This necessitates a practical response to reduce the harm that is taking place right now. And this response is called, appropriately enough, harm reduction. While abstention is the only way to avoid all the harms associated with drug use, harm reduction programs provide non-abstentionist health and safety information under the recognition that many people are going to choose to experiment with drugs despite all the risks involved. Harm reduction information and services help people use as safely as possible as long as they continue to use. No drug use is entirely safe.
All drug use contains inherent risks.
Most people who choose to experiment with drugs realize there are risks involved, but they often do not know what all those risks are. DanceSafe provides truthful, non-biased information on the risks of using specific drugs, as well as ways to reduce those risks if one chooses to experiment. However, they do not help the large percentage of teenagers and young adults who, despite the risks involved, choose to experiment with drugs. Simplistic slogans advocating abstention simply do not achieve their intended effect. This is a common approach that has never worked.