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7 Dating Tips for Harm Reduction Workers

From Stonetree Harm Reduction

While many of the people who access alcohol and other drug services are all too frequently stigmatised, it is also fair to say that many AOD/Harm Reduction workers are also presented with stigmatising attitudes in social situations when they disclose what they do.  It was with this in mind that I decided to post a series of humorous tweets providing dating advice to harm reduction workers this Valentines Day.

The tweets got such a quick response from my hard working harm reductionist peers that I thought I would collate them here:

1. If your date refers to “those people” get the hell out of there.
2. If your date refers to STI testing don’t freak out, they might be your perfect date.
3. Be a good ambassador for harm reduction, pack a condom (that goes for you too girls).
4. Make sure you vet all potential dates for supportive views of needle syringe programs.
5. A gift of sterile injecting equipment & condoms says far more about you than chocolates.
6. Make sure you have suitable mood noise playing in the background like a Hooked podcast.
7. Take your date to see Pulp Fiction so you can explain the inaccuracies re: OD response

If these tips make sense to you, then pass them on to a Harm Reduction worker that you feel a sense of collegial love for this Valentines Day.

Thanks to HIPS for the image and the brilliant blog post came from Stonetree Harm Reduction. Love it!