Addiction Inbox

The Science of Substance Abuse

Dirk Hanson

Articles and health studies about drugs, addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings.

Showing posts with label needle exchange. Show all posts

Showing posts with label needle exchange. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

White House Pushes Cautiously Forward on Needle Exchange

Clean syringes become part of federal AIDS strategy. As most people know, addicts who inject drugs have played a major role in the HIV epi...

Friday, November 6, 2009

Needle Exchange in America

AIDS/harm reduction activists press Obama . First, the good news: After 20 years, the U.S. Congress has voted to remove the funding ban on s...

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Harm Reduction Scorecard

A look at drug strategies worldwide. A fascinating study released earlier this year by the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) ...

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Obama Set to Name New Drug Czar

Seattle police chief gets the nod. Drug reformers, hoping for the appointment of a public health official, expressed initial dismay at the n...

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Obama’s Emerging Drug Program

President to lift ban on needle exchanges. While reformers are far from pleased with the initial rollout of President Obama’s drug policy a...

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

A Dubious Choice for Drug Czar

Obama should just say no to Congressman Ramstad . At the Huffington Post, Maia Szalavitz deconstructs the exaggerated outcome data being u...

View web version

About Me

View my complete profile

Powered by Blogger.