New prospects for harm reduction in the UK? A commentary on the new UK drug strategy

There is huge appetite in the British drug treatment sector and drug policy reform movement to see more rapid development of harm reduction services in the UK. This would match the country's history of developing harm reduction to curb the previous public health crisis of HIV/AIDS. We could expand and innovate in harm reduction to address the current public health crisis of drug-related deaths. The new drug strategy provides money and some political space to reverse some of the damage.