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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.

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KENYA: Needles to be distributed to injecting drug users

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IRIN Plus News
7 June 2012
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Kenya: Coast Health Boss Backs Syringes Plan

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AllAfrica
4 June 2012
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Iran’s hidden scourge: widespread drug abuse at all levels of society

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Globe & Mail
30 May 2012
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Pragmatism & pleasure protective for HCV? The Staying Safe Project

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Exchange Supplies / You Tube
29 May 2012
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Germany: Intoxicating history

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University of Cambridge
18 May 2012
HIV prevention policy

US: Just How “New” is the 2012 National Drug Control Strategy?

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Washington Office on Latin America
10 May 2012
Global health initiatives

HIV epidemics driven by drug use set to spread due to Global Fund rule

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International HIV/AIDS Alliance
9 May 2012
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Portugal's harm reduction services are in danger

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Drug Reporter
8 May 2012
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Vancouver's Supervised Drug Injection Center: How Does It Work?

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The Awl
2 May 2012
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UK charities unite in opposition to government drugs policy

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The Guardian
25 April 2012
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Naloxone Debate: FDA Hears Testimony About Making an Opioid Overdose Antidote Nonprescription

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Time
19 April 2012
People who inject drugs

FDA Considers Overdose Antidote for Over-the-Counter Use

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Poz magazine news
17 April 2012
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RUSSIA: Censorship and Dirty Needles Fuel HIV/AIDS Epidemic

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IPS
13 April 2012
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Ontario rejects safe injection sites

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National Post
12 April 2012
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Vancouver health authority weighs adding more supervised injection sites

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The Globe & Mail
12 April 2012
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Integrating a supervised injection site into health care – and community

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Globe and Mail
12 April 2012
People who inject drugs

Toronto and Ottawa should open multiple safe-injection sites: study

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National Post
11 April 2012
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Pakistan: HIV prevalence rate among Pindi IDUs increases to 37pc

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The Nation
1 April 2012
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Synthetic drug fentanyl takes deadly toll in Estonia

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BBC Health
30 March 2012
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Malaysian Mosque Is Also a Methadone Clinic

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Manual Items
29 March 2012
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Clean Needle Exchange Activists Arrested During Sit-Ins At Congressional Offices

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Huffington Post
22 March 2012
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CSIS Report Examines HIV Prevention, Care Among People Who Inject Drugs In Ukraine

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Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
19 March 2012
Human rights

Joint UN Statement calls for the closure of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers

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UNAIDS
9 March 2012
Epidemiology & behaviour

HIV rate among U.S. injection drug users falls: CDC

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Health News
2 March 2012