Definitions for harm reduction
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1. Harm reduction

   Harm reduction is a term that applies to a range of public health policies that are designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with various human behaviors, some of which are illegal. Harm reduction policies are used to manage behaviors such as recreational drug use and sex work in numerous settings that range from services through to geographical regions. Critics of harm reduction typically believe that tolerating risky or illegal behaviour sends a message to the community that such behaviours are acceptable and that some of the actions proposed by proponents of harm reduction do not reduce harm over the long term.

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1. Harm Reduction

   The application of methods designed to reduce the risk of harm associated with certain behaviors without reduction in frequency of those behaviors. The risk-associated behaviors include ongoing and active addictive behaviors.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of harm reduction in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of harm reduction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of harm reduction in a Sentence

1. Vivek Murthy:

   There've been theories and ideas around the fact that e-cigarettes may be helpful from a harm reduction perspective in helping people who are already on cigarettes (that) have had trouble quitting actually get off cigarettes, if the data indeed bears that out, then I think we should absolutely embrace that and use e-cigarettes in targeted ways.

2. Mayor Liccardo:

   We require motorists to carry automobile insurance, and the insurance industry appropriately encourages and rewards safe driver behavior. We tax tobacco consumption both to discourage risky behavior and to make sure non-smokers are not forced to subsidize the substantial public health costs generated by smoking-related illnesses and deaths, these successful public health models inspire a similar' harm reduction' approach for firearms.

3. The Washington Post:

   Typically, such kits include a rubber mouthpiece to prevent cuts and burns, brass screens to filter contaminants and disinfectant wipes, according to Harm Reduction International.

4. An HHS spokesperson:

   The Harm Reduction Grant offered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and authorized by the American Rescue Plan is a grant program designed to help Americans who are struggling with substance use stay healthy and safe, prevent overdose death, and find pathways into evidence-based treatments, like all programs that use federal funding, these grants must adhere to relevant federal, state and local laws or regulations.

5. Mary Sylla:

   The position of the National Harm Reduction Coalition is that criminalization of drugs has never worked to reduce drug use or addiction. It’s the opposite. Criminalization is the opposite of harm reduction.

References

1. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=harm reduction