• This study assessed whether this facility attracted people who inject drugs, who were socially vulnerable, and who engaged in drug-related behaviors associated with increased morbidity and mortality risk. (researchgate.net)
  • Methods This was a cross-sectional analysis of the frequency of Medically Supervised Injecting Room use during the first 18 months after opening (July 2018-December 2019) among 658 people who inject drugs participating in the Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study (SuperMIX). (researchgate.net)
  • Historically, The first professionally staffed service for people who inject drugs (PWID) emerged in Rotterdam, Netherlands during the early 1970s as part of the "alternative youth service" provided by St. Paul's Church. (aivl.org.au)
  • What are the best ways of engaging law enforcement agencies in harm reduction programs for people who inject drugs? (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Laws and policing practices that govern injection drug use influence the risk environment for people who inject drugs (5). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Certain groups of people who inject drugs may experience unequal targeting by police - these groups include youth, people of colour and Indigenous people (15-17). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • In 2011, about 17% of new HIV diagnoses were in people who inject drugs (1). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • According to Strathdee and colleagues (5), the legal environment affecting people who inject drugs can be separated into macro-, meso- and micro-legal environments. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • This review identifies the impacts of police and law enforcement activities on people who inject drugs, and summarizes ways to engage law enforcement in harm reduction approaches. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Increased police presence and arrests in proximity to needle exchange programs can interfere with sterile syringe access for people who inject drugs. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • In a survey among people who inject drugs in public places undertaken by UISCE from December 2016 to January 2017 undertaken by UISCE, 86.7% identified heroin as the primary drug used. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that as many as 16 million people around the world inject drugs. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • Lack of proper sterilization techniques when using needles and syringes to inject drugs may also increase the risks for bacterial infections and diseases. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • Certain injection and sexual behaviors among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive persons who inject drugs (PWID) can increase HIV transmission risk. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC used MMP data to assess high-risk injection practices and sexual behaviors among HIV-positive persons who injected drugs during the preceding 12 months and compared their HIV transmission risk behaviors with those of HIV-positive persons who did not inject drugs. (cdc.gov)
  • Focusing on interventions that reduce high-risk injection practices and sexual behaviors and increase rates of viral suppression might decrease HIV transmission risk among HIV-positive persons who inject drugs. (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of this study is to test, for the first time, the association between spatial social polarization and incarceration among people who inject drugs (PWID) in 19 large U.S. metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in 2015. (cdc.gov)
  • Veins in the arms are typically used for intravenous injections, but if these areas become too scarred and damaged, some people inject drugs into other veins, including those of the thigh, neck, armpit or feet. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Background: Ukraine developed Europe's most severe HIV epidemic due to widespread transmission among persons who inject drugs (PWID). (cdc.gov)
  • Fund, US government, and others allowed a major expansion of With the explosive growth of HIV transmission among persons prevention programs focused on KP and antiretroviral therapy who inject drugs (PWID) in Ukraine beginning in 1995, a wave of (ART). (cdc.gov)
  • Many advocates argue that prohibitionist laws criminalise people for suffering from a disease and cause harm for example, by obliging people who use substances to obtain substances of unknown purity from unreliable criminal sources at high prices, thereby increasing the risk of overdose and death. (wikipedia.org)
  • As overdoses skyrocketed amid the pandemic and the fentanyl crisis, advocates across the state are working discreetly to distribute these supplies as part of a practice to combat substance use disorder known as harm reduction. (texastribune.org)
  • Research has shown harm reduction is one of the most effective tools to help people who use drugs, and advocates say such programs are needed more than ever. (texastribune.org)
  • The approach has been criticized by harm-reduction advocates and user groups as ineffective and slow. (nelsonstar.com)
  • While the historic September 2011 Supreme Court of Canada ruling that allowed Insite to stay open under an exemption from drug laws was seen as a victory to drug users and health advocates, the federal Conservative government has opposed the safe-injection site all along. (megaphonemagazine.com)
  • Harm reduction advocates rightly insist that drug users be treated in a way that acknowledges their individual circumstances and lived experience. (smerconish.com)
  • His death has consequently left a deep hole in drug policy expertise at the Vancouver Police Department and deflated harm reduction advocates engaged in the fight to decriminalize drugs and bring widespread medical-grade substances to users. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • In contrast, advocates for safe supply, decriminalization, and harm reduction in British Columbia argue for a compassionate and pragmatic response to addiction. (topdocumentaryfilms.com)
  • Harm reduction advocates say many of the 27 million Americans who use illegal street drugs every year aren't able to achieve sobriety. (wssbradio.org)
  • In Ukraine, harm reduction included giving addicts methadone to ease them off street drugs such as heroin. (aljazeera.com)
  • For 30 years, 10-year mandatory minimum sentences have applied to drug trafficking offenses involving one kilogram of heroin, 400 grams of any substance containing even trace amounts of fentanyl, or 40 grams of any substance containing even trace amounts of an analogue of fentanyl. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • While the idea of endogenous addictiveness in drugs such as heroin lives on to this day, the prominence of addiction diminished in comparison to the effects of HIV infections. (madinamerica.com)
  • Known locally by its acronym MSIR, it was here that Melki met Margo, his now fiancé, who was also an active heroin user. (wirefan.com)
  • Fast forward to the 1990s, Sydney's Kings Cross was a notorious setting during a heroin boom, claiming countless lives through overdose, a mass of drug-related harms and increases in BBVs such as HIV and Hepatitis C through the sharing of needles. (aivl.org.au)
