There are an estimated 21millilon people over the age of 12 addicted to illicit drugs (drugwarfacts.org). ... Unlike the law enforcement model which simply wants to punish users with arrest and stiff jail terms, harm reduction wants to meet the addict where they are while not condoning their drug use gives them a safe way to use and dispose of their used syringes. ... " He continues by bulleting: * Addicts still are prone to death, perhaps not from HIV, but from overdose, collapsed veins, poisoned dope, or the violence and criminality that go along with the illicit drug trade... * Drug...

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