harm reduction

An interview with the Global Fund

The Global Fund is an international organisation aimed at providing the resources needed to prevent and treat HIV, tuberculosis and Malaria. The funding is mostly contributed from governments (95% of all pledges).

Why do politicians support the war on drugs (even the ones who know better)?

Bob Scott, a former Captain of the Macon County Sheriff’s Office, spent 15 years in law enforcement working to keep our communities safe, and he used his unique vantage point as an officer to speak out against America’s costly and ineffective war on drugs.

Harm reduction in North Carolina

In North Carolina syringe exchanges are currently illegal and several people have been arrested because of it. Robert Childs is the Executive Director of the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC). The NCHRC advocates a change in law in North Carolina believing that the use of harm reduction is the way forward. Currently the only form of harm reduction done by the state of North Carolina is condom distribution.

Soaring execution rates in Iran prompt condemnation of UNODC

The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reiterated its intention to support a number of Middle Eastern countries in co-ordinating a trans-regional attack on the trafficking of heroin from opium-rich Afghanistan.

Shame Russia shame!

Danny Morris of Exchange Supplies reports from a demonstration at the Russian Embassy London on World AIDS day, December 1st 2011, to protest at the abject failure of Russia to provide basic drug treatment and access to HIV medication.

YouthRISE video

YouthRISE have produced this video for World AIDS Day.

China’s harm reduction programmes implemented since 2003

Between the 1950s and 1980s, China had relatively low levels of drug use. Little attention was put on drugs and HIV prevention by government. However, drug trafficking increasing across the Southern border of China, rapidly increased the supply of drugs in China.

Greece and drug use: What do the statistics and the harsh economic conditions reveal?

According to the data of the E.M.C.D.D.A, Greece seems to rank among the countries with the lowest rate of drug use in Europe. The most recent data on drug use among the general population in Greece comes from the household survey conducted by the University Mental Health Institute (UMHRI) in 2004. It is important to note that drug use increased overall between 1984 and 2004, reaching very high levels in 1998 and then started decreasing gradually.

Beyond Methadone - A VOCAL Report (from a drug workers perspective)

Beyond Methadone – Improving health and empowering patients in opioid treatment programs (A VOCAL Report).

(From a drugs workers perspective).

British American Tobacco and Harm Reduction

British American Tobacco (BAT) has for sometime talked about harm reduction in their annual report (Sustainability report) it is one of the major sections along with the environment and the marketplace. In it each year they measure how current harm reduction policies of the business are doing and the future harm reduction measures which BAT are either researching or support.

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