How Harm Reduction Saves Lives

A new group of drug activists are working against the age-old idea of abstinence and instead focusing on how to make drugs safer. These "harm reductionists" provide support and resources to people who use drugs to help keep them safe from infections, overdoses, communicable diseases, and other drug-related harms. This episode, featuring Ohio-based peer support specialist Suzanne Plymale, gives the 411 on harm reduction, including strategies that these activists use to save lives, how we all use harm reduction principles in our day-to-day activities, and the risks of doing this often illegal work. You'll also learn how decriminalization is itself a form of harm reduction that has just as much power to save and rebuild lives.

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