  • Bill Spearn, 54, leaves behind a wife and two daughters and a career in which he evolved from an anti-drug injection site hardliner to an officer who believed the city's lone prescription heroin program should be expanded across the province. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • Key Findings People price of black market drugs who use drugs in the United States spent on the order of 150 billion on cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine in. (darknetdrugmarketusa.com)
  • With the exception of marijuana, almost all drugs can be injected , although heroin is likely the most common. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • For instance, one study reported in the British Journal for Dermatology discovered that in confiscated injected drugs, 89 percent of them were contaminated with pathogens and 68 percent of the street drug heroin contained multiple or various pathogens. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • They paraphrased it to say an esteemed doctor and leading drug reform campaigner is calling for the illicit drug market to be handed to pharmacies, and I concur one hundred percent with that. (drugtruth.net)
  • The University of Amsterdam carries out a number of household surveys every four years to assess the rate of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use. (druglibrary.net)
  • But health measures to mitigate harm to illicit drug users, otherwise known as harm reduction activities, continue to meet resistance across Canada despite overwhelming evidence that abstinence-based approaches to drug addiction don't help everyone. (megaphonemagazine.com)
  • There's very little real-time information on what's in the illicit drug supply. (marsdd.com)
  • Interested in a career at the Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League? (aivl.org.au)
  • Supt. Bill Spearn was a Vancouver police officer who balanced the need to take down illicit drug operations while promoting drug policy reform to stop the harm among people who use drugs. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • In Western Europe and elsewhere, medically supervised safer injection facilities (SIFs) are increasingly being implemented for the prevention of health- and community-related harms among injection drug users (IDUs), although few evaluations have been conducted, and there have been questions regarding SIFs' ability to attract high-risk IDUs. (researchgate.net)
  • Canada's government has a drugs and substance strategy called the four pillars approach: prevention, treatment, harm reduction, enforcement (addressing illegal drug production, supply and distribution), which is evidence-based. (prpeak.com)
  • Member of the Halifax Area Network of Drug Using People (HANDUP), Lead peer with Peers Assisting and Lending Support (PALS), co-founder of the HaliFIX Overdose Prevention Site & National Board member with the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP). (theconversation.com)
  • Halifax Area Network of Drug Using People rally together in March 2019 for an Overdose Prevention Site, a safe, legal place where people can consume drugs. (theconversation.com)
  • That strategy holds harm reduction as a central tenet, along with prevention, treatment and enforcement. (megaphonemagazine.com)
  • Demand Reduction" is essentially drug prevention education. (smerconish.com)
  • He also worked with the Pompidou Group, the Council of Europe's drug policy cooperation platform on the role of police in drug prevention. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • The team also have a harm reduction and relapse prevention measure. (openroad.org.uk)
  • Drug overdose is the leading cause of injury death in America, killing 120 people each day, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • The University of California at San Francisco's (UCSF) Center for AIDS Prevention Studies estimated that as many as 36 percent of cumulative AIDS cases in the United States were caused by injected drug use. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • In 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended use of a 28-day course of antiretroviral therapy to prevent HIV infection in those who have had substantial risk for HIV exposure via injecting drug use. (medscape.com)
  • Dozens of drug reform activists from throughout Latin America and Europe joined with legislators, judges, lawyers, researchers and local activists in Buenos Aires Wednesday evening to kickoff the Latin American Meeting for Drug Policy Reform and the 1st Regional Syposium of Legislators and Judges on Drug Policy. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • Because America has a big drug problem and shaming or punishing people because of their addiction does NOT help them. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Who are the people driving the harm reductionist approach to drug use and what impact have they had on addiction treatment in America? (psychologytoday.com)
  • This deadly combination has led to an alarming and unprecedented rise in drug-related deaths in America. (smerconish.com)
  • There are three major stakeholder groups engaged in the debate about drugs in America. (smerconish.com)
  • I felt really alone in this world of law enforcement, but I can tell you that over the years as this [overdose] crisis has spread across North America, I'm not the only policeman that feels this way," said Spearn in a video produced a few years ago by the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • Dr. Alex Wokak is a physician and the director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, at St Vincent's Hospital, in Sydney, Australia. (drugtruth.net)
  • Wodak helped establish the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, the NSW Users AIDS Association, and the Australian Society of HIV Medicine. (drugtruth.net)
  • This is despite the drug having a number of associated risks and side-effects, including dependency, overdose, and death - particularly when mixed with other substances, including opioids and alcohol. (extern.org)
  • Speaking about the new guide, author Chris Rintoul, from Extern's Drugs & Alcohol Consultancy Service, said: "Just because pregabalin is a prescription drug, does not mean that it is not dangerous. (extern.org)
  • Advice in the booklet ranges from information on how people can reduce their risk when swallowing, snorting or injecting the drug, to highlighting how easy it is to overdose when combining pregabalin with alcohol or other drugs. (extern.org)
  • Michael Owen, the PHA's Drug and Alcohol lead, said: "The most important thing to remember is that all drugs, whether illegal drugs or prescription medication, carry risks. (extern.org)
  • One of the biggest risks of drug misuse comes when drugs, including alcohol, are mixed. (extern.org)
  • If you think you might have a problem with alcohol and/or drugs and would like to get help, please visit www.drugsandalcoholni.info for information on support services near you. (extern.org)
  • 4.8 There is a small group who use soft' drugs in a harmful way, just as there are those who use alcohol in a harmful way. (druglibrary.net)
  • Non-abstinence treatment and support approaches such as Moderation Management , The Sinclair Method for alcohol reduction , or our work at IGNTD . (psychologytoday.com)
  • The landmark achievement also received praise from many who have been involved in alcohol and other drugs (AOD) health service spaces or engaged with MSIC. (aivl.org.au)
