The moral case for harm reduction
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Harm reduction is not a lowering of standards or moral compromise; it is the standard itself, once the illusion of purity has been removed.
The argument over how society should respond to addiction is usually framed in medical or political terms, but beneath it lies a moral dispute: what kind of thing is addiction, and what does our answer imply about responsibility, dignity, and hope?
Two models dominate public imagination. The abstinence model insists that recovery must mean total cess
The argument over how society should respond to addiction is usually framed in medical or political terms, but beneath it lies a moral dispute: what kind of thing is addiction, and what does our answer imply about responsibility, dignity, and hope?
Two models dominate public imagination. The abstinence model insists that recovery must mean total cess
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