Part I: Robert L. Maginnis, Part II: Sally Satel

In the following two-part viewpoint, psychiatrist Sally Satel and policy analyst Robert L. Maginnis argue that the philosophy of harm reduction is misguided. In Part I, Robert L. Maginnis maintains that harm reduction policies exacerbate the problem of drug abuse. He says that zero tolerance of drug abuse is a better approach, but he warns that harm reduction advocates are gaining influence in government. In Part II, Sally Satel discusses the meeting of the First International Conference on Heroin Maintenance in New York City on June 6, 1998. Heroin maintenance, she says, is a disastrous experiment in harm reduction, and its failure illustrates the faults of harm reduction. Maginnis is a senior policy analyst at the Family Research Council, an...