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12 Myths About HIV/AIDS and People Who Use Drugs

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  • Date
  • July 2010
  • Author
  • Kasia Malinowska & Steffanie A Strathdee

This article appeared as part of a Lancet series that highlights the threat of a largely unpublicized, growing HIV epidemic among people who use drugs. The series tackles the myths surrounding HIV and people who use drugs.

The issues surrounding antiretroviral HIV treatment, opioid substitution therapy, and needle and syringe programs are covered in depth, as are the social issues around decriminalization of drug users and reducing intimidation, stigmatization, and imprisonment of drug users.

The article is available for download in English and Polish.

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Harm Reduction for All

A Lifesaving Loan: A New Investment to Help Curb the U.S. Overdose Crisis

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For over a decade, the small Remedy Alliance nonprofit has revolutionized providing lifesaving healthcare for people who use drugs. Our new investment will help the group increase access to the overdose antidote naloxone.

December 12, 2023 | Sarah Evans & Georgia Levenson Keohane

Drug Policy

Three Decades of Drug Policy Reform Work

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Over the past 30 years, Open Society has been the largest philanthropic supporter of efforts to reform drug policy and promote harm reduction around the world. This is a timeline of the Foundations’ pathbreaking work.

November 16, 2021

WAR IS OVER?

How the United States Fueled a Global Drug War, and Why It Must End

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As U.S. domestic drug policy reform gains momentum, it is time the United States makes a concerted effort to de-escalate the failed war on drugs elsewhere.

June 29, 2021 | Ann Fordham

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