![]() They helped create needle exchanges in hopes of stopping the spread of H.I.V. The modern version of harm reduction originated in the 1980s, when a widespread drug problem and the AIDS crisis motivated activists to pursue something other than criminalization. for the first time made naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses, available over the counter. In 2015, Congress lifted a funding ban for needle exchanges, where clean syringes are distributed to keep people from reusing or sharing potentially infected devices. ![]() ![]() The country has undergone a “decided shift” in favor of harm reduction, said Regina LaBelle, who led the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Biden. “But if they die instantly from a drug they didn’t even know they were taking, I can’t fix that. “My hope is that every person struggling with addiction has access to a quality recovery program and has the opportunity to gain and maintain long-term sobriety,” Representative Tom Oliverson, the Texas Republican who sponsored his state’s bill, told me. ![]()
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