This PowerPoint slide deck reviews the foundations of harm reduction philosophy and practice, summarizes drug user health issues and trends, and aims to increase cultural competence and humility when working with people who use drugs. Syringe services programs and health departments can customize it for in-house staff training. Training participants will be able to define harm reduction, describe the principles of harm reduction practice, provide examples of harm reduction for people who use drugs, understand the significance of syringe access and safer drug use for individual and public health, and increase knowledge of health and social risk factors related to injecting, smoking, and snorting substances.

Keywords: harm reduction, syringe services