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Whoonga dealers are peddling poison; drug does not contain ARVs

Those peddling Whoonga, the deadly drug sweeping through KwaZulu-Natal townships, should face murder charges as they are deliberately poisoning people. This is according to Dr Thavendran Govender, who tested samples of Whoonga and found that it was based on rat poison and heroin – not antiretroviral medication.

Published
01 February 2011
From
Health-E News Service
Injecting drug use
Australia: Complaint lodged against ACON for harm reduction booklet

A Sydney activist says he has lodged a complaint with NSW police over a booklet - produced by a group which receives funding from the NSW government - which shows the safest ways to take illegal drugs.

Published
24 January 2011
From
The Age
Injecting drug use
UK: Health warnings for people who use heroin

The UK's informal system to warn heroin users about emerging risks is patchy and flawed, leaving this vulnerable group exposed to further dangers, say experts.

Published
14 January 2011
From
The Lancet
Recreational drug use
Research shows GBL addiction can be life threatening

Withdrawal from popular ‘party drug’ GBL can be severe and requires extensive medication and monitoring, research from the UK’s only Party Drugs Clinic has found.

Published
21 December 2010
From
Addiction
Injecting drug use
UK government shelves plans for 'abstinence-based' drug strategy

The document marks a step away from the language of "harm reduction", but it stops far short of the abstinence-based policy demanded by some rightwing Tories.

Published
09 December 2010
From
The Guardian
South Africa
'Whoonga' drug: a new twist in S.Africa's AIDS war

AIDS patients in South Africa are being robbed of their lifesaving drugs so that they can be mixed with marijuana and smoked, authorities and health experts say.

Published
20 November 2010
From
CNBC
Epidemiology and behaviour
Meth Use Among NYC Gays Shifts to Blacks, Latinos, Poor

The meth problem here in New York City has not gone away. It has simply moved to segments of our community that often go unnoticed and underserved.

Published
25 October 2010
From
Gay City News
Recreational drug use
Meth Use Among NYC Gays Shifts to Blacks, Latinos, Poor

Methamphetamine, a.k.a. crystal meth, originally garnered popularity in New York City among young, white, educated gay men.

Published
21 October 2010
From
Poz magazine news
Meth use among young gay men remains a pervasive problem

Local health-care and counseling organizations are reaching out to meth users in the gay community, hoping to steer users away from the drug. Studies show that about one out of 10 gay or bisexual men in King County uses crystal meth in any given year and that meth users are among the highest risk groups for contracting HIV.

Published
26 August 2010
From
Seattle Times
Most men in long-term study of HIV report low use of illicit drugs

Most older gay and bisexual men enrolled in a long-term study of HIV used recreational drugs infrequently over a 10-year period, researchers report. The study explored the drug use habits of 1,378 HIV-positive and negative gay and bisexual men, ages 44-63, and found that 79 percent of participants reported infrequent drug use.

Published
21 July 2010
From
Science Daily
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