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Harm reduction programmes and practices aim to reduce the harms associated with drug use. These include needle and syringe programmes, opioid substitution therapy, drug consumption rooms and overdose prevention.

People who inject drugs

Trump administration begins to confront the opioid crisis

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The Lancet (free registration required)
10 November 2017
Harm reduction

Canada: Debate over drug consumption sites might be coming to end

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CBC
6 November 2017
People who inject drugs

Programmes to prevent HIV/ hepatitis spread among PWID inadequate

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Medical Brief
2 November 2017
Harm reduction

No data to support claim that HIV/AIDS has spiked due to fentanyl and heroin use

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Politifact
1 November 2017
Harm reduction

Melbourne safe injecting room trial set to get the go-ahead

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ABC
31 October 2017
Harm reduction

Trump declares health emergency over opioids but no new funds to help

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The Guardian
30 October 2017
Harm reduction

Indiana County Closes a Needle Exchange Despite HIV and Hepatitis C Risks

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Poz
26 October 2017
People who inject drugs

Hepatitis C testing linked to reduced opioid use among people who inject drugs

News
25 October 2017
Harm reduction

Screening for Hepatitis C Improves Opioid Abuse Treatment Outcomes

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AASLD
23 October 2017
Harm reduction

People Are Dying Because of Ignorance, not Because of Opioids

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Scientific American
18 October 2017
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Another outbreak related to the nation's opioid crisis: hepatitis C

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Washington Post
18 October 2017
Harm reduction

England: Drug fatalities highest where treatment cutbacks deepest

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The Guardian
16 October 2017
Harm reduction

Are UK drug consumption rooms likely?

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BBC
13 October 2017
HIV prevention policy

Reconsidering Primary Prevention: a Call To Action For The Global HIV Response

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MSMGF
9 October 2017
Harm reduction

Interventions for reducing hepatitis C infection in people who inject drugs

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Medical Xpress
27 September 2017
Drug policy & policing

I used to support legalizing all drugs. Then the opioid epidemic happened.

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Vox
25 September 2017
Harm reduction

The Social Life of Opioids

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Scientific American
19 September 2017
Harm reduction

Heroin addiction: Why we took on this 7-day project

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Cincinnati.com
12 September 2017
People who inject drugs

Seven Days of Heroin: This is what an epidemic looks like

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Cincinnati.com
12 September 2017
Harm reduction

Still no harm reduction? A critical review of the UK Government’s new Drug Strategy

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National AIDS Trust
11 September 2017
People who inject drugs

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs issues stark warning on funding cuts

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Drink & Drug News
7 September 2017
Harm reduction

South Africa: Drug dependence isn’t a crime, it’s a medical condition

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Bhekisisa
6 September 2017
Chemsex & recreational drug use

Something for the weekend: one of the UK's first openly gay soldiers discusses his addiction to sex and drugs

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Independent
5 September 2017
Harm reduction

The First Count of Fentanyl Deaths in 2016: Up 540% in Three Years

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New York Times
2 September 2017