Promoting Health, Safety and Equity
Promoting Health, Safety and Equity
Harm Reduction
What is Harm Reduction?
" Harm reduction refers to policies, programs and practices that aim to minimize the negative health, social and legal impacts associated with drug use, drug policies and drug laws."
The Continuum of overdose risk (COR)
Park et al. (2020) conducted a literature review of opioids and created a framework to show what influences overdose, the difference between drug use and addiction, and factors (e.g., social determinants of health) that escalate/de-escalate progression on the staircase of overdose risk.