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2012 Hot Topics Conference UK

This national harm reduction conference attracted 140 delegates from across the country and beyond, and was a great success. The programme was abstract-driven and multi-thematic, which made for an engaging day.

Published
09 October 2012
From
Hot Topics
Recreational drug use
Factcheck: Are gay people seven times more likely to take drugs than the general public?

According to three news outlets, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are seven times more likely to take drugs than the general population. Full Fact brings the numbers out of the closet.

Published
25 September 2012
From
Full Fact
Palliative care
Patients with pain have poorer engagement with HIV care

Pain in people with HIV is associated with an increased risk of missed appointments, investigators from the US report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired

Published
22 August 2012
By
Michael Carter
Recreational drug use
All in the Mind: Club Drug Clinic

Claudia Hammond visits Europe's largest club drug clinic, a year after it opened to find out about a growing use of so- called legal highs and the problems associated with legal and illegal club drug use.

Published
20 June 2012
From
BBC Radio 4 (audio)
Recreational drug use
Case reports of complications from ketamine use in two MSM on ritonavir-based combinations

Zhou and colleagues from Brighton and Sussex Hospitals presented a poster detailing two cases of bile duct and liver complications related to recreational use of ketamine.

Published
18 June 2012
From
HIV i-Base
Injecting drug use
Germany: Intoxicating history

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.

Published
18 May 2012
From
University of Cambridge
Recreational drug use
Changes to UK Steroid Laws

Steroids have always been a bit confusing when it comes to discussing legalities with visitors to a needle programme. But changes to the law covering steroids that come into effect from April 23rd are going to cause a major change if both the legalities and possible risks of using this group of drugs.

Published
23 April 2012
From
Injecting Advice
Recreational drug use
London: The drug epidemic that is hitting gay men hard

As someone who has worked in the drug and alcohol field for many years, what concerns Monty Moncrieff are some of the current trends in drug use and how these are specifically impacting gay men: ‘We are seeing massive changes in the way that men who have sex with men are using drugs and the problems that they are experiencing as a result. Men are increasingly using drugs to enhance sex.’

Published
12 April 2012
From
Gay Star News
Relationships and feelings
Odd Blood: Serodiscordancy, or, Life With an HIV-Positive Partner

Chad, my boyfriend, types to me from the Hyatt on New Jersey Avenue, "I am hiv positive." We study the screen together, 1426 miles apart. The cursor of my chat window blinks for me. I'm not stunned, or even much scared, really; definitely not sickened, repulsed.

Published
05 April 2012
From
The Atlantic
Outcomes and prognosis
Earlier deaths in people with HIV due to drugs, alcohol, co-infections, poorly controlled HIV - not rapid ageing

Patients taking antiretroviral therapy have the same mortality risk as individuals in the general population, according to Danish research published in the open-access journal PLoS One. However,

Published
12 December 2011
By
Michael Carter
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