drug war
harm-reductionpurism
Insistence on correctness
perfectionism · idealism · absolutism · maximalism · utopianism
harm, reduction, harms, harmed, harming, harmful, harmless, harmfully, harmlessly