Abstract: This brochure describes a set of skills that incorporate harm reduction principles and goals. The skills are described along with strategies that drug and alcohol treatment providers and other health and human service providers can implement as they integrate harm reduction in their work.
Keywords: harm reduction; AOD use, abuse, and dependence; AOD use behavior; AODD rehabilitation; treatment program; risk-taking behavior; AOD abstinence; condom distribution; needle distribution and exchange; methadone maintenance; criminal penalty; counseling; drug substitution therapy