Prevention Pill Cuts HIV Risk For Injecting Drug Users

Prevention Pill Cuts HIV Risk For Injecting Drug Users
A once-a-day pill has been proven to lower the risk of getting HIV among needle-using drug addicts, just as it does among heterosexual couples and men who have sex with men. Among 2,400 injecting drug users in Bangkok, those assigned to take a daily … Read more on NPR (blog)

The 'war on drugs' is over: Is addiction prevention, treatment the new call to …
VIENNA (Reuters) – Legalizing drugs was no "silver bullet" that would make organized crime disappear, President Barack Obama's drugs policy chief said on Wednesday, as Latin American countries explore relaxing penalties for the personal use of narcotics. Read more on MedCity News

Ruby Callaway Robinson, 81: Early substance abuse prevention advocate in …
A substance abuse and prevention organization established in 1980, the Comprehensive Auxiliary for the Southwest Community on Alcohol and Drug Education, or CASCADE, was the result of Callaway's struggle with her husband's alcoholism. “He died in … Read more on Atlanta Journal Constitution

Drug prevention, marijuana facts for teens – Drug prevention, teens explain how marijuana was addictive, a habbit forming drug, created a dependence on the drug needing more of the drug to get the same …