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ARTICLES AND REPORTS > > >
BOOK REVIEWS > > >
DRUG POLICY > > >
HARM REDUCTION IN EASTERN EUROPE & THE FORMER SOVIET UNION > > >
HIV/AIDS INFORMATION > > >
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES & DONORS > > >
METHADONE & OTHER SUBSTITUTION THERAPIES > > >
ORGANIZATIONS OF/FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS > > >
OTHER HARM REDUCTION & HIV/AIDS ORGANISATIONS > > >
THE CENTRE FOR HARM REDUCTION PROJECTS & FACT SHEETS > > >
UNITED KINGDOM HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE STATEMENTS AND ARTICLES >>>
GLOBAL ORGANISATIONS AND LINKS (ALPHABETICAL) ::
Action on Hepatitis C
ADAPT (Addicts Are People Too)
AFAO (Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations)
http://www.afao.org.au/
AIDSmeds
HIV & AIDS Treatments, Symptoms, and Testing Information.
AIDSmeds.com offers complete and easy-to-read information on treating HIV & AIDS, including guided treatment lessons, info on AIDS treatments, symptoms, and testing information, recent news, community forums, and interactive tools.
AIDS Vancouver Island
AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI) is a community-based AIDS Service Organization (ASO). We provide education, support, and advocacy for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and other communicable diseases. Our service area includes the communities of Greater Victoria and Nanaimo . We operate a mobile needle exchange service in the Cowichan Valley and our catchment area includes all of the Gulf Islands .
Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
http://www.adca.org.au
Asian Harm Reduction Network
http://www.ahrn.net/
Asian Youth Zone
http://www.youthzone.un.or.th
Association of Needle and Syringe Programs (ANEX)
http://www.anex.org.au
Australian Department of Health and Ageing - Population Health
http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/publicat/hac.htm
Australian Drug Foundation
http://www.adf.org.au/
ADIN - Australian Drug Information Network
http://www.adin.com.au
Australian IV League
http://www.aivl.org.au/
Australian National Council on AIDS, Hepatitis and Related Diseases
http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/ancard/index.htm
Australian National Council on Drugs
http://www.ancd.org.au/
Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Drugs
http://www.apsad.org.au/
AVERT
http://www.avert.org
British National Formulary
Bureau for International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs
http://www.state.gov/g/inl/narc/
Canadian Harm Reduction Network
http://www.canadianharmreduction.com/
Cannabis Health
Medical marijuana magazine for the responsible user
CDC - HIV Prevention Among Injection Drug Users
http://www.cdc.gov/idu/default.htm
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu/capsweb
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
Centre for Drug Research, U. of Amsterdam (CEDRO)
http://www.frw.uva.nl/cedro/New.html
Centre for Harm Reduction, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia
Central Eastern European Harm Reduction Network
http://www.ceehrn.org/
Centre for Harm Reduction
http://www.chr.asn.au/home
Centre for International Health
http://www.burnet.internationalhealth.edu.au/home.asp
Center for International Health Information
http://www.cihi.com
Chicago Recovery Alliance
http://www.anypositivechange.org
clubscene.ie
Compendium of Potential Donors for Health Programs in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
http://www.soros.org/harm-reduction/frame_grants.htm
Daily Dose
http://www.dailydose.net
DanceSafe.org
Promoting health and safety within the rave and nightclub community.
Danish drug users union
D.I.Y (Walsall User Group)
DrinkandDrugs.Net
www.drinkanddrugs.net is a web portal for drug and alcohol practitioners and those in the wider health, social care and criminal justice sector who deal with drug and alcohol issues in their work.
DRCNet Online Drug Policy Library
http://www.druglibrary.org/
Drug Enforcement Agency ( USA )
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/
Drug Library
http://www.druglibrary.org
Drug Misuse Information
http://www.doh.gov.uk/drugs/
Drug Misuse Information in Scotland
http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/index.shtml
Drug Policy Alliance
http://www.drugpolicy.org/
Drugscope
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/
Drugtext
http://drugtext.org/
Drug Treatment Services, Victoria
http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phd/dts/index.htm
Drug war clock
Efficacy
Drug policy education and speaker's Bureau
European Cities on Drug Policy
European Healthy School and Drugs
http://www.school-and-drugs.org
European Monitoring Centre for drugs and drug addiction
http://www.emcdda.org/
European NGO Council on Drugs & Development
http://www.encod.org
exchangesupplies.org
Family Health International
http://www.fhi.org
FDAP - Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals
The professional association of practitioners working in the substance misuse field
Forward Thinking on Drugs
A review of the evidence-base for harm reduction approaches to drug use
Global HIV-AIDS & STD Surveillance
http://www.who.int/emc-hiv/
Harm Reduction Coalition
http://www.harmreduction.org/
Harm Reduction Project
The Harm Reduction Project advocates for drug policy reform and works for the enhancement of services available to marginalized populations. Our mission is to reduce the harm associated with marginalized behavior.
www.healthandlaw.org
A site giving details of the huge problems caused by General Medical Council action against private doctors.