  • Under the leadership of then NSW Premier Bob Carr, the 1999 drug summit coupled with the drug reform advocacy of then director of St. Vincent's Hospital Alcohol and Drug service Dr Alex Wodak and colleagues, set the foundation for the introduction of Australia's first medically supervised injecting centre, to be run by the charitable arm of the Uniting Church. (aivl.org.au)
  • Our drug detox and alcohol detox programs work to cleanse your body of those harmful substances and prepare you for a better, more productive life. (addictiontalkclub.com)
  • Our caring, compassionate staff does more than just eliminate alcohol or drugs from your system. (addictiontalkclub.com)
  • Overall, among HIV-positive persons who injected drugs, 80% received no treatment, and 57% self-reported needing drug or alcohol treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • Participants self-reported need for, and receipt of, alcohol or drug treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • Persons who reported receiving, or not receiving but needing, drug or alcohol treatment were considered to have a need for this service. (cdc.gov)
  • Individuals treated in hospital emergency departments for acute illness may be difficult to evaluate because of medical problems, poor nutrition, debilitation, and drug and alcohol intoxication or withdrawal. (medscape.com)
  • Treatment of alcohol and drug dependence is generally voluntary, unless psychiatric reasons are present that justify involuntary admission to psychiatric or mentally ill, chemically addicted (MICA) units. (medscape.com)
  • Many street-level harm-reduction strategies have succeeded in reducing HIV transmission in people who inject substances and sex-workers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Michael Lodberg Olsen, who was previously involved with the establishment of a substance consumption facility in Denmark, announced the founding of the Illegal magazine that will be sold by people who use substances in Copenhagen and the district of Vesterbro, who will be able to direct the profits from sales towards drug procurement. (wikipedia.org)
  • There, prescriptions were written for drugs that were bought in one of the pharmacy chains licensed to sell narcotic substances. (aljazeera.com)
  • She couldn't test her drugs to help her determine the potency of the substances she was using. (texastribune.org)
  • Mixing can increase the toxicity of already potentially harmful substances and increases the risk of serious harm and death. (extern.org)
  • But what are they doing about personal drug use of controlled substances during the pandemic? (theconversation.com)
  • After years of advocacy for a safer pharmaceutical alternative to the supply of toxic illegal drugs, the pandemic prompted British Columbia to create guidelines encouraging doctors to prescribe hydromorphone, morphine, dexedrine, methylphenidate (Ritalin) and diazepam - all controlled substances - to patients with substance use disorders . (theconversation.com)
  • As police enforce health protection acts in cities all over Canada , we haven't heard specifically what they plan to do about possession of controlled substances charges for people who have to buy their drugs on the street in the midst of COVID-19. (theconversation.com)
  • Harm Reduction" is the group behind efforts to make drug use safer and to decriminalize many (if not all) substances. (smerconish.com)
  • We should encourage investment in drug testing technology to cover new substances and provide effective, affordable tools for the consumer market. (smerconish.com)
  • A device made by Spectra Plasmonics can rapidly determine what substances are in street drugs. (marsdd.com)
  • In many cases, the drugs are unknowingly mixed with other substances like fentanyl, increasing the risk of an accidental overdose. (marsdd.com)
  • The influence of new psychoactive substances is evolving and with the recent amendments to the Misuse of Drugs act, the number people who identify as people who use drugs is growing. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • Adulterants are substances that are added to a drug to alter its physical qualities. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The patient possibly does not know what he or she has injected because many of the street drugs are altered or laced with other substances. (medscape.com)
  • harm reduction is the practice of helping drug users stay as stable and healthy as they can be in their circumstances. (aljazeera.com)
  • Harm reduction is a science-based practice that recognizes that people are sometimes unable or unwilling to immediately abstain from drug use. (texastribune.org)
  • Harm reduction typically refers to any non-judgmental, compassionate and shame -free policy, program, or practice that seeks to reduce the harms associated with drug use, compulsive behaviors , potentially dangerous activities and mental health struggles. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Individually, none of these traditional approaches will adequately address the new dynamics created by potent synthetic drugs like fentanyl and the now common practice of selling them to consumers without their knowledge or consent. (smerconish.com)
  • The new business model of drug dealers relies on the practice of hiding fentanyl in fake pills or street drugs and passing them off as something else. (smerconish.com)
  • Vincent was one of the first activists in the U.S. to put many of these ideas into practice, offering active drug users services and care out in the open. (vivrr.net)
  • MAT providers are increasingly embracing harm reduction strategies in their clinical practice in order to expand access to MAT and further improve patients quality of life. (addictiontalkclub.com)
  • The goal of this play, developed by the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, is to help you identify and implement harm reduction approaches in your practice to minimize patients risk of relapse and overdose. (addictiontalkclub.com)
  • Based on the interviews, five thematic categories were proposed: reasons that characterize the success of the project, articulations that were carried out, postures that contribute to team success, learning in practice and challenges faced in implementing the Street Clinic. (bvsalud.org)
  • It's grown harder in recent years, after drug cartels began pushing deadlier drugs into U.S. communities, including fentanyl and the veterinary drug xylazine. (kcbx.org)
  • Louise Vincent (left) actively uses drugs such as fentanyl. (kcbx.org)
  • She wears special sleeves to cover wounds caused by her accidental exposure to xylazine, a dangerous chemical that drug dealers mixed into her fentanyl. (kcbx.org)
  • 1 users and sellers don't know that fentanyl is in their drugs, the punishments for such drugs are irrelevant. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Unlike overdose reversal medication, it's illegal in Texas to carry or exchange drug-using supplies like used syringes and pipes, as well as fentanyl testing strips. (texastribune.org)
  • Methadone and buprenorphine which greatly reduce withdrawal symptoms for opiate users, remove some of the social issues ( crime , violence, etc.) associated with accessing drugs and giving people more regulated drugs than the ones bought off the street (as in not laced with fentanyl or a whole slew of other potential dangerous drugs), thereby reducing overdose risk. (psychologytoday.com)
