Debate on harm reduction at the UN high level meeting on drugs – is it really a storm in the teacup?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Altough harm reduction was not mentioned in the Political Declaration adopted by the high level UN meeting on drugs (March 11-12, 2009), 26 countries supported a statement made by Germany that interpreted the term \u201crelated support services\u201d (a euphemism substituting harm reduction in the text) as harm reduction services. Other governments, like the US, Japan and Russia opposed this interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n