Attachment B: List of Harm Reduction Strategies mentioned by research participants

Drugs

• do other things instead of drugs,
• use a mouthpiece,
• I’ve yet to learn to say NO to share my pipe.
• I don’t buy from someone I don’t know.
• going to pick up clean and new materials
• decreasing the occurrence and incident times (Focus Group written responses)
• Find somewhere you can go to get away from the drugs
• safer using techniques
• instruction on using clean paraphernalia and equipment,
• needle to a pipe,
• Safe Injection Site, DAMS, NAOMI, VANDU
• detox, recovery, referral,
• doctoring (shooting you up safely),
• Naomi Project (North American Opiate Medication Initiative),
• cleaner dope,
• don’t share needles
• I try to keep drug and alcohol use to a minimum, not every day. The more you get, the more you want, the more you think you need

Sex Trade — Safe Sex

• I carry condoms with me all the time just in case.
• I do the best I can at refraining from turning to the sex trade
• I try not working the streets too often, and when I do I try to practice safe sex.

Sex Trade — Safety on the streets

• I ask a lot of questions
• I keep my eyes wide open.
• I try to stay away from dangerous people.
• I always have a spotter.
• Have a buddy system
• I try to stay away from dangerous people.
• I always have a spotter. (Focus Group written responses)
• Those pivot cards that tell you how to talk to a cop
• Use a spotter
• Have a buddy system