Hepatitis C Council of New South Wales
http://www.hepatitisc.org.au
Heroin prescription in the Netherlands
http://www.ccbh.nl/ENG/index.htm
HIT
http://www.hit.org.uk
HIV and Hepatitis
Independent Noncommercial Organization the Centre of Rehabilitation
http://www.psdor.narod.ru
Injection Safety
http://www.injectionsafety.org/
International Harm Reduction Association
http://www.International Harm Reduction Association.net/
International Harm Reduction Development Programme
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/ihrd
International Narcotics Control Board
http://www.incb.org/e/index.htm
Internet's Center for substance use relater risk reduction
http://www.drugtext.org/
Iran Harm Reduction Organization
http://www.iranharmreduction.net/
The Lindesmith Centre
Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health
http://www.burnet.edu.au
Medline search pages
The Methadone Alliance
Monkey
Monkey is a coalition of professionals, users and ex-users from the Greater Manchester area of the United Kingdom . We are a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to furthering and defending the interests of heavy end drug users, former users and carers in Greater Manchester and other areas in the North West of England.
mylifeboat.com
The site for people who want to change their alcohol or drug use
National Institute on Drug Abuse (mainly focused on the USA )
http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDAHOME.html
National Treatment Agency
Needle Exchange New Zealand
http://www.needle.co.nz
New South Wales Government Drug Information website
http://www.druginfo.nsw.gov.au
New York Harm Reduction Educators
North American Syringe Exchange Network
http://www.nasen.org/
Oceania Harm Reduction Coalition
http://chr.asn.au/resources/links/hrnetworks/ohrc
Omni: Internet resources in health and medicine
Open Society Institute, International Harm Reduction Development
http://www.soros.org/harm-reduction
Peel Harm Reduction Network
Portuguese Harm Reduction Site
Push Harm Reduction – habitsmart
http://www.habitsmart.com/hrmtitle.html
www.saferinjecting.org
The Safer Injecting Handbook ( UK )
http://www.saferinjecting.org/publications/saferinjhbk/injectingintro.html
School and Drugs
http://www.school-and-drugs.org/
SMMGP
Substance Misuse Management in General Practice (SMMGP) is a support network for GPs and other members of the primary health care team who work with drug users.
Social Science Information Gateway
Social Science Information Gateway: a good place to start any search on public policy, policing, social policy, law etc.
Stanton Peele Addiction Web Site
Substance misuse
http://www.substancemisuse.net/
Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Transform exists to minimise drug-related harm to individuals and communities by bringing about a just, humane and effective system to regulate and control drugs at national and international levels.
Trimbos Institute ( Netherlands ) of Mental Health and Addiction
http://www.trimbos.nl/indexuk.html
UK Harm Reduction Alliance
http://www.ukhra.org/
UNAIDS
http://www.unaids.org/
UNAPRO
http://www.redkbs.com/unapro
United Nations Development Programme, Regional Programs on HIV/AIDS in Asia/Pacific
http://www.hivundp.apdip.net/
UNDCP - United Nations Drug Control Program
http://www.undcp.org/index.html
UNDCP - United Nations Drug Control Program (Regional Centre for East Asia & the Pacific)
http://www.undcp.un.or.th/
UNDP
http://www.undp.org/hiv
The Users Voice
A health policy forum for drug users
World AIDS Statistics
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/cgi-msql/world_db1.pl
World Health Organization, Department of HIV/AIDS
http://www.who.int/hiv
World Health Organization, Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence
http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/index.html
Virtual Clearinghouse on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (VCATOD)
http://www.atod.org/english/home.asp
ARTICLES AND REPORTS ::
What is Harm Reduction?
International Harm Reduction Association
Discarded Used Injection Equipment
International Harm Reduction Association
How should drug use be prevented?
International Harm Reduction Association
What should be done about HIV infection among and from Injecting Drug Users?
International Harm Reduction Association
What is the relevance of harm reduction to the treatment of drug users?
International Harm Reduction Association
Is drug law enforcement and harm reduction irreconcilable?
International Harm Reduction Association
What is the relevance of harm reduction to alcohol-related problems?
International Harm Reduction Association
Is harm reduction and drug law reform the same thing?
International Harm Reduction Association
Is there a role for harm reduction for cannabis?
