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Stay Safe Seattle, a
local chapter of the international
DanceSafe organization,
is a volunteer group providing harm reduction services to the
you music community in western Washington.
What is harm reduction?
From the DanceSafe philosophy and vision statement:
In its barest sense, harm reduction is a pragmatic approach to
dealing with societal drug use. It begins with the observation
that despite all our efforts as a society to stop the use of
illicit drugs, people are using them anyway, and it seems
unlikely this situation is going to change soon. This
necessitates a practical response to reduce the harm that is
taking place right now. And this response is called,
appropriately enough, harm reduction.
Among the services Stay Safe Seattle provides are outreach
programs empowering young people to make educated decisions
regarding drug use and sexual practices. Our goal is to
increase the ability of our peers to positively influence
their own health and safety, by providing the tools and
information needed to make informed decisions.
Click here for more information about
Stay Safe Seattle
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Stay Safe Seattle
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