  • The drug world has been upended by two intersecting forces: illicit fentanyl and deceptive marketing. (smerconish.com)
  • When my healthy 22-year-old son died of fentanyl poisoning in May 2020, I was thrust into the maelstrom created by the fake prescription pills that have flooded the U.S. streets and social media. (smerconish.com)
  • From West Point cadets on spring break to college students consuming fake Adderall , there are stories everywhere of young people overdosing after purchasing drugs that were unknowingly laced with fentanyl. (smerconish.com)
  • To drug traffickers, synthetics like fentanyl represent a "better mousetrap. (smerconish.com)
  • During that time, Eade attended a talk about the rise of fentanyl in the drug supply. (marsdd.com)
  • This is probably the most fentanyl I've seen in one spot in my 24 years of drug enforcement," he told reporters at the time. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • But a bigger factor appears to be the spread of powerful, toxic street drugs - fentanyl and methamphetamines. (wunc.org)
  • MANN: The Biden administration has embraced some strategies once seen as controversial, including making clean needles more widely available to drug users - also, test strips that help users identify drugs laced with fentanyl. (wunc.org)
  • The supply, distribution, and potency of illicitly manufactured fentanyl and fentanyl analogs in the U.S. drug market is continuously evolving. (cdc.gov)
  • The Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS), which systematically collects drug identification results from drug cases submitted for analysis to forensic laboratories (referred to as drug submissions), estimated that drug submissions testing positive for fentanyl more than doubled from 2015 to 2016, rising from 14,440 to 34,119. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2016, states reporting the highest number of fentanyl drug submissions remained concentrated in the East and Midwest, with all being located east of the Mississippi River, or bordering the Mississippi River. (cdc.gov)
  • The provincial government has attempted to address the crisis by expanding addictions care services and opioid agonist treatments like methadone and suboxone, which are meant to provide a safe alternative to street drugs. (nelsonstar.com)
  • Dopesick: Fentanyl's Deadly Grip Drugs - 52 min - ★ 8.78 An all-too-commonly prescribed opioid for those. (topdocumentaryfilms.com)
  • That's a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses. (wunc.org)
  • Finally, drug submissions testing positive for a synthetic illicit opioid known as U-47700, first encountered by the DEA in 2016, increased from 533 submissions in 2016 to 1,087 during January-June, 2017 [1,2]. (cdc.gov)
  • PWID using SIFs are also more likely to have a history of drug treatment 11 and less likely to have injected with borrowed syringes/needles. (researchgate.net)
  • Increasing access to sterile injection equipment, drug treatment services, and education around harm reduction and condom use might reduce HIV transmission among sexual and injection partners of HIV-positive PWID. (cdc.gov)
  • In previous research, incarceration has been found to be associated with HIV acquisition and can deter PWID from engaging in harm reduction activities. (cdc.gov)
  • It can help prevent overdoses, minimize the spread of disease and put drug users in a better position to seek out treatment. (texastribune.org)
  • Southcott talked about his time working as a paramedic in Vancouver's DTES, and said he supports the work being done to address toxic drug deaths and overdoses in the qathet region. (prpeak.com)
  • Lung cancer, overdoses, strokes, and any number of drug-exacerbated deaths could be traced back to the addiction underneath. (madinamerica.com)
  • Portugal has seen success in their harm reduction policies which involved decriminalizing all drugs in 2001 and as a result, the country has experienced a considerable decrease in overdoses, drug-related crimes, and HIV infection. (psychologytoday.com)
  • In Canada, death from drug overdoses is on the rise. (marsdd.com)
  • These rapid tests determine what's in them, help harm reduction programs counsel users on safe use and can also help public health agencies to predict likely numbers of overdoses and allocate resources. (marsdd.com)
  • To the U.S. now, where it has been a devastating year for drug overdoses. (wunc.org)
  • There are no medically-supervised legal drug consumption rooms in Asia, according to a 2022 report from HRI. (wirefan.com)
  • By S Hulme 2022 Cited by 4 The unit sales price of drugs distributed ranged from 0 (where drugs were given away freely) to 90, and 76 of cycles involved the distribution of drugs for. (darknetdrugmarketusa.com)
  • With total drug deaths in the U.S. now topping 112,000 fatalities a year, she argues the U.S. focus on law enforcement and drug abstinence hasn't worked and it's time to try something new. (kcbx.org)
  • There are undoubtedly still drug enforcement teams with ongoing investigations that involve investigators going in and out of COVID-19 "high-risk areas," as chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, has noted . (theconversation.com)
  • There is no enforcement on personal use but police try to reduce the public nuisance to other people who do not use drugs. (druglibrary.net)
  • Supply Reduction" refers generally to law enforcement and includes efforts to keep drugs out of the country and to prosecute drug traffickers. (smerconish.com)
  • Drugs will always be regulated, so supply reduction and enforcement are with us to stay. (smerconish.com)
  • Law enforcement agencies have decades of institutional knowledge about drug traffickers' methods and tendencies. (smerconish.com)
  • Law enforcement and the courts should have the discretion to treat every drug trafficking case on its individual merits. (smerconish.com)
  • Engaging police and law enforcement in harm reduction programs provides an opportunity to reduce the harms associated with injecting (5;17). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Law enforcement activities targeting possession of needles among people who use drugs is associated with risky injecting behaviour including syringe sharing. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Supt. Bill Spearn joined the VPD in 1996 and spent most of his career in drug enforcement. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • He visited the United Kingdom, Norway, Portugal and Poland both to educate and learn about the intersection of drug policy and drug enforcement. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • The lack of police intervention raises questions about the effectiveness of law enforcement and the existing drug policies in tackling the drug crisis. (topdocumentaryfilms.com)
  • MANN: Anne Milgram heads the Drug Enforcement Administration, the agency charged with keeping illegal drugs off the streets. (wunc.org)
  • Total 80 drug addict's blood samples including smoker, alcoholic, cocaine and cannabis users (20 of each) were collected from age range 25-50 years from local area in EDTA tube and multiple diagnostic assay were performed. (innspub.net)
  • Drugs, Inc. - Cocaine Drugs - 46 min - ★ 7.80 A comprehensive view of the $300 billion dollar. (topdocumentaryfilms.com)