International Harm Reduction Association
Harm Reduction—one Half Of The Equation—the Drug Users Perspective
Nick Stafford
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Evidence For Harm Reduction
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Harm Reduction Q & A
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Q & A Drugs 2002: A Guide To Dutch Policy
The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, et al
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Methodology For Evaluating Insite: Canada's First Medically Supervised Safer Injection Facility For Injection Drug Users
Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr, Elisa Lloyd-Smith, Chris Buchner, David C. Marsh, Julio SG Montaner and Mark W Tyndall
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
The Brain's Own Marijuana
Roger A Nicoll and Bradley N Alger
Research into Natural Chemicals that Mimic Marijuana's Effects in the Brain Could Help To Explain--and Suggest Treatments for--Pain, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Phobias and Other Conditions
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Opioid Substitution And Hiv / Aids Treatment And Prevention
Thomas Kerr, Alex Wodak, Richard Elliott, Julio S Montaner, Evan Wood
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Reducing Drug-related Harm: Australia Leads The Way
Alison J Ritter, Alex D Wodak and J Nick Crofts
Harm-reduction approaches are more easily embedded in policy when drugs are legally regulated
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Global Overview Of Injecting Drug Use And Hiv Infection Among Injecting Drug Users
Carmen Aceijas, Gerry V. Stimson, Matthew Hickman and Tim Rhodes
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
The Intoxication Instinct
Helen Phillips & Graham Lawton
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Manifesto For Facilitating Social Change In The Second Era Of Compassionate Conservatism
Corinne A Carey
Plenary speech at the Fifth National Harm Reduction Conference, New Orleans , Louisiana , November 11, 2004
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Making A Difference To Drug Treatment Services - Notable Examples Of User And Carer Involvement
National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse ( UK )
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
2004 Canadian Addiction Survey
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Thinking Seriously About Alternatives To Drug Prohibition. Part 1
Ethan Nadelmann
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Thinking Seriously About Alternatives To Drug Prohibition. Part 2
Ethan Nadelmann
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
A Brief Cognitive Behavioural Intervention For Regular Amphetamine Users: A Treatment Guide
A Baker, F Kay-Lambkin, N K Lee, M Claire, & L Jenner
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Changes In Public Order After The Opening Of A Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility For Illicit Injection Drug Users
Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr, Will Small, Kathy Li, David C Marsh, Julio SG Montaner and Mark W Tyndall
The results of the first evaluation of the safer injection facility operating in Vancouver
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Blue Light Blues
Kevin Flemen
The Use of Coloured Lights as a Deterrent to Injecting
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Harm-reduction Activism: A Case Study Of An Unsanctioned User-run Safe Injection Site
Thomas Kerr, Megan Oleson and Evan Wood
The events surrounding the establishment, operation, and closing of the unsanctioned Safe Injection Site in Vancouver
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Long-term Impacts Of The Swiss Heroin Prescription Trials On Crime Of Treated Heroin Users
Denis Ribeaud
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
The Adoption Of Methamphetamine Among Homeless Youth In Downtown Vancouver: An Explanatory Case Study (i.e., How Crystal Meth Spreads Among Homeless Youth)
Steven M Kates, PhD
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Hepatitis-associated Knowledge Is Low And Risks Are High Among Hiv-aware Injection Drug Users In Three Us Cities
Robert Heimer, et al
This study examines the interrelationships among HIV and hepatitis knowledge, risky drug preparation and injection practices, and participation in syringe exchange programs.
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Prison Needle Exchange: Lessons From A Comprehensive Review Of International Evidence And Experience
Rick Lines, et al
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
United States - Canada Border Drug Threat Assessment
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Improving Our Health: Why Is Canada Lagging Behind In Establishing Needle Exchange Programs In Prisons?
Ontario Medical Association
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Substitution Maintenance Therapy In The Management Of Opioid Dependence And Hiv/aids Prevention (a Who/unodc/unaids Position Paper)
WHO; UNODC; UNAIDS
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
After The War On Drugs: Options For Control
Steve Rolles, Danny Kushlick and Mike Jay
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Tackling Crack, A National Plan (for Britain)
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
An Overview Of Harm Reduction Programs And Policies Around The World: Rationale, Key Features And Examples Of Best Practice
Diane Riley
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
European Drug Agency Report Finds Safe Injection Sites Achieve Goals
Phillip S Smith
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Threats To Cognitive Liberty: Pharmacotherapy And The Future Of The Drug War
Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Health Reports: Use Of Cannabis And Other Illicit Drugs
Statistics Canada
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Harm Reduction – One Half Of The Equation – The Drug Users' Perspective
Nick Stafford
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
The Secret Of Worldwide Drug Prohibition
Harry G Levine
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Not Enough Graves: The War On Drugs, Hiv/aids, And Violations Of Human Rights In Thailand
Human Rights Watch
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
New Emcdda Study Asks 'Is Cannabis Getting Stronger?'
European Monitoring centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
An End To Marijuana Prohibition: The Drive To Legalize Picks Up
Ethan A Nadelmann
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Displacement Of Canada's Largest Public Illicit Drug Market In Response To A Police Crackdown
Evan Wood, Patricia M Spittal, Will Small, Thomas Kerr, Kathy Li, Robert S Hogg, Mark W Tyndall, Julio SG Montaner and Martin T Schechter
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Condemned To Death
Daniel Wolfe
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
A Chance For Europe: The Way Towards Just And Effective Drug Policies
European NGO Council on Drug Policy
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Bewitched, Bedevilled, Possessed, Addicted
Peter Cohen
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
The Social And Health Consequences Of Cocaine Use: An Introduction
Peter Cohen
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Drugs And The 9/11 Commission Report
Dave Borden
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
We All Use Drugs But Only Some Of Us Are Labelled Drug Users
Nick Stafford
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Substitution Maintenance Therapy In The Management Of Opioid Dependence And Hiv/aids Prevention
The World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), have developed a joint position on substitution maintenance therapy for opioid dependence. Based on a review of scientific evidence and oriented towards policymakers, the WHO/UNODC/UNAIDS position paper covers a wide range of issues, from the rationale for this treatment modality, to the specific considerations regarding its provision for people with HIV/AIDS.
