| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | international
UK. Coronavirus and drug harm reduction.
UK. Coronavirus and drug harm reduction.
Most drug using behaviours can increase the risks of Covid-19 transmission – whether you are smoking a joint, snorting cocaine, or injecting heroin – but basic precautions can reduce these risks. It’s all common sense, but worth reinforcing; essentially combining existing Covid-19 transmission prevention advice with established harm reduction practices (that already seek to prevent virus/bacterial transmission more generally). (Transform Drug Policy Foundation, UK, 17.03.2020)
https://transformdrugs.org/coronavirus-and-drug-harm-reduction/