  • According to the World Drug Report, Cocaine in the US costs between 25 and 200 a gram, with typical prices checking in at about 112 per gram. (darknetdrugmarketusa.com)
  • Cocaine Cocaine is an addictive stimulant drug made from leaves of the coca plant. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Do Supervised Injecting Facilities Attract Higher-Risk Injection Drug Users? (researchgate.net)
  • Overall, 400 active injection drug users returned for follow-up between December 1, 2003 and May 1, 2004, among whom 178 (45%) reported ever using the SIF. (researchgate.net)
  • The Santa Fe Mountain Center is hiring a Street Outreach Worker to provide harm reduction outreach services to injection drug users in northern New Mexico. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • Street-level policing activities can hinder injection drug users' access to sterile syringes (6-9), increase needle sharing (7;9-11), and increase rates of HIV and drug-related mortality (12-14). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • In Ontario, it is estimated that approximately 5% of injection drug users in Ontario are living with HIV (3), and that 36% of hepatitis C cases may be attributed to injection drug use (4). (ohtn.on.ca)
  • Through her own experience with substance use disorder, Dambra has tested the effectiveness of a public health strategy known as harm reduction, which includes giving away sterile syringes to reduce the negative health outcomes of addiction. (texastribune.org)
  • ARF is the first and only NGO distributing clean needles and syringes among injecting drug users on the streets of Moscow - with zero government funding and support. (drogriporter.hu)
  • There are more than a million people living with HIV in Russia and approximately nine out of ten new HIV transmissions were attributed to the sharing of used needles and syringes in 2007 - yet the government banned opiate substitution treatment (OST), one of the most effective ways to reduce infections, overdose deaths and drug related crime. (drogriporter.hu)
  • But underneath, she quietly took stock of a different kind of inventory - clean syringes to help prevent the spread of diseases among drug users. (texastribune.org)
  • This lack of access helped to drive IDU-related HIV infections by forcing those who used IV drugs to reuse, and share, syringes. (madinamerica.com)
  • Did it make sense to place prohibitions on syringes, knowing full well that people were still using IV drugs? (madinamerica.com)
  • They bought syringes in bulk and handed them out on the street corner, sometimes asking for the used syringes to dispose of them. (madinamerica.com)
  • As of 2020, some 86 countries had one or more programs using a harm reduction approach to substance use, primarily aimed at reducing blood-borne infections resulting from use of contaminated injecting equipment. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the case of recreational substance use, harm reduction is put forward as a useful perspective alongside the more conventional approaches of demand and supply reduction. (wikipedia.org)
  • While the vast majority of harm reduction initiatives are educational campaigns or facilities that aim to reduce substance-related harm, a unique social enterprise was launched in Denmark in September 2013 to reduce the financial burden of illicit substance use for people with a drug dependence. (wikipedia.org)
  • Harm Reduction (as defined by The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition ) is a comprehensive, just and science-based approach to substance use. (gofundme.com)
  • Marijuana as a replacement substance for opiate users would be another example of reducing the potential harm (overdose and crime ) associated with street opiate use or problematic prescription use. (psychologytoday.com)
  • He developed an effective substance abuse treatment program called Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP) to address substance use and related behaviors that do not necessarily require abstinence. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Modelling indicates that about 63 drug deaths have been prevented since the MSIR opened, "which would equate to around 16 lives saved each year", according to the review. (wirefan.com)
  • They argue that providing a safe and regulated supply of drugs can prevent overdose deaths and reduce harm to users. (topdocumentaryfilms.com)
  • MANN: The rapid rise of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. began in the early months of the pandemic. (wunc.org)
  • Harm reduction facilities have been forced to drastically cut back their hours , reducing access to sterile supplies. (talkingdrugs.org)
  • As the current executive director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, he describes Canada as a paradoxically drug-loving society and drug-hating society. (megaphonemagazine.com)
  • Harm reduction is most commonly applied to approaches that reduce adverse consequences from drug use, and harm reduction programs now operate across a range of services and in different regions of the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • Rather than punishing addicts and idealizing abstinence as the goal for people with addictions, Ferentzy is a passionate supporter of harm reduction approaches that do not punish drug users and instead provides positive social supports for them to improve their lives on their own terms. (megaphonemagazine.com)
  • As a society, it is time to acknowledge that our traditional approaches to the drug problem are no longer sufficient - or even appropriate. (smerconish.com)
  • There weren't many of us who supported having a new look at the global problem of -- global position of drug prohibition. (drugtruth.net)
  • that prohibition creates more problems for society than the drugs, whatever their properties, can do. (druglibrary.net)
  • She has emerged as a leading voice trying to humanize and help people who use drugs as they face the most devastating overdose crisis in U.S. history. (kcbx.org)
  • We have made it OK to abandon people who use drugs. (kcbx.org)
  • At that time it was not possible to access antiretroviral treatment for people who use drugs - they were sentenced to death by the neglectful authorities. (drogriporter.hu)
  • Rather than prevent drug use, harm reduction policies ensure people who use drugs stay alive and as healthy as possible until they are ready for treatment. (texastribune.org)
  • Program Cooridnator with Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs. (theconversation.com)
  • Matthew Bonn is the Program Coordinator with Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD). (theconversation.com)
  • Policy-makers are beginning to listen to recommendations from people who use drugs. (theconversation.com)
  • These are big steps for people who use drugs, but there's no comprehensive and sustainable federal plan to reduce overdose fatalities and COVID-19 infections among some of our most marginalized citizens. (theconversation.com)
  • In some ways, the coronavirus pandemic has hit marginalized people who use drugs the hardest. (talkingdrugs.org)
  • chronic illness and stress-are the conditions that so many people who use drugs have endured for years. (talkingdrugs.org)
  • To that end, Filter sked a handful of marginalized people who use drugs to share, in their own words, what the past few months have been like for them. (talkingdrugs.org)
  • Health and dignity of people who use drugs. (addictiontalkclub.com)
