Enfrentar ？novos riscos？ e resgatar a cidadania perdida: práticas de Servi？o Social no seio das políticas de redu？？o de danos

in this article, we analyse social work practices in the domain of harm reduction policies, taking as empirical subject the practice of social workers inserted in harm reduction programs among illicit drug users in the oporto metropolitan area. the results suggest a professional practice guided for a conception of harm reduction as public health measure supported by the principles of tolerance and citizenship, aiming the reduction of individual harm in order to prevent collective risks. we concluded that the social work practices oscillate between the regulation of ？psychoactive risks？ and the obligation with the efectivation of the citizenship rights, through a relation with the users of illicit drugs ruled by the defense of the human dignity and protection of the right to have health.