Call to address &#39;epidemic&#39; among London drug users
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Epidemic levels of hepatitis C among London&#39;s injecting drug users are a result of the government&#39;s &quot;sidelining&quot; of harm reduction drug policy, according to a study released today.
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Strong links between alcohol, drugs and risky sexual behaviour are providing fuel for a &quot;sexual health crisis&quot; in Britain, a government advisory body report said Friday.
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Addicts should be prescribed heroin as a way of curbing crime including murder, a senior police officer suggests.
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By Longpre, Marc  NEW YORK: The Partnership for a Drug-Free America announced last week it will launch its "Time to Talk" campaign in August - the first in a series of initiatives designed to provide parents with information to speak to their children about the health dangers ot drugs.
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Not enough is being done to prevent the spread of HIV among Asian drug users, researchers say.
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&quot;We urgently need a long-term approach to the HIV epidemic that addresses the specific needs of women. Women In developing countries are increasingly more vulnerable than men to HIV and AIDS.
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Campaigners demanded yesterday that more psychological therapies be made available on the NHS after a study showed that Britain leads the world in prescribing antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs to children.
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October 17 2004 1045CET - There are approximately 1,444 individuals seeking treatment for drug addiction in Malta. On
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European medical regulators have called on the worldâs leading pharmaceutical companies to improve their communications with authorities and surveillance of drugs, following frustration about Merckâs handling of the withdrawal of its anti-inflammatory
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TORONTO (CP) - The alarming prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C infection among inmates is a health issue that affects all Canadians and requires the country&#39;s prisons to immediately adopt needle exchange programs, advocacy groups said Wednesday.
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Afghanistan's booming opium trade is a huge concern for Pakistan as it confronts the spread of HIV/AIDS, especially among intravenous drug users, Pakistan's minister of health said on Wednesday.
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Quick action is needed to fight Afghanistan's growing drug addiction problem to head off an HIV/AIDS crisis in the shattered country, leading health agencies said on Thursday.
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A group of influential Canadian doctors, health officials and lobbyists urged the government on Monday to expose the destructive role in the development of tobacco epidemic which cause 47,000 deaths annually in the country.
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Medics fear public safety could be compromised by the growing interest of world governments in using drugs for law enforcement.
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Authors of a public-health article in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (p 1984) are calling for urgent international action to address the chronic lack of investment in human resources which is limiting the chance of tackling diseases such as HIV/AIDS
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One of the largest-ever series of drug raids is carried out on properties in London and home counties
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Doctors' leaders warned of an 'unspoken epidemic' of domestic abuse today, which they described as ultimately unquantifiable because some victims were not believed while others did not realise the abuse they suffered was a crime.