  • UISCE (Union for Improved Services Communication and Education) provide an independent representative voice for people who use drugs and work towards protecting their civil liberties and human rights. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • UISCE is aware of the need to constantly renew and regenerate our priorities to be responsive to the needs of people who use drugs. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • UISCE undertakes outreach to engage with the community to identify trends and issues from a broad range of people who use drugs. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • We share this information where decisions are made that impact the lives of people who use drugs to ensure their voice is included in the development of policy and programs. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • UISCE aims in all communication and activities to be mindful of the stigma associated with the use of drugs and works to reduce the impact of stigma on the community of people who use drugs. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • By focusing on quantity rather than role, H.R. 6158 risks impacting low-level drug users who pool their resources to sell drugs to fund their own use or those who are small-time couriers. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Funded by the Public Health Agency, the publication, entitled ' Pregabalin User Guide: How to Reduce the Risks ', is aimed at people who are problem users of the drug. (extern.org)
  • IV drug use is generally the most popular method of injected drug abuse and creates many health risks and concerns. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • In addition to the potential for a life-threatening overdose, IV drug abuse also increases the risks for developing several infectious diseases, including the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, which leads to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS for which there is currently no accepted cure. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • Injecting a drug has more risks than other methods of use. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Malta is poised to become a centre for the production of medical marijuana - while also relaxing its cannabis legislation further - after decades of a no-compromise, 'zero tolerance' policy towards all drugs. (druglawreform.info)
  • The street availability of cannabis in France is similar to the street availability in the Netherlands which is similar to most other industrialised countries in the world. (druglibrary.net)
  • In early 2020, a chance encounter set his life in a positive direction when he started attending Melbourne's first-ever Medically Supervised Injecting Room at the North Richmond Community Health Centre - a space where people can use drugs safely, knowing that medical personnel are on hand should something go wrong. (wirefan.com)
  • The church centre later turned into the world's first legally sanctioned drug consumption facility, after discussions with police and legislature who mutually decided that the service can operate provided no minors be admitted. (aivl.org.au)
  • But on top of dodging Russian bombs, as a drug-dependent Ukrainian, he is suffering agonising withdrawal. (aljazeera.com)
  • Publication of the guide comes on the day (1st April, 2019) when new legislation comes into force classifying Pregabalin as a class C controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act (1971). (extern.org)
  • Professor David Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, gave a lecture on how the harms to society from young people riding horses as a hobby were similar to the harms caused by taking the drug ecstasy. (quackometer.net)
  • Opioids Opioids, a class of drugs derived from the opium poppy (including synthetic variations), are pain relievers with a high potential for misuse. (msdmanuals.com)
  • CONs: Increases criminality, incarceration, & black markets as when driving a price of black market drugs having a minimum price per unit at which the drug could be sold. (darknetdrugmarketusa.com)
  • However, according to a recent study by the National Center of Addiction Medicine (S), price increases also apply to the black drug market. (darknetdrugmarketusa.com)
  • IV drug use increases the risk for a potentially fatal overdose. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • People come here to inject because they can easily run away if the police show up," says Vova, a street outreach worker with the Andrey Rylkov Foundation (ARF). (drogriporter.hu)
  • It has an additional benefit: there is a pharmacy nearby where drug users can buy opiate drugs without a prescription. (drogriporter.hu)
  • Furthermore, H.R. 6158 will apply to low-level offenders and addicts and produce unjust punishments that do not fit the offender or reduce drug trafficking. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • So like us, the drug addicts and alcoholics, I think it makes it more worse for us. (talkingdrugs.org)
  • The main objective of the current study was to evaluate the prevalence of infectious diseases in drug addicts compared to normal individuals. (innspub.net)
  • After he died, a couple of harm reduction activists named a new organization after him - the Andrey Rylkov Foundation. (drogriporter.hu)
  • Authorities in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia have embarked on an unprecedented effort to crack down on drug use and drug trafficking, and are employing tactics likely to promote vigilantism, according to drug reform activists. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • In our new online video show, we regularly discuss new developments in the world of drug policy with professionals, activists and decision makers. (drogriporter.hu)
  • We can see a young couple injecting a legal prescription drug, Nalbufin, in front of our camera. (drogriporter.hu)
  • This means, we actively seek out people who are currently injecting on the streets, many of whom identify as homeless. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • Drugs that come in a tablet form, such as prescription medications, are first crushed into a powder and then dissolved in a liquid such as water before injecting. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • Globally, WHO further estimates that one in 10 new HIV cases is caused by injecting drugs. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • Skin infections are also common in IV drug users, and abusers may not know exactly what is in the drug they are injecting. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • Thus, users do not know what they are injecting. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Injecting drugs with unsterilized needles, particularly needles used by someone else, can introduce bacteria and viruses into the body. (msdmanuals.com)
  • is a common serious consequence of injecting drugs contaminated with bacteria or using dirty needles. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Injecting drug users can develop botulism and tetanus infection through the injection site. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Consultation with an infectious disease specialist may be needed to determine the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases associated with injecting drug use. (medscape.com)
