Harm Reduction: Hope in Practice with Sheila Vakharia

About this episode

Sheila Vakharia discusses the development and aims of harm reduction and the concept of hope as a practice.

Sheila Vakharia of the Drug Policy Alliance, author of The Harm Reduction Gap, discusses the development and aims of harm reduction, and hope as a practice.

People in this episode

Guest: Sheila Vakharia

Topics covered

• harm reduction
• drug policy
• hope
• public health
• addiction

Keywords

• harm reduction
• drug policy
• hope
• Sheila Vakharia
• The Harm Reduction Gap

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Drug Policy Alliance

Books & works: The Harm Reduction Gap

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