# The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2017
- Speaker: Mark Tyndall
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_tyndall_the_harm_reduction_model_of_drug_addiction_treatment)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Why do we still think that drug use is a law-enforcement issue? Making drugs illegal does nothing to stop people from using them, says public health expert Mark Tyndall. So, what might work? Tyndall shares community-based research that shows how harm-reduction strategies, like safe-injection sites, are working to address the drug overdose crisis.

## Lectures

1. [The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mark_tyndall_the_harm_reduction_model_of_drug_addiction_treatment/d0e29b4b1942), 17 min (TED's player)