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Human rights abuses and suicidal ideation among male injecting drug users in Delhi, India

Monday, March 28, 2011

Abstract: Background: Human rights abuses, denial of care, police surveillance, and violence directed at IDUs have been found to impact HIV prevention efforts due to decreased attendance in harm reduction programs. The association of mental health status with rights abuses has not been examined extensively among drug users. In India, drug control laws are often in conflict with harm reduction policies, thus increasing the likelihood of rights abuses against IDUs

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Whither RDS? An investigation of Respondent Driven Sampling as a method of recruiting mainstream marijuana users

Friday, July 9, 2010

Background: An important challenge in conducting social research of specific relevance to harm reduction programs is locating hidden populations of consumers of substances like cannabis who typically report few adverse or unwanted consequences of their use.

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Response to Volkow P et al. – Cross-border paid plasma donation among injection drug users in two Mexico–U.S. border cities – International…

Monday, May 24, 2010

provide an analysis of intravenous drug users (IDUs) in two Mexico–US border towns, some of whom donated plasma in centers on the US side of the border. Their findings demonstrate that most of the IDUs attempting to donate did so prior to the 1980s.

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Response to Volkow P et al. – Cross-border paid plasma donation among injection drug users in two Mexico–U.S. border cities –…

Sunday, May 23, 2010

provide an analysis of intravenous drug users (IDUs) in two Mexico–US border towns, some of whom donated plasma in centers on the US side of the border.

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Response to Volkow P et al. – Cross-border paid plasma donation among injection drug users in two Mexico–U.S. border cities –…

Sunday, May 23, 2010

provide an analysis of intravenous drug users (IDUs) in two Mexico–US border towns, some of whom donated plasma in centers on the US side of the border. Their findings demonstrate that most of the IDUs attempting to donate did so prior to the 1980s.

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