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Study suggests drug criminalization undermining global HIV/AIDS efforts
May 18, 2017 | The Health Pilot
The criminalization of drugs is a leading factor in the world’s HIV epidemic and a potential barrier to eradicating HIV/AIDS, say researchers who’ve undertaken a sweeping review of research on laws and policies prohibiting drug use. Assistant professor Kora DeBeck of SFU’s School of Public P...
Sex workers who use psychedelic drugs have lower suicide risk, study finds
May 17, 2017 | The Globe and Mail
Sex workers who use psychedelic drugs such as LSD and magic mushrooms are associated with a markedly reduced risk of suicide, raising the possibility of new and innovative ways to treat a marginalized population. That’s the conclusion of a study by the Gender and Sexual Health Initiative (GSHI) at...
New potential for marijuana: Treating drug addiction
May 17, 2017 | CNN
(CNN) – Harm reduction is a strategy for treating addiction that begins with acceptance. A friendlier, less disciplined sister of abstinence, this philosophy aims to reduce the overall level of drug use among people who are unable or simply unwilling to stop. What should naturally follow is a decr...
Making Drug Use a Crime Makes HIV Prevention, Treatment More Difficult
May 17, 2017 | Pharmpro
The criminalization of drug use has a negative effect on efforts to prevent and treat people with HIV, suggests a review of published research conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of British Columbia. The findings, appearing May 14 in The Lancet HIV, s...
War on drugs ‘crippling’ overdose, HIV response: B.C. researcher
May 16, 2017 | Metro News
Criminalizing drugs has hurt efforts to respond to the global HIV epidemic and other harms associated with addiction, according to a British Columbia researcher. Dr. Kora DeBeck, with the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Simon Fraser University, published a joint study with the John Hopkin...
