It is a cause for celebration any time a national publication, professional or otherwise, talks about harm reduction as a humane and effective alternative to traditional abstinence-based substance abuse treatment. When, as in Paduano, Drown and Bersamira’s most recent article, the understanding of harm reduction is expanded to see it as a new and comprehensive treatment model, it is wonderful indeed. In that spirit, we at the Harm Reduction Therapy Center (HRTC) in San Francisco, offer an extension of their thoughts here along with a fuller explanation of harm reduction treatment. Read More