  • HIV infection among female sex workers (FSW) remains strongly associated with a personal history of injecting drug use (IDU). (cdc.gov)
  • For many who live in BC, whether in an urban or rural environment, the toxic drug supply has impacted their communities, and so has addiction. (prpeak.com)
  • We are all impacted by the toxic drug crisis. (prpeak.com)
  • Since April of this year, there has not been a reported death in the qathet region due to toxic drugs, according to the community action team. (prpeak.com)
  • Aubrey was 25 years old, and is now among the 10,545 British Columbians who have died since the toxic drug crisis took grip on the province in 2016. (nelsonstar.com)
  • Xavier Becerra, head of the Health and Human Services Department, said with the U.S. street drug supply so toxic, it's time to focus on harm reduction strategies designed to keep people with addiction alive. (wunc.org)
  • In a drug overdose, the drug reaches toxic levels, overwhelming the brain and body. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • But state-run harm reduction programs don't exist in Texas, and the Legislature has previously batted down efforts to decriminalize the possession and distribution of supplies for drug use and drug testing. (texastribune.org)
  • They operate harm reduction programs across the state in the shadows, regularly giving away these supplies to drug users and risking hefty fines and incarceration. (texastribune.org)
  • Authorities should be considering the decriminalization of drugs during COVID-19 and implementing safe supply programs. (theconversation.com)
  • In a January 2012 article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, journalist Paul Christopher Webster writes, "harm reduction programs are anathema to Stephen Harper's governing Conservative party. (megaphonemagazine.com)
  • This can be seen in the classic harm reduction form of safe injection sites and needle exchange programs, which keep people (and needles) off the streets and helps those who are using stay safer and those in the community become less exposed to risk as well . (psychologytoday.com)
  • Our devices are sold mainly to institutions, so groups that are running harm-reduction sites or public health programs. (marsdd.com)
  • Those are all public health harm-reduction testing programs. (marsdd.com)
  • A 2012 study (8) exploring the spatial overlap of drug-related arrests and access to needle exchange programs over time in New York City health districts found that districts with better access to needle exchange programs had higher rates of arrest. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • While the Alberta model emphasizes abstinence, it is essential to consider harm reduction strategies and safe supply programs that prioritize the immediate safety of individuals. (topdocumentaryfilms.com)
  • They want the U.S. to embrace programs that help people use drugs more safely. (vivrr.net)
  • Public health experts say it's driven in part by disruption of drug treatment and health care programs. (wunc.org)
  • MANN: The Biden administration has also asked Congress for more than $10 billion to fund drug treatment and research programs. (wunc.org)
  • Carfentanil drug submissions reported to NFLIS rapidly increased from an estimated 1,251 in 2016 to 2,268 during the first six months of 2017 (see table below) [2, 3]. (cdc.gov)
  • Decriminalizing drug offenses is another form of harm reduction which aims to help people with an addiction on the path to recovery rather than punishing them and locking them up. (psychologytoday.com)
  • But, unlike diseases such as cirrhosis and lung cancer, the disease was not correlated to the length or breadth of intravenous drug use. (madinamerica.com)
  • The status of the infection was decoupled from the use of drugs in a way that drug-use incurred diseases like cirrhosis, lung cancer, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could never be. (madinamerica.com)
  • Sharing IV drug paraphernalia can also lead to the transmission and spread of other diseases including hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV), each of which affect the liver and may lead to liver failure, liver cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, or permanent scarring. (arlingtoncemetery.net)
  • Vincent's argument - laid out at conferences and public appearances - is that the U.S. needs to reinvent addiction care by treating drug users with dignity, helping them avoid the worst outcomes. (kcbx.org)
  • It's a recovery approach that treats those struggling with drug use with compassion and dignity. (psychologytoday.com)
  • A new guide which aims to reduce the risk of death and harm for people who are problem users of the drug pregabalin is being launched today by leading social justice charity Extern (Monday, 1st April). (extern.org)
  • Harm reduction aims to provide a safe context for people who struggle with addiction to get help. (psychologytoday.com)
  • This study aims to describe and evaluate the implementation process of the Street Clinic in the city of Maceió-AL from the reported experiences of the healthcare team working in this project. (bvsalud.org)
  • The HCLU visited Moscow last year and produced a movie to promote the work of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation, the only NGO that provides clean needles for drug users in Moscow. (drogriporter.hu)
  • After that experience, Melki focused on getting clean, taking up long-acting treatment with buprenorphine, which he calls a "miracle drug" and gets monthly for free at MSIR. (wirefan.com)
  • Some countries mandate forms of inpatient and outpatient chemical dependency treatment, such as the drug court system in many parts of the United States. (medscape.com)
  • Because addiction is a complex biopsychosocial problem, effective drug treatment must be comprehensive and must attend to the multiple needs of the individual. (medscape.com)
  • Drug treatment teaches individuals to cope with drug cravings, to avoid relapse to drug use, and to deal with relapse if it occurs. (medscape.com)
  • Treatment for drug addiction reduces the risk of HIV infection. (medscape.com)
  • Drug treatment reduces criminal activity and also improves the individual's chances for employment. (medscape.com)
  • Reserve concomitant prescribing of these drugs in patients for whom other treatment options are inadequate. (medscape.com)
  • Wodak is a notable advocate of drug reform laws. (drugtruth.net)
  • Wodak is President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and was President of the International Harm Reduction Association. (drugtruth.net)
  • Does it still serve its purpose or is a reform of the UN Drug Conventions needed? (druglawreform.info)
  • The Drugreporter team interviewed the former director of the Drug Policy Alliance at the drug reform conference in Atlanta. (drogriporter.hu)
  • Watch the most important speeches and sessions from the 2015 Drug Policy Reform Conference, held in Washington D.C. (drogriporter.hu)
  • Please watch our video and read our article about the 2015 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, which was held in Washington DC between 18-21 November! (drogriporter.hu)
  • Watch and share the speeches captured at the opening session of the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Washington DC, 19th of November, 2015. (drogriporter.hu)
