harm reduction

Fantastic video by Medill on Chicago Recovery Alliance, one of Chicago's oldest syringe exchange programs:

Chicago Recovery Alliances advocates safer drug use and harm reduction.

Not quite 'just say yes,' but program encourages smart drug use
by Chika S. Oduah
Feb 03, 2010

Published: October 19, 2009 via the Globe and Mail by Wendy Stueck

Since 2003, Vancouver has been the only city in North America where drug addicts can shoot heroin into their veins at an officially sanctioned injection site.

Now some of the same voices that lobbied for the site are suggesting supervised inhalation rooms for crack addicts, saying such facilities would help connect users with treatment programs and help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS.