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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.

Harm reduction

US syringe funding ban impedes HIV and hepatitis C prevention

News
16 December 2015
Harm reduction

US: Harm reduction services less available in areas plagued by rising IV drug use and HIV infections

Editor's pick
EurekAlert!
11 December 2015
Harm reduction

NYU study finds 3/4 of high school heroin users started with prescription opioids

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
4 December 2015
Epidemiology & behaviour

Russia HIV infection rate climbs to near 1 million, bucking trend as World AIDS Day marked

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Newser
3 December 2015
Harm reduction

Harsh Drugs Laws, Rising HIV Rates, and Indonesia's Battle Over Both

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Vice
2 December 2015
Harm reduction

Heroin, Survivor of War on Drugs, Returns With New Face

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New York Times
24 November 2015
Chemsex & recreational drug use

Substance misuse services for men who have sex with men involved in chemsex

Editor's pick
Public Health England
17 November 2015
New & experimental hepatitis C treatment

Grazoprevir/elbasvir shows high hepatitis C cure rate for people who inject drugs

News
16 November 2015
Treatment guidelines

How do we maximise global HIV treatment access? IAPAC Care Continuum Guidelines make recommendations

News
9 November 2015
Harm reduction

New Syringe Design Not Particularly Effective at Curbing Spread of Hepatitis C

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Yale News
6 November 2015
Harm reduction

How Ireland's New Drug Policy Is Making the UK's Attitudes Look Ancient

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Vice
4 November 2015
Harm reduction

Ireland: Injection rooms for addicts to open next year, says Minister

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Irish Times
2 November 2015
Harm reduction

User-Driven Syringe Exchange is Best Model to Reduce HIV and Hepatitis C

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BETA blog
2 November 2015
Harm reduction

First Impressions: Day One in Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre

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Kirsten Horsburgh (blog)
2 November 2015
Drug policy & policing

In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs

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New York Times
2 November 2015
Harm reduction

Community-based drug projects provide an alternative to compulsory detention in Asia

News
27 October 2015
Drug policy & policing

Harm reduction conference calls for political leadership to reform drugs policy

News
27 October 2015
Harm reduction

Toward a Harm Reduction Decade

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You Tube / Drugreporter HCLU
26 October 2015
Harm reduction

Needle and syringe exchanges need to adapt to meet the needs of people who inject steroids and image-enhancing drugs

News
22 October 2015
Harm reduction

Why is injecting equipment re-used? Drug users do their own research to find out

News
21 October 2015
Drug policy & policing

United Nations denies 'global drug decriminalisation' claim by Sir Richard Branson

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The Telegraph
20 October 2015
Finance & funding

Retreat of international donors and neglect of national governments threatens harm reduction services

News
20 October 2015
Harm reduction

Emergency needle exchange in Indiana reduces HIV and HCV risk for people who inject drugs

News
20 October 2015
HIV prevention policy

EATG HIV Prevention Position Paper now available

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EATG
19 October 2015