The Harm Reduction
Coalition (HRC) is committed to reducing drug-related harm among individuals
and communities by initiating and promoting local, regional, and national
harm reduction education and training, resources and publications, and community
organizing. HRC fosters alternative models to conventional health and human
services and drug treatment; challenges traditional client/provider relationships;
and provides resources, educational materials, and support to health professionals
and drug users in their communities to address drug-related harm.
The Harm Reduction Coalition believes in every individual's right to health and well-being as well as in their competency to protect and help themselves, their loved ones, and their communities.
Editorial
Policy
Harm Reduction Communication provides a forum for the exchange of practical, "hands on" harm reduction techniques and information; promotes open discussion of theoretical and political issues of importance to harm reduction and the movement; and informs the community through resource listings and announcements of relevant events. Harm Reduction Communication is committed to presenting the views and opinions of drug users, drug substitution therapy consumers, former users and people in recovery, outreach and front-line workers, and others whose voices have traditionally been ignored, and to exploring harm reduction issues in the unique and complicated context of American life.
Since a large part of harm reduction is about casting a critical eye toward the thoughts, feelings, and language we have learned to have and use about drugs and drug users, Harm Reduction Communication assumes that contributors choose their words as carefully as we would. Therefore, we do not change 'addict' to 'user' and so forth unless we feel that the author truly meant to use a different word, and contributors always have last say.
The views of contributors to Harm Reduction Communication do not necessarily reflect those of the editorial staff or of the Harm Reduction Coalition.
Any part of this publication may be freely reproduced as long as HRC is credited.
Editor: Alan Greig
Graphic Design: Dolly Meieran
© HRC 1998
Please write in with your comments, feelings, responses--we want to hear from you. Send them to:
The Editor,
Harm Reduction Coalition,
22 West 27th Street, 9th Floor,
New York, NY 10001