Ruth Bell Olsson: Why I Offer Clean Needles in Jesus’ Name

From Christianity Today online. A thought-provoking piece, to say the least. Check it out and see what you think.

Not long ago, Michigan Public Radio interviewed me about our needle exchange. What, really, is the value of harm reduction programs like needle exchanges? Aren’t we just giving drug paraphernalia to users? Shouldn’t we be encouraging them to stopusing drugs? Is there something sort of backward-seeming about the whole enterprise? What does a needle exchange do?

Read it all.