Harm Reduction & HIV

Harm Reduction Overview

Principles of Harm Reduction (Regularly Updated)
From Harm Reduction Coalition
Taiwan Harm Reduction Program for IDUs Praised at International Conference (April 28, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Rift With European Union as United States Sticks to Bush Line on "War on Drugs" (February 3, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Harm Reduction Programs: The Cloud in the Silver Lining (January 9, 2009)
A closer look at the lives of the heroic people who make needle exchanges and other harm-reduction programs possible in the U.S., but whose own drug problems may go untreated, with tragic results.
In The Wall Street Journal
Seventh National Harm Reduction Conference in Florida (PDF) (November 13-16, 2008)
Conference agenda.
From Harm Reduction Coalition
Harm Reduction 2008 (PDF) (May 11-15, 2008)
Full conference program with all abstracts.
From International Harm Reduction Association
Harm Reduction All Around (November/December 2005)
What is harm reduction, exactly? Social worker Mary Lynn Hemphill explains.
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In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Ten Things You Can Do to Practice Harm Reduction If You Use Drugs (2005)
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In Ten Simple Things You Can Do ..., from Body Positive
Harm Reduction for Methamphetamine Users: A Counselor's Perspective (July 27, 2004)
Susan Kingston, a specialist in HIV-prevention strategies for substance-using men who have sex with men, discusses how counselors can address the harms of meth and handle clients who experience paranoia.
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Success of Antiretroviral Drugs Creates Need for Increased Education Among High-Risk Groups, Editorial Says (September 15, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Meeting Clients "Where They Are" (January/February 2003)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Tales of a Housepunk Nothing, Or: I Was a Twenty-Something Outreach Worker (September 2002)
The struggles of being a harm reductionist.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Harm Reduction (1998)
In The Encyclopedia of AIDS
Alternative to Jail: Hope for Incarcerated PWAs (October 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Drug Use or No Drug Use (September 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
The Latest Breakthroughs in Recovery From Addiction (July 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Defining Harm Reduction (April 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Interventions to Prevent HIV Risk Behaviors (February 11-13, 1997)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
Substance Abuse and AIDS: Report from the Front Lines (The Impact on Professionals) (1992)
In Lesbians and Gay Men: Chemical Dependency Treatment Issues, from Harrington Park Press
The Straight Dope (Various dates)
A collection of information/advice pamphlets aimed at giving drug users the power to make rational, safer and informed decisions about their drug use.
From Harm Reduction Coalition

Harm Reduction With Non-Intravenous Drugs

Free Crack Mouthpieces on the Way to British Columbia (January 4, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Province to Fund Crack-Pipe Program in City (December 27, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Crack Users Say Pipe Program Helps Them Stay Healthy (October 7, 2005)
In 2004, Ottawa augmented its needle-exchange program with an initiative to distribute clean pipe kits to crack cocaine users.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Treating Crystal Meth Dependency: An Interview With Yves-Michel Fontaine (July/August 2005)
Fontaine is a substance use counselor and educator who has worked at Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Cocaine Addiction Treatment Dramatically Lowers HIV Risk (May 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Intensive Cocaine Use Fueling HIV Epidemic in Vancouver (May 19, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Club Drug Use and HIV/AIDS: Prevention and Harm Reduction (December 2002)
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Methadone Maintenance (July 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive