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Behaviour change interventions
Anti-drug ads do not work and can be counterproductive

Governments spend millions on them and they may serve political functions, but do anti-drug media campaigns prevent drug use? This first systematic review finds no strong evidence that they do and some that they can have the opposite effect.

Published
26 November 2011
From
Drug & Alcohol Findings
Recreational drug use
Drug use is changing fast; the economic slump may shake things up again

Drug use is changing fast. Old drugs are falling from favour, new ones are growing, and the economic slump may shake things up again

Published
18 November 2011
From
The Economist
Recreational drug use
London: First club drug help clinic opens

The first UK clinic to help users of club drugs opens in west London.

Published
26 September 2011
From
BBC Health
Neurological and cognitive problems
Substance Use Doesn't Increase Risk of Neurocognitive Problems in HIV

Neurocognitive problems—notably HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND)—are no more likely to occur in illicit substance users compared with non-substance users, according to a report published ahead of print on the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes website.

Published
12 July 2011
From
AIDSMeds
Injecting drug users
Warning over legal Russian drug

Russian epilepsy medication is being increasingly used in the UK as a substitute for illegal drugs, scientists have warned.

Published
07 July 2011
From
BBC Health
Injecting drug use
Drug policy: Supply and demand

The argument over treatment is being won. Now for the battle over supply.

Published
03 June 2011
From
The Economist
Recreational drug use
Marijuana Slows SIV Disease Progression in Monkeys

Monkeys infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) that were given chronic doses of the active ingredient in marijuana appeared to have slower SIV disease progression than monkeys given a placebo. These results, published in the June edition of the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, aren’t proof that marijuana will slow human HIV progression, but they do indicate that the drug does not increase disease progression, as had been feared by some.

Published
27 May 2011
From
AIDSMeds
Bone problems
Fracture rates higher in patients with HIV

Fracture rates in patients with HIV are higher than those in the general US population, investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Rates

Published
15 March 2011
By
Michael Carter
Recreational drug use
South Africa: No ARVs in 'Whoonga', Say Experts

Media in South Africa recently erupted into a frenzy of coverage of an allegedly new illegal drug, 'whoonga', said to contain life-prolonging antiretrovirals (ARVs), but experts say the drug is actually an old foe, heroin, and does not include ARVs.

Published
10 February 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
Treatment interruptions
Treatment interruptions explain higher HIV viral load in patients with depression and those who use stimulants

Inconsistent use of antiretroviral therapy is the main explanation for the higher viral loads observed in HIV-positive patients who are depressed or who use stimulant drugs, US

Published
08 February 2011
By
Michael Carter
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