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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)
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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)
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)
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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

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