Harm Reduction

Harm Reduction Harm reduction practices are based on various policies that are aimed to reduce harm for abusers and risk takers. Harm reduction means to lower the sentence for drug abusers and give them some sort of rehab and effectively help them and get rid of their addiction. Harm reduction should be active in Canada due to the fact that it has previously been used on other countries and have been successful. The War on drugs is pointless and it wastes billions of tax dollars with no positive result. Lastly Needle exchange centre, methadone maintenance programs and other policies are much more effective. Previous countries have been successful using harm reduction and they have worked and helped out the drug abusers. World Health Organization study shows drug abuse rates are unrelated to strictness of law enforcement. The strictness of the countries laws have not lead to less crime rates, but have not changed or made any effect on the drug abusers. War on drugs is pointless and it wastes billions of tax dollars with no positive result. US has spent $1 trillion since 1971 yet prices are going down but drug use has increased rapidly. You can see that the money spent on the war on drugs is pointless because it does not help out the drug abusers to stop using drugs. There is no positive result in the end and were not helping the drug abusers by spending money on putting them in jail when there is no lesson to this because they are addicts. Needle exchange centre, methadone maintenance programs and other policies are much more effective. The Vienna Declaration says no evidence to prove that harsher laws will reduces drug use (or crime) ; and law don’t prevent the availability of illegal drugs. Throwing a "junkie" in jail does not get rid of their addiction for drugs, however it just makes them rebel more and want to do much more when they get out or try to smuggle it when there in jail. This is because they are not being helped but just