Sam Sullivan: Drug Addiction as a Management Issue

Sam Sullivan: Drug Addiction as a Management Issue – Sam Sullivan is the mayor of Vancouver and a long time supporter of drug policy reform and harm reduction in Canada. This video shows him adressing the closing ceremony of the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in New Orleans, December 2007. He pointed out that drug addiction is neither a moral nor a medical issue, but a management issue like other disabilites. He said drug addicts needs substitution treatment to manage their lives just as he needed a wheelchair to get elected as a mayor.

South African Doctors Uneasy About HIV Prevention Pill

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There's also concern that if HIV-negative people go on Truvada, don't take it properly and get infected, new drug-resistant strains of HIV could develop. This would undermine the current national drug treatment program, which uses Truvada as a major …
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Teen Years Pose New Risks For Kids Born With HIV

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These children have survived because of a public health system that provides nearly universal access to powerful anti-AIDS drugs. The teens pose a new challenge for health care providers in Botswana. Most of the kids have been on drug treatment all …
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