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Harm reduction vending machines aim to reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from opioids and other drugs. ... In the first week, 900 free products were distributed, including 199 naloxone ...
A fentanyl test strip helps users test for the presence of fentanyl in their drugs. Harm reduction kits show the thoughtfulness in helping addicts reduce the risk of infection and even death.
Drug checking describes the processes by which a user may test a substance for the presence of a variety of drugs to determine what drugs the substance contains before consumption. [4] One common form of drug checking is fentanyl test strips (FTS).
Harm reduction is a strategy to minimize the harms associated with drug use. So, with harm reduction, you get easy access to Narcan, which can reverse an opioid overdose. And by opioid, I would ...
Drugs Policy and Harm Reduction Archived 10 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Research on the circulation of ideas around harm reduction and urban drug policies by Eugene McCann and Cristina Temenos (Simon Fraser University). Harm reduction: evidence, impacts and challenges. Lisbon: EMCDDA. April 2010. ISBN 978-92-9168-419-9. TNI on Harm ...
Harm reduction programs operate under the understanding that certain levels of drug use are inevitable and focus on minimizing adverse effects associated with drug use. In the context of the opioid epidemic, harm reduction strategies are designed to improve health outcomes and reduce overdose deaths. [99]
“Many consider that fentanyl test strips simply condone drug use instead of serving as a harm reduction strategy and being used as an additional tool to protect people that use drugs from ...
Responsible drug use seeks to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks associated with psychoactive drug use. For illegal psychoactive drugs that are not diverted prescription controlled substances, some critics [1] [2] believe that illegal recreational drug use is inherently irresponsible, due to the unpredictable and unmonitored strength and purity of the drugs and the risks of addiction ...