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Alcohol And Drug Use In Early Adolescence, 1998/99
StatsCan
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Manual For Primary Care Providers: Effectively Caring For Active Substance Users
Prepared for the HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council of New York Edited by Ruth Finkelstein and Sandra Ramos
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Presentation To The Canadian Senate's Special Committee On Illegal Drugs, Toronto, Canada (september 10, 2001)
Walter Cavalieri, on behalf of The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Deputation To The House Of Commons Special Committee On The Non-medical Use Of Drugs (february 19, 2002)
Walter Cavalieri, on behalf of The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
A Preliminary Bibliography On Injection Drug Use And Users (idu) In Canada (february 2003)
Maija Prakash & Chris Fletcher
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Improving Substance Abuse Treatment: The National Treatment Plan Initiative
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Harm Reduction In Practice
Walter Cavalieri
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Working At The Intersection Of Social Justice And Public Health: Harm Reduction With People Who Use Drugs (a Paper Directed Toward Health Care Professionals)
Walter Cavalieri
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Harm Reduction: Policy And Practice
Diane Riley & Pat O'Hare
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Postcards From The Edge: Inclusion, Exclusion And Women Drug Users
Annie Madden
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Guidelines On Involving And Engaging Drug Users
Matthew Southwell
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Those We Leave Behind: Drug Policy And The Poor
Corinne Carey
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Unitarian Universalists For Drug Policy Reform - Canada Statement Of Conscience
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Change Through Support: An Injection Drug Users' Group In A Community Health Centre
Walter Cavalieri, Carol Polych & Joyce Bernstein
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Death Sentence: Canada's Drug Laws
A Public Health Framework For Drug Control in Canada
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Sentenced To Death; Canada's Drug Users
Richard Mathias, MD
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
A Recommended Approach To Supporting Learning And Knowledge Development With Those Who Work With People Who Are Homeless And Using Substances
Ottawa Working Group on Addictions in the Homeless Population
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
The Process Of Empowerment Of People Who Use Illicit Drugs In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside: A Brief Description Of The Iv Feed & Back Alley Drop-in Projects, 1995-1996
Ann Livingston
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Heroin And The War On Drugs: How We Got To This Place And How We May Leave It
Lieutenant James N Speros
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
For And Against: Cannabis Control: Costs Outweigh The Benefits
Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr, Patricia M Spittal, Mark W Tyndall, Michael V O'Shaughnessy, and Martin T Schechter
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
This Time It Matters
James Gray
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Consumption And Injecting Room At Indro, Münster, Germany Annual Report January To December 2002
Ralf Gerlach and Wolfgang Schneider
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
International Journal Of Drug Policy - Online Version
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Keeping The Streets Mean For Addicts
Tom Clark
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Lgbt Communities And Substance Use: What Health Has To Do With It!
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Potential Use Of Safer Injecting Facilities Among Injection Drug Users In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Thomas Kerr, Evan Wood, Dan Small, Anita Palepu, Mark W Tyndall
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Injection Drug Use In Edmonton's Inner City: A Multimethod Study
T Cameron Wild, Maija Prakash, Helene O'Connor, Marliss Taylor, Joy Edwards, and Gerry Predy
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Abusing The User: Police Misconduct, Harm Reduction And Hiv/aids In Vancouver
A report by Human Rights Watch on the police operation to shut down the activity of drug dealers in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, BC, summer 2003
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
A Review Of The Evidence-base For Harm Reduction Approaches To Drug Use
Neil Hunt with contributions from: Mike Ashton, Simon Lenton, Luke Mitcheson, Bill Nelles and Gerry Stimson
A useful concise overview of harm reduction approaches to drug use
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Harm Refusal: Making Peace With Cocaine, And Advancing From Harm Reduction To Harm Refusal
Peter Cohen
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Taking Drug Laws Seriously - 2
Thomas Szasz
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Taking Drug Laws Seriously - 1
Thomas Szasz
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
An Hiv / Aids Prevention Outreach Program In Scarborough For People Who Inject Drugs
A proposal to the AIDS Bureau Ministry of Health, Province of Ontario
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
A Plan For The Deployment Of Four Outreach Workers To Provide Prevention, Education And Support Services To The Idu Community In The City Of Toronto
A proposal to the AIDS Bureau, Ministry of Health, Province of Ontario
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Two Hiv / Aids Harm Reduction Outreach Programs
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Crack Use In Toronto
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Health Issues Affecting Crack Smokers
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
History And Future Plan
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Crack Kits
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Information For The Patient
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Information For Health Care Professionals
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Policy for the New Millennium: Working Together to Redefine Canada 's Drug Strategy - Interim Report of the Special Committee on Non-Medical Use of Drugs
Paddy Torsney, M.P., Chair
Go to their Website .
