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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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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