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Allan Clear is the executive director of the New York based Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC, www.harmreduction.org).Allan Clear is the executive director of the New York based Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC, www.harmreduction.org). <\/p>\n

He was interviewed by our activists at the International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harms in Warsaw, 2007. <\/p>\n

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