January 2011
18 posts
Latest podcast: Harm Reduction Coalition goes to...
An Iran Special! Harm Reduction Coalition visits Tehran. Interviews on drugs and HIV, how Iran got harm reduction, regional country networking, a visit to a drop in center, and traffic warnings. Heroin, hijabs, music and eggplant. See more pics on the HRC Facebook page.
Exploring Ibogaine on the latest Harm Reduction...
Exploring Ibogaine: Interviews with Dimitri Mugianis, Anwar Jeewa and Marie Cotter. Released to coincide with the New York City opening of the film I’m Dangerous with Love, this week’s podcast focuses on ibogaine, a substance with helpful, healing properties for people who use drugs.
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Website Tracks Black-Market Prescription Drug... →
Brief post on StreetRx, a cool new website:
“StreetRx displays user-submitted information on the latest street prices for prescription drugs. StreetRx necessarily relies on user-submitted information; data should be interpreted accordingly. All submissions are anonymous. StreetRx is not affiliated with any government or law enforcement agency.”
Can AIDS Be Cured? →
utnereader:
The question itself is blasphemy. Unlike other diseases, from Alzheimer’s to breast cancer, AIDS is not one we talk about curing. To talk about eradication is particularly careless and cruel, if only because the relatively brief history of AIDS is so riddled with hype and dashed hopes. In scientific circles, however, discussion of an endgame has been creeping back over the past few...
“Sign the petition to save evidence-based drug policy in Hungary!
The Hungarian...”
– PLEASE SUPPORT HUNGARIAN NGOs by signing the petition (click on the link at the bottom to read the text of the statement)!
Send your 1) name 2) title/position 3) name of your organization/institute 4) your country of residence to this email address: tasz@tasz.hu (With “Petition” In the...
high class heroin
overheardattheneedleexchange:
Staff Member 1: I was just cleaning out the sharps container and you won’t believe what is the new stamp on the bags..
Staff Member 2: What
Staff Member 1: Louis Vuitton!
Staff Member 2: Ohhhhh! Classy!
I hear Takashi Murakami designed the bags for the really expensive limited-edition dope….
Radical Hott Off Notes: while i think there's 100%... →
radicallyhottoff:
I would like us to please not allow the democratic party to blur the ALSO very real connection between anti-immigrant violence (i.e. hyper nationalism, hyper heteropatriarchy, hyper white supremacy) and these shootings. This violence is what Latin@s in the US have been living with especially since…
The War on Drugs, A War on People
Check out this great new Facebook campaign — let’s help them get up past 1,000 people ‘Liking’ their page by the end of today!
The War on Drugs, A War on People
“The War on Drugs: A War on People” was created by a number of organizations that are concerned by the proliferating number of human rights abuses that occur under the auspices of the war on drugs. Drug users,...
You ain't going nowhere! Travel restrictions on... →
The Harm Reduction Coalition’s latest podcast is now live!
This week we look at the travel problems encountered by drug users with an eye on the 2012 International AIDS Conference being held in Washington, DC. Interviews with Kirstie Douse from Release (UK), Zoë Dodd from the Toronto Users’ Union (Canada), Dasha Ocheret from EHRN (Russia) and Ann Livingston from VANDU (Canada). Subscribe on...
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“UK-based journalist Gus Cairns, who has HIV, commented on Michael...”
– Sean Strub, ‘It’s Never Just HIV’ Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue (HuffPo)
Needle Exchange in Iran →
Great in-depth look at how needle exchange in Iran got started and political support. Harm Reduction Coalition’s Allan Clear will be traveling to Iran later this month.
The Tyee: Harm Reduction Moving Mainstream →
sexdrugsandhonorroll:
A great exploration of different harm reduction strategies across North America. These quotes resonated with me and highlight just how important effective harm reduction measures are to injection drug users:
“What we do in [the United States] is make drugs as unsafe as they possibly can be, and we do that through laws, which means that, if you get busted with drugs, you...
“What is “trashing,” this colloquial term that expresses so much, yet explains so...”
– I re-read this essay by Jo Freeman, about feminist anger and conflict, A WHOLE LOT. It hasn’t ever been more relevant, to me, than it is now. Please read the whole thing. (via sadydoyle)
5 New Year's Resolutions from the Harm Reduction...
It’s 2011, and there’s a lot of work ahead of us. Here are five resolutions for 2011: 1. Make syringe access a reality for all people who inject drugs It’s been just over twelve months since the United States lifted the federal funding ban on syringe exchange, but syringes remain out of reach for far too many injectors. Health officials have been slow to invest additional...