Living With An Opioid User: A Guide To Keeping Safe
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I am an opioid user who is currently not using. Hold the applause; this isn’t about my “triumph” or whatever…
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International Overdose Awareness Day: Time to Remember, Time to Act
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Today is International Overdose Awareness Day, an annual global event that aims to raise awareness of the worldwide overdose epidemic,…
An Open Letter to Sadiq Khan: How to Make London’s Nightlife Safer Without Spending a Pound
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Dear Mr. Khan, As you know, one of London’s most popular nightclubs, Fabric, has been closed, and its license is…
Humane Welfare Program Reduces Crack use in Sao Paulo
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The Brazilian Crack User Support Program, With Open Arms, provides people with housing and jobs. This approach, applied to residents of the…
A Look Inside Cape Town’s Only Harm Reduction Project
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Last month, I was lucky enough to take part in the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban, South…
World’s Largest Drug Consumption Room Opens in Copenhagen
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The world’s largest drug consumption room (DCR) has opened in Copenhagen, offering a safe and supervised environment for people to…
Study: The situation with new cases of HIV infection in Russia is catastrophic
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In the authoritative medical journal The Lancet on July 19, 2016, a large-scale study of the development of the HIV pandemic was…
HIV Resurgence among People Who Inject Drugs in Mauritius
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Mauritius is seeing a rise in HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID), partly as a result of the government's…
Kazakhstan is Ready to Adopt a State Program on Substitution Therapy
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Kazakh doctors are in favour of expanding the use of substitution therapy in the country through the adoption of a…
Evidence-based harm reduction is the key to a successful fight against HIV in EECA countries
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The Johns Hopkins University and The Lancet Commission on Drug Policy and Health conducted a study of new scientific evidence regarding the…
Copenhagen Opens Space for Safe Drug Use
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H17 is a new drug space that opened in Copenhagen on August 2 and is the largest of its kind…
Safer Injection Facilities: A Safe Place for People Who Inject Drugs
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Safer injection facilities (SIFs), also known as supervised injection facilities, exist in Switzerland, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, Canada, Australia, Luxembourg…