Feb 8 2010: The first case of anthrax in England has been confirmed in a heroin user in London. This follows the ongoing cluster of confirmed cases of anthrax among heroin users in Scotland. A number of these people have died from anthrax thought to be from contaminated heroin. clomid spain purchase Anthrax is a […]
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Users' Voice in Afghanistan
Posted by Users Voice on November 19th, 2009
Users’ Voice in Afghanistan
Why we need an international network of drug user activists.
Posted by Users Voice on November 19th, 2009
We are people from around the world who use drugs. We are people who have been marginalized and discriminated against; we have been killed, harmed unnecessarily, put in jail, depicted as evil, and stereotyped as dangerous and disposable. It is now time to raise our voices as citizens, establish our rights and reclaim the right […]
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8 Comments »Profile: Joycelyn Woods of the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
Posted by Users Voice on November 19th, 2008
Users’ Voice decided to begin profiling some of our long-term activists, and since few are women, we began with one of our greatest! “I came to advocacy for the reason that I believe many methadone advocates do. Methadone patients are never given the opportunity to feel good about themselves, generally what they read about themselves […]
Financial gain from Drug Users pain?
Posted by Users Voice on November 2nd, 2008
A few pharmaceutical companies are set to reap huge rewards from treatments and tests for hepatitis C. Grant McNally, from the UK Assembly on Hepatitis C looks at the fact that despite their still being no clear cure, this is not holding back phenomenal profit margins. It is 15 years since the US biotech company […]
A Night on the Tiles …
Posted by Users Voice on September 30th, 2005
Stable & maintained on an opiate painkiller for a congenital spinal condition, delighted that it had the added benefit of making winter bearable, I began to spend time on the streets outreaching to fellow drugs users. These were largely African-Caribbean, largely homeless and in some cases poly-drugs-users. This began when I witnessed the most terrifying […]
Tags: ARGENTINA: 23,000 PEOPLE SUPPORT 'DEPENALIZATION BILL'
Posted by Users Voice on July 29th, 2005
ARGENTINA: 23,000 PEOPLE SUPPORTED THE DEPENALIZATION BILL IN THE BIGEST RELATED PUBLIC ACTS IN THE COUNTRY Last Saturday approximately 8,000 were involved in the fourth edition of MMM in Rosario city with a great festival with concerts and performance organized by the Argentinean Harm Reduction Association ARDA. The Festival was on the Municipal Open Amphitheatre […]
Drug Users in Euro Parliament
Posted by Users Voice on April 29th, 2005
On 21 April 2005, ‘addicts,’ people living with AIDS, other drug users, MEPs and other European Authority diplomats met in the European Parliament to discuss the inclusion of civil society in drug policy debate and drug policy generally. Here is a short report : It was an interesting and extraordinary scene to have the dreadlocked […]
