What are the eight core principles of the harm reduction theory?

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

(1) Providers of services for those who misuse or abuse alcohol or other drugs shall deliver care in a culturally competent, nonjudgmental manner which demonstrates respect for individual dignity, personal strength, and self-determination;
(2) Service providers are responsible to the wider community for delivering interventions that will reduce the economic, social, and physical consequences of substance abuse and misuse;
(3) Because those engaged in active substance use are often difficult to reach through traditional service venues, in order to reduce risk, the service continuum must seek creative opportunities and develop new strategies to engage, motivate, and intervene with potential clients;
(4) The goal of substance abuse treatment services is to decrease the short- and long-term adverse consequences of substance abuse, even for those who continue to use drugs;
(5) Comprehensive treatments for those who misuse or abuse drugs and/or alcohol must include strategies that reduce harm for those clients who are unable or unwilling to stop using and for their loved ones;
(6) Relapse or periods of return to use should not be equated with or conceptualized as “failures of treatment;”
(7) Medical services are an important component of comprehensive substance abuse treatment; patients prescribed medications for the treatment of medical and psychiatric conditions, including addiction, must have full access to substance abuse treatment services;
(8) Each program within a system of comprehensive services will be stronger by working collaboratively with other programs in the system.