It's New Year's Eve, we'll all probably be drinking, so let's have a quick conversation about harm reduction and why it's so important
#NewYearsEve #NewYearNewHopes #NYE2018
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THIS IS IMPORTANT It's not based on your opinion. It's not based on my opinion. It's not based on Christian ethics, Buddhist morals, or ancient Estonian traditions It's all about the evidencepic.twitter.com/iGEywo1PC6
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And this is important on New Year's, because traditionally it's a time that many of us do stupid things that may cause us harm, like drugspic.twitter.com/s0jqRqXMrd
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Drug policy is a fantastic example of where harm reduction comes into its own Morally/ethically, it seems wrong to give heroine to addicts, for example, but evidence demonstrates that this is a SAFE AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OPTIONpic.twitter.com/9YCoUyzECg
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Safe injecting rooms are another great example: it seems counter-intuitive that giving drug addicts license to inject would save lives, but it absolutely does Because they do it safelypic.twitter.com/jlTBiPs2PE
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Drinking is another example. One of the best ways to reduce alcohol-related harms is by raising the tax on booze, which we all hate because it makes drinking more pricey But it workspic.twitter.com/5eMFrf3MxS
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Anyway, have a great
#NewYearsEve, try and reduce your risk of death by not drinking and driving and supporting harm-reduction policies because they're greatpic.twitter.com/DJDMMM2ErFShow this thread
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