Reply #9: Even if you aren't passionate about one candidate, harm reduction

[pinto]

is a positive step.

It's *not* all or nothing.

I mentioned in a post earlier about my take. I work from a harm reduction stance on injection drug use and blood borne infections.

The ideal goal is that no one shoot up, yet that's not realistic for a number of reasons. Instead of walking away, we choose to take a middle ground. Give users sterile needles in exchange for used ones, on demand, no questions asked.

We don't meet the ideal, but in a harm reduction approach we limit the spread of blood borne infections among users.

They may well live another day to meet that ideal on their own.

If you walk away, nothing happens. And that sucks.

Hang in there.