abstinence

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Abstinence is one of the tools of harm reduction, like decriminalization is a tool of harm reduction.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2022

Before joining HHS, Huber headed Ascend, an advocacy group previously called the National Abstinence Education Association.

From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2018

Huber, who was suspended from her position at the Ohio Department of Health after a state ethics investigation in 2006, is founder of the National Abstinence Educators Association, which later became Ascend.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2018

“The Abstinence Teacher,” the title character of which is a soccer mom, came about when his children were active in youth soccer.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2017

The pilgrim is conducted by Abstinence into a refectory, where he sees many figures of Death in the act of feeding several persons sitting at table.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis