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Russia has 'no anti-AIDS strategy': official

There is no government strategy to fight the spread of AIDS in Russia, where the number of deaths caused by the disease continues to grow, a senior healthcare official said on Thursday.

Published
17 May 2013
From
AFP
Injecting drug use
The World's Best Drug Laws

What are the best and worst countries to live in if you're a drug user? What is a really good set of drug laws, anyway? One man's view: as provocative and contentious as you'd expect.

Published
03 May 2013
From
The Fix
Injecting drug use
More Treatment, Less War: The White House Drug Policy Reform

Many people who want substance abuse treatment can’t get it. The White House wants to fix this. Can they do it, and will it help?

Published
29 April 2013
From
PLoS Blogs
Injecting drug use
Rethinking Policing in the Age of AIDS

Good drug policy is good AIDS policy. Drug users and sex workers benefit more from services than from beatings and prison. And as law enforcement officials committed to protecting the public, we can support public health.

Published
26 April 2013
From
Huffington Post
Injecting drug use
Obama Reveals New Drug Control Strategy

Despite its "kinder and gentler face," critics say that US drug policy "remains in the Dark Ages."

Published
25 April 2013
From
The Fix
Injecting drug use
Elevated prevalence of HIV and viral hepatitis in men injecting anabolic steroids

Addressing a topic that has received remarkably little research attention over the years, Dr Vivian Hope of Public Health England told the British HIV Association conference yesterday

Published
18 April 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Injecting drug use
Brighton plans safe rooms for addicts to inject drugs

Brighton is set to be the first British city to offer official "drug consumption rooms" where addicts can use heroin, crack and cocaine under supervision without fear of prosecution. The city's public health leaders will meet this summer to "give serious consideration" to the plan in order to save lives.

Published
15 April 2013
From
The Guardian
HIV prevention policy
Ukraine's HIV battle

Twelve years ago Lucy Ash investigated Ukraine's fight against HIV infection, which was mainly caused by injecting drug users. After the Orange Revolution in late 2004, the government promised to do everything it could to fight the disease and the situation seemed to improve. But now Ukraine has the second highest infection rate in Europe, surpassed only by Russia.

Published
11 April 2013
From
BBC Radio 4 (audio)
Injecting drug use
Big Pharma Company Jacks Up Price of Overdose Live Saver by 1100%: Now, More People Will Die

Naloxone is key to fighting overdose deaths, but sky-high prices threaten community distribution programs.

Published
09 April 2013
From
AlterNet
Recreational drug use
Meth Makes an Ominous Comeback Among Gay Men

In the early part of the millennium, meth was pervasive both in rural America and in urban gay communities. Its use peaked around 2005 when, following a federal law limiting access to its primary precursor, pseudoephedrine, usage seemed to drop. Now, because of the cycles of recreational drugs, a new generation, short memories, and the seductive power of this dopamine-releasing supermolecule, the drug appears to be making a comeback, at least in the gay community.

Published
03 April 2013
From
TheBody.com
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