Final Report of the Canadian Senate - Cannabis - Our Position for a Canadian Public Policy
Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, Chair.
Go to Their Web Site .
Open Letter to UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs Demands Science-Based HIV Prevention
March 2, 2005
In response to recent U.S. efforts to force the UN to back away from support of needle exchange and other harm reduction services, organizations from 56 countries have called for UN policy on HIV prevention to be based on scientific evidence.
International Harm Reduction Development Programme
Protecting the Human Rights of Injecting Drug Users: The Impact of HIV and AIDS
February 2005
Published by OSI's International Harm Reduction Development Program, this volume argues that unduly strict interpretation of UN drug control treaties undermines HIV prevention efforts.
International Harm Reduction Development Programme
Harm Reduction News: Fighting for Prison Health
Volume 5, Issue 3
The Fall 2004 issue of Harm Reduction News explores the political, social, human rights, and medical problems of drug users in prison—and offer models of action in the fight to improve prisoners' health.
International Harm Reduction Development Programme
Prison Needle Exchange: Lessons from a Comprehensive Review of International Evidence and Experience
October 27, 2004
A new report by IHRD grantee Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network concludes that prison needle exchange programs effectively reduce the individual and social damage associated with drug use.
International Harm Reduction Development Programme
Harm Reduction Approaches to Injecting Drug Use
http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/harm/reduction/en/
World Health Organisation
Harm Reduction: A Good Idea.
Push Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction and Moderation as an Alternative to Heavy Drinking
Push Harm Reduction
Removing Barriers
Push Harm Reduction
Methadone as Normal Medicine by Marc Reisinger
Push Harm Reduction
Methadone Maintenance: The Grandfather of Harm Reduction
Push Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction and Illicit Drug Use
Push Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction as an Alternative to Diet
Push Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction and Outreach Interventions
Push Harm Reduction
Addiction Treatment: What on Earth are We Doing?
Push Harm Reduction
BOOK REVIEWS ::
Narcotic Culture
Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann and Zhou Xun Hurst
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Cannabis Britannica: Empire, Trade And Prohibition 1800-1928 Author James
Mills
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Sell Marijuana Legally
Wendy Little and Eric Nash
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Under The Influence: The Disinformation Guide To Drugs
Preston Peet (Editor)
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
7 Tools To Beat Addiction
STANTON PEELE
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
The New Prohibition: Voices Of Dissent Challenge The Drug War
Bill Masters
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
From Witches To Crack Moms
Susan Boyd
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Perverts, Potheads, Serial Killers & Lawyers
Alan Young
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Cannabis: A History
Martin Booth
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
In Defense Of Drug Use
Jacob Sullum
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy
Andrew Tatarsky
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Narcotic Culture
Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann and Zhou Xun Hurst
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Caribbean Drugs
Axel Klein, Marcus Day and Anthony Harriott
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
My Cocaine Museum
Michael Taussig
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Patients In The Crossfire: Casualties In The War On Medical Marijuana
Americans For Safe Access
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Drug War Crimes: The Consequences Of Prohibition,
Jeffrey Miron
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Cannabis: A History
Martin Booth
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Cognitive-behavioural Integrated Treatment (c-bit): A Treatment Manual For Substance Misuse In People With Severe Mental Health Problems
Hermine L Graham, with Alex Copello, Max J Birchwood, Kim T Mueser, Jim Orford, Dermot McGovern, Emma Atkinson, Jenny Maslin, Mike Preece, Derek Tobin and George Georgiou
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
DRUG POLICY ::
Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy (CFDP)
CFDP acts as a forum for the exchange of views among those interested in reform of drug policies; serves as a vehicle for sharing those views and for discussing significant drug policy issues with government, the public, other organizations and the media; and, where necessary, recommends alternatives to make Canada 's drug laws and policies effective and humane.
Common Sense for Drug Policy
A non-profit dedicated to expanding discussion on drug policy in the United States by publicizing the ideas of those raising questions about existing laws and educating the public about alternatives to current policies.
Drug Policy Alliance
Formerly known as The Lindesmith Center - Drug Policy Foundation, the alliance works to broaden the U.S. public debate on drug policy and to promote realistic alternatives to the war on drugs based on science, compassion, public health, and human rights.
Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet)
A national network of more than 21,000 activists and concerned citizens working for drug policy reform from a variety of perspectives, including harm reduction, reform of sentencing and forfeiture laws, medicalization of currently Schedule I drugs, and promotion of an open debate on drug prohibition.
Drug Sense
DrugSense provides information on existing U.S. drug policies as part of an effort to heighten awareness of the consequences of the ongoing "War on Drugs."
DrugText
Operated by the International Harm Reduction Association, Drug Text provides comprehensive information on substance use-related risk reduction.
Forward Thinking on Drugs
Forward Thinking on Drugs researches the evidence base relating to the United Nations drug conventions in order to stimulate a critical dialog on drug policy and public health.
