HARM REDUCTION

Harm reduction acknowledges that completely abstaining from drugs isn’t a realistic solution for everyone

• Acknowledging that drug use is inevitable and choosing to reduce the harms of drug use instead of disregarding them.
• Understanding that drug use is a complicated phenomenon and that some methods of drug use are safer than others.
• Determining that quality of life is the criteria for successful approaches and rejecting the idea that total abstinence is the only way to address the issue of drug abuse.
• Using non-judgmental services and providing resources to people who use drugs and their communities, without forcing them to participate.
• Making sure that drug users have a say in the programs and policies of which they are a part.
• Seeing drug users as the ones who have control over preventing the harms of drug use and empowering them to share information and support each other.
• Facing the realities and risks of drug abuse.
• As a treatment center, we promote and participate in harm reduction programs.