Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsDrug-Law reform advocated by UNclipped by: beanzclippers remarks: Sanity is spreading, maybe there is hope yet !
The United Nations is calling for governments in Asia, many with tough anti-drug laws, to review their legislation to allow for alternative drug treatments and policies in an effort to reduce the spread of the AIDS virus across the region. Asia has some of the toughest anti-narcotics drugs laws globally, with many countries attaching long life sentences or even the death penalty to those found guilty of possession and trafficking of drugs such as heroin. law reform is necessary to reduce the spread of the AIDS pandemic, especially through injecting drug users. The United Nations is advocating methods of "harm reduction", such as injecting needle exchange and drug substitution programs through the use methadone, to reduce the spread of the virus. Such programs reduce the transmission of the virus that otherwise would occur by way of infected needles. Such programs have been successful in Australia and have been adopted in Taiwan, Bangladesh and Vietnam. Tags: drug laws gay vietnam veteranclipped by: hhdaniel Egypt may be ground zeroclipped by: nedhamson1
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2009/04/24
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