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In tracing the modern history of Germany’s policy on intoxicant and drug use, which favours therapy rather than punishment, Cambridge historian Dr Victoria Harris highlights that criminalisation may not be the only route.
18 May 2012 | University of Cambridge
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Some have hailed the Obama administration’s 2012 National Drug Control Strategy as a revolutionary shift toward a public health approach to the nation’s drug problems. Others have panned it as nothing new. There are actually advances to applaud in the new strategy and budget, in terms of both rhetoric and substance. Those positive steps should be acknowledged. But the extent to which the 2012 strategy represents a break from the past should not overstated.
10 May 2012 | Washington Office on Latin America
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The International HIV/AIDS Alliance warns of an impending HIV/AIDS crisis in Eastern Europe and Asia following its assessment of the impact of the cancellation of Global Fund Round 11 funding and is urging the Global Fund Board to revoke its ‘55% rule’ which limits funding for middle income, priority HIV and drug use countries identified by UNAIDS.
09 May 2012 | International HIV/AIDS Alliance
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More and more harm reduction projects are preparing for the possibility of having to shut down because of the uncertainty on the future
08 May 2012 | Drug Reporter
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Vancouver, Canada is the only city in North America that provides a legal facility for drug addicts to push heroin and cocaine and other types of substances into their veins. It's called InSite, and it's both government-sanctioned and government-funded. I spoke with Tim Gauthier, InSite's current clinical coordinator and registered nurse, about the difficulty of maintaining order in a room where most people are high, the significance of whether addicts live or die, and what hope can look like in such an unusual place.
02 May 2012 | The Awl
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Charities have united to condemn the government's 'dangerous' and 'trivialising' approach to drug treatment
25 April 2012 | The Guardian
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Parents testified at an open meeting called by the FDA to consider whether the lifesaving antidote to opioid overdose — a non-addictive, non-toxic drug called naloxone (Narcan) — should be made available over-the-counter, so that everyone can keep it in their first aid kit, just in case.
19 April 2012 | Time
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering whether to allow non-prescription use of naloxone (Narcan), which can prevent opioid overdose from heroin or Vicodin, Time.com reports.
17 April 2012 | Poz magazine news
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A recent government crackdown on Russian media, particularly online
information portals specialising in health tips and harm reduction methods for
drug users, has sparked widespread public opposition, with critics claiming that
the "draconian silencing" of public health advocates could worsen an already
perilous health situation in the country.
13 April 2012 | IPS
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Public-health experts had barely released a hefty report Wednesday
urging Ontario to open five safe-injection sites for drug addicts when
the province’s Health Minister weighed in. Deb Matthews stressed that the province has no plans to implement the experts’ recommendations.
12 April 2012 | National Post
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