HIV/AIDS: Criminalization of drug use fuelling HIV
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HIV/AIDS: Criminalization of drug use fuelling HIV

Nairobi : Kenya | Jun 27, 2012 at 11:59 AM PDT
Source: IRIN
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The war on drugs has also led to a policy distortion, whereby evidence-based addiction treatment and public health measures have been downplayed or ignored." Among measures that hamper drug users' access to HIV services, the report cited fear of arrest, restrictions on the provision of sterile syringes... FULL ARTICLE AT IRIN
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Hundreds of used syringes lie in a bin at the office of an NGO run by People Living with HIV and AIDS in Churachandpur
Hundreds of used syringes lie in a bin at the office of an NGO run by People Living with HIV and AIDS in Churachandpur
 
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