Human Rights and the Drug War
A photo exhibit, originally known as Human Rights Atrocities of the Drug War, focusing on nonviolent drug offenders and their families. First held in conjunction with the United Nations' 50th anniversary in San Francisco in 1995, it is designed to bring awareness to the general public and policy makers about the human casualties and costs of the U.S. "War on Drugs."
Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU)
HCLU promotes the fundamental rights and principles laid down by the Hungarian Constitution and by international agreements, giving pride of place to the protection of personal freedoms, of human dignity, and of privacy.
Media Awareness Project (MAP)
MAP is a worldwide network dedicated to drug policy reform, focusing on informing public opinion and promoting balanced media coverage.
New Drug Policy (Russia)
"New Drug Policy" is a strategic alliance of organizations with a common mission to support rational change in Russian drug policies, based on human rights and public health principles. (Site available in Russian only).
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)
SSDP provides education on the harms caused by the U.S. "War on Drugs," works to involve youth in the political process; and promotes an open, honest, and rational discussion of alternative solutions to drug problems in the United States .
Transnational Institute
The Transnational Institute is an independent, non-partisan fellowship of committed scholar-activists. It was one of the first research institutes established to be transnational in name, composition, orientation and focus. TNI seeks to create and promote international cooperation in analyzing and finding solutions to a range of global problems. TNI's Drugs and Democracy project is a leading source of scholarship on the effects of UN drug conventions and international drug control strategies.
| THE CENTRE FOR HARM REDUCTION :: |
www.chr.asn.au/home
The Centre for Harm Reduction Projects:
Australia/New Zealand
Australia , New Zealand
South East Asia
Myanmar , Indonesia , Vietnam , Thailand
South Asia
India , Nepal
North Asia
China , Mongolia
Middle East
Iran
Worldwide
Projects that are not country-specific or are regional in nature, including a section on the Asian Region
The Centre for Harm Reduction Resources Fact Sheets :
The Centre for Harm Reduction (CHR) has developed a series of fact sheets about HIV/AIDS and drug use.
Fact Sheets Introduction
Centre for Harm Reduction
Understanding Harm Reduction Fact Sheet
Centre for Harm Reduction
Advocacy Fact Sheet
Centre for Harm Reduction
Global Overview Fact Sheet
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Supply, Demand and Harm Reduction Fact Sheet
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Outreach Fact Sheet
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Peer Education Fact Sheet
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Needle Syringe Programs Fact Sheet
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Female Drug Use Fact Sheet
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Drug Substitution Fact Sheet
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Drug Treatment Fact Sheet
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The Centre for Harm Reduction Downloads
Documents available for downloading are listed below. Files available in .pdf format.
Capacity Building for IDUs India
Manual for Reducing Drug Related Harm in Asia (2003)
The Hidden Epidemic
Revisiting the Hidden Epidemic
Harm Reduction for IDU's in Vietnam
HIV/AIDS Prevention amongst IDU's in Kathmandu Valley
Rapid Assessment and Response to HIV/AIDS among IDU's: Training Guidelines
Primary Health Care among the Street Drug-using Community in Footscray
The Vietnamese Injecting Drug Use & Harm Reduction Study: Stage 1
The Vietnamese Harm Reduction Project: Stage 2
Couches vs Karaoke: Ethnic Vietnamese user views on safe injecting facilities in Melbourne, Austral
Dragon Whispers and Cabragirlz.com: Prevention of Hepatitis C Infection amongst IDUs of Vietnamese
Drugs in a Multicultural Community: An Assessment of Involvement
• Injecting Drug Use and Blood-Borne Viruses: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Victoria, 1990-95
• Hepatitis C Virus among inmates in Victorian correctional facilities
• Hepatitis C Virus and Body Piercing
• New Zealand Needle and Syringe Exchange Programme Review
• Drivers Who Use Heroin and Amphetamines
Capacity Building India Report
Report on capacity building for HIV prevention among injecting drug users
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Harm Reduction Manual (2003)
This Manual contains the accumulated experience of over decade of attempts to change policy and implement programs to stop HIV and other harms among drug users, collected over several years from many countries in Asia .
An essential resource for all harm reduction practitioners; revised version now available for downloading
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Harm reduction Manual - Chapter Downloads
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The Hidden Epidemic - Chapter Downloads
The first regional rapid situation assessment on HIV and drug injecting in Asia
In August 1997, the UNAIDS Asia Pacific Inter-Country Team commissioned the Asian Harm Reduction Network to carry out a situation assessment into Drug Use and HIV Vulnerability in South East and East Asia. This report details the findings from the situation assessment.
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Revisiting the Hidden Epidemic - Chapter Downloads
The world's most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of drug use and HIV/AIDS in Asia , covering more than 20 countries
The follow up to The Hidden Epidemic Revisited, carried out four years later and broadened to cover the whole Asian region including south Asia , found enormous changes in many areas.
The challenge presented by The Hidden Epidemic Revisited now is twofold: the introduction of sufficient innovative and effective programs for HIV prevention among injecting drug users, and the scaling up of the response to meet the scale of the epidemic.
