Harm reduction is not a single method but rather a series of tools and public health interventions to help improve health through safety and dignity—in short, it incorporates empathy and reduces stigma to help guide individuals towards safer behaviors.4 Harm Reduction International, a non-governmental organisation focused on drug misuse, describes it as “policies, programmes and practices that aim to minimise the negative health, social and legal impacts associated with drug use, drug policies and drug laws . . . It focuses on positive change and on working with people without judgement, coercion, discrimination, or requiring that people stop using drugs as a precondition of support.”5 Examples include needle exchange schemes and provision of naloxone to reverse overdoses.Furthermore, harm reduction serves as a critical tool to improve education and awareness and to help guide decisions informed by risk awareness and mitigation, rather than shame.6 Using harm reduction strategies can counter the effect of stigma, which is a main hindrance for response to health crises such as that of opioid addiction.78