Objective:

To understand the experiences of Harm Reduction among the voices of homeless people and drug users in Costa Rica.

Materials and Methods:

A qualitative research with a phenomenological approach that worked with 10 homeless people in Costa Rica during 2019-2020.

Results:

The materialization of the right to health and the recognition of the citizenship/humanism of homeless people-drug user were always present in the lived experiences of the participants. In addition, it was explicit that the axes of Humanism, Person-centered Care and the recognition of the Drug Phenomenon as a dimension belonging to the field of Public Health were neuralgic points of being within the Harm Reduction in Costa Rica.

Conclusion:

One of the major contributions of this study was the understanding of the progress of Harm Reduction in a non-place like the street. The social phenomenological understanding also showed us that the sense of "being" in the world is not something that can be determined by primitive and punitive structures. Therefore, any health care attempt that delegitimizes the human being at any time or (no) place will be doomed to failure.

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