The Radical Practice of Harm Reduction

About this episode

Zellie Imani discusses the radical practice of harm reduction and its implications in community organizing and politics.

Zellie Imani discusses radical harm reduction, supporting people with substance abuse issues, how liberals co-opt the language of harm reduction for voting, and community organizing in Paterson, New Jersey.

People in this episode

Guest: Zellie Imani

Topics covered

• harm reduction
• substance abuse
• community organizing
• politics
• liberalism

Keywords

• harm reduction
• substance abuse
• community organizing
• Paterson
• liberals

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Places: Paterson, New Jersey

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