Substance Abuse & HIV/AIDS: News & Views

See also: HIV/AIDS & Drug/Alcohol Use

New York 911 Bill Could Push Other States to Protect Drug Users (September 19, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
High Prevalence of Childhood Emotional, Physical and Sexual Trauma Among a Canadian Cohort of HIV-Seropositive Illicit Drug Users (August 17, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
SAMHSA Launches Behavioral Health and HIV/AIDS Web Page (August 2, 2011)
From AIDS.gov
Cuomo Ups Punishment for Sex Workers; Signs Law to Prevent Overdose Death (July 21, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
International Drug Policy Panel Calls for Legalization of Some Drugs, De-Criminalizing Drug Use (June 3, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Louisiana Man Hopes to Save Others From AIDS, HIV (May 12, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What Women and Girls Should Know About Drug Use and HIV/AIDS (March 10, 2011)
From AIDS.gov
SAMHSA is Facing World AIDS Day (November 19, 2010)
From U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Sexual Health, Risk Behaviors and Substance Use in Heterosexual-Identified Women With Female Sex Partners: 2002 U.S. National Survey of Family Growth (September 23, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Law Enforcement Leaders for Public Health and Rights (July 19, 2010)
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From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Psychosocial Factors and Substance Use in High-Risk Youth Living With HIV: A Multi-Site Study (May 10, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A Longitudinal Study of Sexual Risk Behavior Among the Adolescent Children of HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Drug-Abusing Fathers (May 3, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Does Opioid Substitution Treatment in Prisons Reduce Injecting-Related HIV Risk Behaviors? A Systematic Review (April 14, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida: Improved Treatment for Drug Abusers May Reduce AIDS Deaths (January 20, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Test Positive Aware Network Receives $331K Grant (July 2, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Helping Doctors Ask About Drug, Alcohol Problems (May 15, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Illegal Drugs Must Be Decriminalized to Stop HIV Spread, Says Global Fund Chief (April 19, 2009)
"A repressive way of dealing with drug users is a way of facilitating the spread of the [HIV/AIDS] epidemic," Michele Kazatchkine said. "If you know you will be arrested, you will not go for treatment. ... I'm talking about criminalizing trafficking, but not users."
In The Guardian
California: Party Drugs, AIDS Discussed at Expo During White Party (April 14, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
San Francisco May Consider Supervised Injection Centers to Decrease HIV and Hep C (October 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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
Arizona: Class Teaches Abstinence to Men in Recovery (March 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Drug Treatment Best Hope for Meth-Using Men Who Have Sex With Men (November 1, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Arizona: Researchers Get Grant for Substance Abuse, HIV Project (October 23, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Attitudes & Strategies: A Comprehensive Approach to Preventing Blood-Borne Infections Among IDUs (October 3, 2002)
[Archived Article]
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nothing Illegal at Vancouver AIDS Clinic; Police: Having Nurses Teach Drug Users Safe Injection Breaks No Law (April 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Linking HIV Prevention Services and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs (February 2002)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
One in 62: Young Injectors (March/April 2001)
[Archived Article]
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Seroprevalence Correlates of HIV and HCV Infection Among Injection Drug Users (IDUs) Attending an Outreach Syringe Exchange Program (SEPs) in Five Brazilian Cities (July 12, 2000)
[Archived Article]
In The XIII International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
Multdrug-Resistant HIV and Primary Infection: A New Threat to At-Risk Individuals, and a New Challenge for Care Providers (October 1999)
[Archived Article]
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
Global Network Will Promote Information Exchange on HIV Prevention in Drug-Using Populations (February 1999)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
Dangerous Intersection of Drug Use and Sexual HIV Transmission Points to Critical Need for Comprehensive HIV Prevention Among Drug Users (June 1998)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention