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The idea of “harm reduction” is an appealing one. After all, who wouldn’t want to reduce harm anytime such a thing is possible? Ideally, of course, we would like to avoid harm entirely, but reduced harm is preferable to more harm, right? Absolutely. But are there...
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Sometimes a substitution can be a good thing. Maybe your coach notices that you are breathing hard and puts in a sub to give you a break. Maybe you don’t like mayo on your sandwich so you ask for mustard instead. Maybe you haven’t fully prepared for the test, so a...
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