  • A speech delivered by the Director of the Drug Policy Alliance at the opening session of the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Washington DC. (drogriporter.hu)
  • Watch some great sessions on video, recorded at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Denver, Colorado. (drogriporter.hu)
  • Watch the videos of the award ceremony at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Denver! (drogriporter.hu)
  • It was this bold act amongst others of rebellion that paved the way for radical changes in state drug reform legislation. (aivl.org.au)
  • A Vancouver police superintendent who was considered an ally in the fight for drug policy reform in Canada and equally respected by his peers for his commitment to take down major illegal narcotic operations lost his battle with cancer Sunday. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • Harm reduction, or harm minimization, refers to a range of intentional practices and public health policies designed to lessen the negative social and/or physical consequences associated with various human behaviors, both legal and illegal. (wikipedia.org)
  • 7 H.R.6158 will also not reduce drug trafficking because it would target low-level sellers and users who are easily replaced and whose incarceration has little to no impact on the drug trade.8 H.R. 6158 is unnecessary and will compound, not reduce, the inefficacy of existing laws. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Among HIV-positive persons who injected drugs, behaviors during the preceding 12 months were self-reported. (cdc.gov)
  • Doses [of substitute drugs] have been cut, and in the city of Kharkiv, the only supplies of methadone and buprenorphine have been cut off," said Lavryk. (aljazeera.com)
  • We asked Viktor Ivanov several times at the press conferences of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), but his answers ranged from misinformation to blatant lies about methadone. (drogriporter.hu)
  • MANN: But while embracing some harm reduction measures, the Biden administration has drawn criticism for failing to support other public health strategies widely seen as effective. (wunc.org)
  • It represents policies, strategies and services, which aim to assist people who use legal and illegal psychoactive drugs to live safer and healthier lives. (gofundme.com)
  • It launched a fundraising campaign with the help of Global Giving, the aim is to buy and maintain a van to provide live-saving services for 1000 drug users. (drogriporter.hu)
  • He found help from medical professionals such as Dr. Gabor Maté while using harm reduction services in Vancouver. (prpeak.com)
  • The panel's overall consensus was that harm reduction and addiction services need to be fluid, flexible and available for those who need it. (prpeak.com)
  • The illicit economies involve a wide scope of commodities and services, with some of the most iconic ones including drug trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, illegal logging and mining, poaching and wildlife trafficking, smuggling in counterfeiting of goods, cybercrime, gun smuggling and money laundering. (brookings.edu)
  • but they also bring various socio-economic and (semi)public goods services to vast segments of marginalized populations around the world: Hundreds of millions of people are dependent on illicit economies for basic livelihoods, social mobility, and access to public goods, such as street security, and thus the sponsors of illicit economies - criminal and militant groups or corrupt states and politicians - derive vast political capital from sponsoring them. (brookings.edu)
  • Other vulnerable groups (youth, including street children, uniformed services, migrants, women) have changed behaviour towards significant reduction of HIV transmission risk - withdrawal from drug abuse, delayed sexual activity/loyalty to one - withdrawal from drug abuse, delayed sexual activity/loyalty to one partner/use of condoms in sexual intercourse. (who.int)
  • In the wake of a Vancouver study finding users who have difficulty shooting up are more likely to contract HIV, a Vancouver drug users' group has begun a program to assist them -- potentially risking drug trafficking charges for doing so. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • Ferentzy's perspectives may not seem novel here in drug-policy-obsessed Vancouver, where the Downtown Eastside's HIV crisis in the 1990s led to the creation of the Four Pillars Drug Strategy in 2000. (megaphonemagazine.com)
  • This study indicated that the SIF attracted IDUs who have been shown to be at elevated risk of blood-borne disease infection and overdose, and IDUs who were contributing to the public drug use problem and unsafe syringe disposal problems stemming from public injection drug use. (researchgate.net)
  • How could you rationalize primarily treating addiction when the infection was not correlated to the actual use of the drug? (madinamerica.com)
  • While limiting drug use after HIV infection would help, it was not necessarily a driving factor in the status of the infection. (madinamerica.com)
  • The results suggested an interaction on the additive scale between drugs use and HBV infection, and an interaction on the multiplicative scale with HCV infection. (innspub.net)
  • During 2016, 6% of persons in the United States who received a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection had their HIV infection attributed to injection drug use ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The Open Road street drinkers project is a project that has been set up to help the homeless within Essex. (openroad.org.uk)
  • MANN: Mexican drug cartels have shifted much of their criminal activity to these synthetic drugs, which are cheaper to manufacture and easier to smuggle. (wunc.org)
  • By decriminalizing drugs, we'll be able to prevent police from potentially spreading COVID-19 to vulnerable communities. (theconversation.com)
  • Harm reduction is used to decrease negative consequences of recreational drug use and sexual activity without requiring abstinence, recognizing that those unable or unwilling to stop can still make positive change to protect themselves and others. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is vital therefore, that as a society, we do as much as we can to enable those people to reduce the risk of harm to themselves. (extern.org)
  • I would like to commend the Public Health Agency for their support in creating this vital and forthright guide, as I have no doubt its publication will help save lives and reduce harm. (extern.org)
  • Unfortunately we do see people misusing drugs, like pregabalin, and that's why this resource will provide valuable information to help people reduce the harm that can be caused when misusing this drug. (extern.org)
  • Engaging police in harm reduction strategies may provide an opportunity to reduce the injection drug-associated harms while also reducing crime. (ohtn.on.ca)
  • They are usually added, without the user's knowledge, to reduce costs or to make the drug easier to use. (msdmanuals.com)
  • It helped design the war on drugs, and then it sold this policy right around the global, and now it's the United States which is also in the forefront of efforts to have more realistic, more pragmatic, more effective, cheaper, policies. (drugtruth.net)
  • To steer clear of criminal charges, Texans who use drugs will often avoid getting sterile supplies and reuse the pipes and needles they have. (texastribune.org)