Posts Tagged ‘harm reduction’
Drug Use and Harm Reduction in Afghanistan
Methadone Therapy: Drug use and harm reduction in Afghanistan
93% of the world opium is produced in Afghanistan and, there were, in 2009, 1 500 000 drug users in the country. Furthermore, the pattern of drug use in Afghanistan has been changing from smoking to injecting. Kabul, the capital, is home to 50 % of the country’s heroin users (around 20000 people according to UNODC in 2009). Médecins du Monde (an international humanitarian Non-Governmental Organization) has been active in Afghanistan for the past 24 years in the implementation of different health programs. Since 2006, MdM focuses on prevention, care and treatment for (injecting) drug users, known as the highest risk group regarding HIV/AIDS in the country. The Afghan Ministry of Public Health and MdM started a pilot program for opioid substitution therapy and the first 10 persons received methadone in February 2010. This slideshow compiles testimonies of patients under methadone therapy. The photographs were taken by Sandra Calligaro. Ms. Calligaro is a French photographer born in 1981, working in Afghanistan for the last 4 years and collaborating with international media and NGOs. www.afghan-harm-reduction.org
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Methadone Therapy: Drug Use and Harm Reduction in Afghanistan
Methadone Therapy: Drug use and harm reduction in Afghanistan
93% of the world’s opium is produced in Afghanistan. In 2009, there were 1500000 drug users in the country. 50% of the country’s heroin users live in its capital, Kabul. Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde) has been active in Afghanistan for the past 24 years in implementing different health programmes. Since 2006, we have been focusing on prevention, care and treatment for (injecting) drug users who are known as the highest risk group for HIV/AIDS in the country. Together with the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, we started a pilot programme for opioid substitution therapy. The first 10 persons received methadone in February 2010. This audio slideshow shows patients on methadone therapy. Photos by: Sandra Calligaro
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Beyond AA: Online Mag Offers Stories of Addiction and DIY Sobriety – Globe and Mail
Alcoholism Methadone: Beyond AA: Online mag offers stories of addiction and DIY sobriety – Globe and Mail
But ever since 2003, the New York-based musician and novelist has managed to stay off heroin and methadone by smoking pot to “short … notes that 75 per cent of people who meet the criteria for alcoholism recover by themselves without treatment or …
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She started going to the methadone clinic at Dunn St. and Drummond Rd … She was in her early 20s and could no longer handle his severe alcoholism. Racked with guilt over his death, Barb turned to crack cocaine, first by smoking it and then injecting …
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