This is not the time to undermine harm reduction strategies such as the needle exchange programme, bravely, and surprisingly, initiated by Thatcher and her Tory government.
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- 18 June 2013
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The Guardian
Smoking cessation support delivered via
mobile phones increases chances that people living with HIV who smoke will quit, according to research
published in the online edition of
- Published
- 12 June 2013
- By
- Michael Carter
It’s 00:50 and once again I can’t sleep. My insomnia has kept me up for the best part of three days in a row now, my mind is tired, my body is exhausted and yet I still can’t sleep.
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- 07 June 2013
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UK Positive Lad (blog)
Week-long, unprotected orgies fuelled by intravenous doses of crystal methamphetamine are an increasing feature of London's gay sex-party scene. The orgies – or "slamming parties", as they've been dubbed are known to a small but rapidly expanding section of London's gay community. They are covertly organised over social networking sites like Grindr and Bareback Real Time.
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- 03 June 2013
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Vice
A growing number of gym patrons who are addicted to steriods or Human Growth Hormone are using needle exchange programs to obtain free syringes.
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- 31 May 2013
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ABC Lateline
The major features of the European drug landscape have remained relatively stable in recent years. Drug use remains high by historical standards, but positive changes can be seen, with record levels of treatment provision accompanied by some signs of erosion in injecting, new heroin use, cocaine consumption and cannabis smoking. Any optimism, however, must be tempered by concerns that youth unemployment and service cuts could lead to the re-emergence of ‘old’ problems.
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- 28 May 2013
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EMCDDA
With some luck, time and encouragement from providers, most patients can foster a degree of emotional resilience that will significantly contribute to their health and wellness.
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- 15 May 2013
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TheBody.com
Many of us AIDS-generation survivors in some way have unprocessed grief, or guilt, or an overwhelming sense of abandonment from a gay community that turned its back on us and increasingly stigmatizes us, all in an attempt to pretend that AIDS isn't its problem anymore.
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- 15 May 2013
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Huffington Post
There is a highly significant relationship
between frequency and intensity of drug and alcohol use and risky sex among American
HIV-negative gay men, a study published in
- Published
- 14 May 2013
- By
- Michael Carter
I was escaping the epidemic by immersing myself in the politics and urgency of it, which seems paradoxical but really does make a lot of sense .I gave myself a special dispensation on grief and heartbreak. There was no time for grief, especially when anger and indignation was so much more empowering. Of course, what I'm painfully learning 25 years later is that you can put grief off, but you can't ever escape it.
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- 10 May 2013
- From
- Huffington Post
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