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HR for Vietnam
A situation assessment detailing the National AIDS Standing Bureau, Vietnam and the Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research project aimed at increasing institutional capacity to respond to the current HIV epidemic among injecting drug users and to develop effective, sustainable and culturally appropriate harm reduction interventions.
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IDU's in Kathmandu
With HIV spreading rapidly in many parts of Nepal , including Kathmandu Valley (KV), it is estimated by national experts in Nepal that more than 35,000 people had acquired HIV infection in Nepal by September 2000. This report outlines the problems and means of preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Nepal .
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RAR Training Guidelines
Rapid Assessment and Response to HIV/AIDS among IDU's: Training Guidelines
Training Guidelines for Rapid Assessment and Response to HIV/AIDS among Injecting Drug Users developed by the Centre for Harm Reduction and associated consultant Dave Burrows.
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PHC in Footscray - Chapter Downloads
Primary Health Care among the Street Drug-using Community in Footscray
Report detailing research carried out to identify the primary health care needs of street drug users in Footscray, Melbourne , Australia . The research aimed to identify users' holistic primary health, assess drug users' awareness of services in the area and make recommendations, based on the research, for the implementation of appropriate and accessible services.
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Vietnamese Study: Stage 1
The Vietnamese Injecting Drug Use & Harm Reduction Study: Stage 1
In 1995, the Centre for Harm Reduction conducted a collaborative, exploratory study, the VIDU study, as the beginning of a program of research, specifically targeting Vietnamese IDUs. The study was the first of its kind in Victoria , Australia and the first to document extremely high rates of HCV in this group.
The Vietnamese Harm Reduction and IDU Project, upon which this report is based, provided the opportunity to build on the findings of the VIDU study and to further develop relationships established during the earlier study.
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Vietnamese Study: Stage 2
The Vietnamese Harm Reduction Project: Stage 2
Report on the Stage 2 project, undertaken as a continuation of the original The Vietnamese Harm Reduction and IDU project. Stage 2 provided an opportunity to build on and expand earlier research findings and respond to some of the questions and issues raised by the former project. Findings from the former project indicated that patterns of drug use amongst the heroin users of Vietnamese ethnicity in the study differed significantly from Anglo-Australian users, typically found in the literature.
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Couches vs Karaoke
Couches vs Karaoke: Ethnic Vietnamese user views on safe injecting facilities in Melbourne , Austral Re
search studies of problematic drug use in Australia 's Southeast Asian communities suggest that a predominantly ethnic Vietnamese sub-population of drug users is experiencing greater harm resulting from drug use than their Anglo-Australian counterparts.
The Centre for Harm Reduction was asked to complete a consultation with ethnic Vietnamese drug users, the findings of which in part inform this paper.
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Dragon Whispers
Dragon Whispers and Cabragirlz.com: Prevention of Hepatitis C Infection amongst IDUs of Vietnamese
A project approaching harm reduction with peer-based education in mind. Aims of the project were to train and skill a small group of current IDUs of Vietnamese ethnicity in hepatitis C education and prevention strategies.
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Drugs & Multicultural Community - Chapter Downloads
Drugs in a Multicultural Community: An Assessment of Involvement
Drugs in a Multicultural Community: An Assessment of Involvement has been a program of research into the involvement of ethnic communities in Victoria with illicit drugs. The research was carried out for the Victorian Government. The current research is considered to represent the most comprehensive study in this area to have been undertaken in Australia .
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Blood-Borne Viruses
Injecting Drug Use and Blood-Borne Viruses: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Victoria , 1990-1995
Most studies of injecting drug users (IDUs) have included only urban IDUs; information about rural IDUs is scarce. Recognising this, the Victorian Injecting Drug Users Cohort Study (VICS) recruited IDUs from rural Victoria as well as Melbourne, capital city of the state of Victoria , Australia . Examination of data collected from IDUs living in Melbourne and the Western District revealed numerous differences in behaviour and serology.
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HCV & Prisons
Hepatitis C Virus among inmates in Victorian correctional facilities
A report of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus and the risk behaviours associated with the transmission of hepatitis C virus in Victorian correctional facilities ( Australia ). The study was a cross sectional study undertaken in Victorian correctional facilities (in public and private, male and female facilities). It measured the prevalence of HCV in Victorian Correctional facilities and examined risk behaviours by participating prisoners that may lead to the transmission of HCV and other blood borne viruses.
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HCV & Body Piercing
Hepatitis C Virus and Body Piercing
A report on infection control practices and knowledge of hepatitis C virus among body piercing practitioners in Victoria , Australia
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New Zealand NSEP Review
Document available for downloading (pdf)
New Zealand Needle and Syringe Exchange Programme Review
The Centre for Harm Reduction was commissioned to review New Zealand 's Needle and Syringe Exchange Programme (NSEP) in March 2002 to assess whether the NSEP is working in the most effective and efficient way possible within available resources. The report includes recommendations for action to improve the effectiveness of needle exchange services in New Zealand .
