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Harm reduction interventions and policies serving people who use drugs must reflect unique individual and community needs. Therefore, there is no universal definition of harm reduction. Harm reduction incorporates a spectrum of strategies that includes safer use, managed use, abstinence, meeting people who use drugs “where they're at,” and addressing conditions of use along with the use itself.