So why haven't harm reduction programs taken off?

那么， 为什么减少危害的计划还没有启动呢？

First, we should fully embrace, fund and scale up harm reduction programs across North America.

首先，我们应该在整个北美全面接受、资助和扩大危害减少计划。

As soon as the reduction program started, it was very quickly discovered that antibiotics had been the perfect blanket to cover up a lot of bad farm practices.

减药计划一开始，人们很快就发现抗生素完美地掩盖了农场很多不好的做法。

We also support international drug demand reduction programs, as well as substance use disorders treatment that can improve quality of life and reduce associated violence.

我们还支持国际毒品需求减少计划，以及可以改善生活质量和减少相关暴力的物质使用障碍治疗。

For poverty reduction programs to succeed, they would need to instill hope and self-worth so that, with a little support, people could lift themselves out of poverty.

减贫计划要取得成功，就需要灌输希望和自我价值感， 这样一来，只要一点点支持， 人们就可以摆脱贫困。

Governments already dedicate billions of dollars on poverty reduction programs. But so much of that money is wasted, because these programs either don't reach the poorest, and even the ones that do fail to have significant long-term impact.

各国政府已经投入数十亿美元用于减贫计划。 但是很多钱都被浪费了， 因为这些项目要么没有惠及最贫穷的人，要么就是那些惠及那些人的项目也未能产生重大的长期影响。