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Drivers and Drugs
Drivers Who Use Heroin and Amphetamines
In early 1997 VicRoads - the Victorian government\'s roads and road safety authority - commissioned the Centre for Harm Reduction to do some exploratory research on the perceptions and behaviours of Victorian drivers who use opiates and stimulants. This paper reports on some of the results of that research
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US pressure to silence United Nations support for harm reduction and needle exchange . For full infromation on this issue, and an open letter from Gerry Stimson of the International Harm Reduction Association to delegates of the Forty-eighth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), click here .
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Blood borne viruses and needle and syringe provision .
UKHRA has mailed a copy of an important recent paper published in the British Medical Journal: 'Incidence of hepatitis C virus and HIV among new injecting drug users in London : prospective cohort study' to over 3000 agencies throughout the UK . For more details and to download/read the paper, click here .
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UKHRA has issued a position statement on abstinence oriented drug education programmes . To read it, click here .
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To read the UKHRA response to the Strategic Framework and Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C in Northern Ireland , click here .
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Protest at award for Thai prime minister
Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Institute have jointly issued the letter below. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted the annual 'International Forgiveness Award' by the Italian organization Instituzione Perdonanza Celestiniana for his 'treatment of drug abusers as patients, not criminals.' A group of more than 50 organizations from Asia , Europe , and the Americas has produced this letter of protest calling for the award to be withdrawn.
Due to an unfortunate oversight, UKHRA did not make it onto the list of signatories, but we very much wanted to be represented there and are keen to make the letter as widely available as possible.
To download and view the letter (as a pdf file), click here .
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UKHRA has prepared a statement on diversity to inform the current debate. To see our draft statement on diversity issues, click here.
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UKHRA endorses the consensus statement on problem drug use and social re-integration agreed by delegates attending the European Summer University : Drugs, Inclusion and Employment, Glasgow , 28-30 June 2004 organised by T3E . To read it click here.
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UKHRA wrote to the Danish Authorities in support of Joergen Kjaer a leading drug user activist who was arrested and charged with possession of heroin that he was holding for friends and fellow activists when setting off for an annual gathering/holiday. To read the letter click here .
Unfortunately the letter only had limited impact and Joergen was sentenced to 14months in prison - with a probable release date of June 2005.
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In 2001 UKHRA along with other organisations issued a warning about the introduction of Difficult To Reuse Syringes (DTRS). The position of UKRHA on this issue remains unchanged. To read the statement, click here .
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To read the UKHRA response to the Home Office "PUBLIC CONSULTATION: COMPUTER GENERATED PRESCRIPTIONS, REGISTERS AND REQUISITIONS FOR CONTROLLED DRUGS." click here .
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From the archives:
The speech that started it all off, and the original declaration of principle
Now online, the full text of the speech given by Gerry Stimson at the Methadone Alliance Conference Methadone and Beyond: expanding and exploring drug treatment options on the 22nd March 2000 in London . This speech led to a meeting of harm reduction activists at the international harm reduction conference in Jersey , and a meeting in Manchester where our first declaration of principle was drafted.
To read the article, click here .
To read the original declaration of principle, click here .
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UKHRA is supporting an international day of action in support of Thai drug users on 12th June (please note, this is a new date). For more information on the planned actions please click here .
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There is also more information, and discussion about responses on the UKHRA discussion list, to join, click here .
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UKHRA has responded to the Department of Health on the Office of Fair Trading report, which recommended increased competition and freedom for supermarkets to be able to provide pharmacy services . We believe that this could have a negative impact on needle and syringe provision and methadone dispensing. To read the full text of our response, click here. To read the latest update on this issue, click here .
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UKHRA has prepared a formal response to the Home Office consultation on section 9a of the misuse of drugs act the 'paraphernalia law' that advocates the repeal of this unhelpful legislation. To read it click here .
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Response of the UK Harm Reduction Alliance to the Hepatitis C Strategy for England , Autumn 2002
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Submission to The Home Affairs Select Committee on the Government's drug policy from The United Kingdom Harm Reduction Alliance (UKHRA), July 2001, to read it, click here .
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'The 5th Amendment' - the online version of the influential UKHRA proposal for the national drug strategies to include an additional fifth aim: Individual Health - to minimise the harm to the health of individuals and communities arising from drug use. Published in 2001 in the hope of influencing the revised strategy, which was, at that time, being drafted.
Also available as a pdf file (384KB), to download, click here .
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TB is an increasing problem for injecting drug users. To see a sample action plan and patient leaflet developed by Mari Ottridge/East Surrey needle exchange, click here .
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Shooting up is an excellent report from the Health Protection Agency providing a good overview of the problem of viral transmission amongst injecting drug users, and sensible recommendations for commissioning services to prevent the spread of blood borne viruses.
To download a pdf file of the report, click here .
To read the key points, click here .
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Needle exchange in custody: procedure
Needle exchange in custody: protocol
Documents provided by Michael Appleton/KCA (contactable at: hepcreply@hotmail.com )
Daily Dose and Weekly Dose (Wired) offers daily collections and a large resource of Archive material
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