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Injection Drug Use & HIV/AIDS
Overview
- Wired (Regularly Updated)
A British site about the misuse and abuse of drugs and alcohol.
- Drug Use and HIV (May 22, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
- Substance Abuse -- A National Challenge (August 31, 2000)
Prevention, treatment and research at HHS.
From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- MICA Populations & HIV (Summer 2000)
The facts about mentally ill chemically addicted populations and HIV.
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In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Overdose: Prevention and Survival (2000)
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From Harm Reduction Coalition
- HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse (December 1, 1998)
A selection from Be a Force for Change, an HIV/AIDS resource booklet.
In Be a Force for Change, from American Association for World Health
- The Role of Alcohol and Drug Relapse Prevention in the Treatment and Prevention of HIV Disease (April 1998)
In Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- The Social and Economic Consequences of Addiction in America (January 9, 1996)
From Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc.
- Methadone Wellness (September/October 2008)
Doctor and advocate Sarz Maxwell on the science -- and madness.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
News and Research
- IRIN Examines PEPFAR Funding of IDU Programs (June 24, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- PEPFAR Funds Supplies, Training to Promote Safe Injection Practices in Nigeria (June 24, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Asia-Pacific: UN Calls for AIDS Law Reform (April 22, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV/AIDS, Drug Programs Should "Work Together," Sidibe Says in Opinion Piece (April 22, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Injection Drug Users in South Florida Have Risky Behaviors, Study Says (April 13, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Injecting-Drug Users -- 23 Cities, United States, May 2005-February 2006 (April 10, 2009)
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In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- High Dead-Space Syringes and the Risk of HIV and HCV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users (March 9, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AP/Los Angeles Times Examines Efforts to End Unsafe Injection Practices That Could Spread HIV, Other Diseases (February 9, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Wall Street Journal Examines Unsafe Injection Practices That Could Spread HIV, Other Diseases (February 4, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Literature Review: Screening Tool for Mental Illness, Substance Abuse Validated (January 2006)
In Infectious Diseases in Corrections Report, from Brown Medical School
- Vancouver: Police Crackdown on Drug Dealers Accused of Increasing HIV Risk (May 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Sexual Risk Factors Among IDUs (Summer/Autumn 2001)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- AIDS Trends and Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (August 4, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Hepatitis and Injection Drugs
- The Association of Syringe Type and Syringe Cleaning With HCV Infection Among IDUs in Budapest, Hungary (March 18, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- High Dead-Space Syringes and the Risk of HIV and HCV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users (March 9, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Hepatitis C in Drug Users: What to Do? (May 2006)
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From HCV Advocate
- Stigma: Hepatitis C and Drug Abuse (February 2006)
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From HCV Advocate
- Hepatitis B Vaccine Decreases Hepatitis B Incidence in Cohort of Drug Users (May 12, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Treatment of HCV in the Methadone Patient (April 2002)
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From HCV Advocate
- HIV, IV Drug Users, and Hepatitis C (Fall/Winter 2000)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
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