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2011
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In many countries around the world, drug control efforts result in serious human rights abuses: torture and ill treatment by police, mass incarceration, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, denial of essential medicines and basic health services.
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STOP AIDS NGO, Albania, 2011
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The Information Sheet on Marijuana for Professionals developed by STOP AIDS NGO – ALBANIA covers such topics as appearance of Marijuana, methods of use, drug class, route of administration, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, effects, side effects and health risks, tolerance, dependence and withdrawal effects, etc.
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Open Society Foundations, 2011
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 Harm Reduction at Work is a practical, hands-on guide written by Raffi Balian and Cheryl White, whose many years of experience in harm reduction, drug user activism, and organizational leadership have made them experts on working with people who use drugs.
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International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), 2011
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“Drug policies and harm reduction in South East Europe” is a briefing paper by IDPC. This is the first of a series focusing on drug-related issues in SEE. It provides an overview of the current situation regarding harm reduction services and national drug policies in the region.
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Association of Substitution Treatment Advocates in Ukraine (ASTAU) , 2011
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The report was prepared by the Association of Substitution Treatment Advocates in Ukraine within the framework of the project of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) "Achieving Universal Access: Supporting Community Sector Involvement and Advocacy".
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British Journal of Criminology, 2010
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The paper "What can we learn from the Portuguese decriminalization of illicit drugs?" published in the British Journal of Criminology examines the case of Portugal, a nation that decriminalized the use and possession of all illicit drugs on July 1, 2001. The paper concludes that contrary to predictions, the Portuguese decriminalization did not lead to major increases in drug use. Indeed, evidence indicates reductions in problematic use, drug-related harms and criminal justice overcrowding. The article discusses these developments in the context of drug law debates and criminological discussions on late modern governance.
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What Works for Women and Girls: Evidence for HIV/AIDS Interventions, now available at www.whatworksforwomen.org, is a comprehensive review of successful HIV programming for women and girls spanning data from more than 2,000 scientific articles and reports in nearly 100 countries.
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Lancet, 2010
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Almost three decades after the discovery of HIV, the Lancet issued special series to highlight the threat of a largely unpublicized and growing HIV epidemic: in people who use drugs.
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International Journal of Drug Policy, 2010
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Amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) have become the focus of increasing attention worldwide. There are understandable concerns over potential harms including the transmission of HIV.
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After two decades, the US Congress has voted to lift a ban on federal funding of needle exchange programs in December 2009.
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Latin American Initiative on Drugs and Democracy, 2009
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Publication ‘Legislative Innovation in Drug Policy’ by Martin Jelsma (Transnational Institute) summarizes good practices in legislative reforms around the world, representing steps away from a repressive zero-tolerance model towards a more evidence-based and humane drug policy.
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Global Business Coalition, 2009
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Injecting drug use remains one of the main factors leading to spread of HIV infection and related diseases in Russia: 79.8% of the total number of HIV cases and 62.7% of the number of new cases in Russia are bound to drug injection.
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International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2009
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Тhe report ‘Civil society leads national response: Overcoming the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ukraine’ introduces the Global Fund supported programme in Ukraine.
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UNODC, UNAIDS, 2009
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Despite the fact that prisons are attributed with high risk of HIV transmission, prevention programs, treatment, care and support to HIV-positive in prison settings are developed and implemented insufficiently. In addition, the situation in prisons, as a rule, do not respond to the needs of a particular sex. All existing programs and services in prisons for women were originally developed for men. In the meantime drugs and HIV infection is much more prevalent among female prisoners than male.
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500 million people around the world are currently infected with chronic hepatitis B or C, many don't know they have the virus. You can only contract Hepatitis C if your blood comes into contact with infected blood and people who share needles to take heroin or steroids are at the biggest risk. |
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OSI, IHRD, 2009
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The accounts in this fact sheet, drawn from published literature and interviews with people who have passed through treatment in Asia and the former Soviet Union, detail the range of abuses practiced in the name of drug dependence treatment, and suggest the need for reform on grounds of health and human rights.
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ACMD, 2009
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The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is an independent expert body that advises government on drug related issues in the UK. The new ACMD report focuses on HCV prevention among injecting drug users.
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EATG, 2008
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As the World Health Organization (WHO) and other groups have shown, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is effective in treating injecting drug users (IDUs) for HIV – provided they receive adequate support. The effectiveness of ART has been demonstrated for both active and former IDUs, including those on opioid substitution therapy (OST). The benefits are manifold and include cost-effectively improving both individual and public health, reducing HIV transmission and honouring everyone’s right to health.
ARV4IDUs in Central and Eastern Europe - Barriers to access – and ways to overcome them
examines the barriers that Central and Eastern European IDUs face in accessing ART, and it highlights some of the ways that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governments have found to overcome these obstacles.
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Building integrated care services for injection drug users in Ukraine
