Showing 918 news articles about Harm reduction

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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.

Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Canada installs first ever crack-pipe vending machines

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The Independent
10 February 2014
Harm reduction

Back From the Brink: Groups Urge Wide Use of Opioid Antidote to Avert Overdoses

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JAMA
10 February 2014
People who inject drugs

Is Moldova Leading the World on Harm Reduction in Prisons?

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Huffington Post (blog)
6 February 2014
Harm reduction

Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' A Proven Success In First Year

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The Fix
28 January 2014
Chemsex & recreational drug use

UK: Experts warn of rise in gay ‘slamming’

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The Independent
19 January 2014
Chemsex & recreational drug use

Crack pipe distribution considered

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Bay Area Reporter
16 January 2014
HIV prevention policy

HIV epidemic plagues Russia as government rejects prevention methods

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Bloomberg Businessweek
15 January 2014
Harm reduction

Methadone Clinics Help Ukraine Succeed on HIV Prevention

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Bloomberg
15 January 2014
Epidemiology & behaviour

Russian HIV Surge Shows Scourge Sochi Games' Swagger Can't Mask

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Bloomberg
14 January 2014
Harm reduction

Clean syringe programs must also cater for steroid users

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The Conversation
18 December 2013
Chemsex & recreational drug use

Mephedrone injecting: Taking care

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You Tube
18 December 2013
Sex workers

Report: Aggressive Police Tactics Contributing to New Orleans' Staggering HIV HIV/AIDS Rate

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Mother Jones
17 December 2013
Prisoners

BC study calls for needle exchange, HIV treatment for inmates

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The Globe and Mail
17 December 2013
Harm reduction

Montreal to get 4 supervised injection sites

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CBC
16 December 2013
Harm reduction

Pakistan has estimated one million heroin users

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The News
16 December 2013
People who inject drugs

Cambodia: Drug Centers Detain, Abuse ‘Undesirables’

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Human Rights Watch Health
13 December 2013
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Injection Drug Users Who Know They Have Hepatitis C Practice "Sero-Sharing"

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HIVandhepatitis.com
6 December 2013
Harm reduction

Leaked paper reveals UN split over war on drugs

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The Guardian
2 December 2013
Harm reduction

India: Injecting drug users most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS

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Times of India
2 December 2013
People who inject drugs

Concerns regarding new estimates on HIV, hepatitis C and injecting drug use

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Harm Reduction International
30 November 2013
Harm reduction

Greece sets up first 'drug consumption' center

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Ekathimerini
26 November 2013
Harm reduction

The Media Needs to Stop Stigmatizing Our Best Weapon Against Heroin Addiction

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New Republic
22 November 2013
Harm reduction

Canada proposes new legal hurdles for supervised injection

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The Lancet
4 November 2013
Harm reduction

Harm reduction should appeal to pragmatic concerns - vein care, preventing painful injections, avoiding risk of withdrawal

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
4 November 2013