Harm Reduction Journal

Harmreductionjournal.org

is a companion site to Harm Reduction Journal.com, allowing HRJ authors, editors, and readers to share supplemental materials for each published article —such as additional links plus new data, commentaries, and translations. The HRJ.org website also provides author(s) a blogging format which will allow readers to respond to articles directly - serving as a forum for authors announcements, links to their websites, and author moderated discussions on harm reduction trends and efforts outside of the model of an academic journal.

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Ernest Drucker, PhD, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Managing Editor

Mary Arnold, MBA

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  • Seroprevalence of select bloodborne pathogens and associated risk behaviors among injection drug users in the Paso del Norte region of the United States - Mexico border
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  • Closed to reason: time for accountability for the International Narcotic Control Board

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Newest blogs on harmreductionjournal.org:

HIV/AIDS in Vancouver, British Columbia: a growing epidemic

The prevalence of HIV in Vancouver, British Columbia was subject to two distinct periods of rapid increase. The first occurred in the 1980s due to high incidence among men who have sex with men (MSM), and the second occurred in the 1990s due to high ...
Full text pdf | Blog | Article available in: English

Comparison of injecting drug users who obtain syringes from pharmacies and syringe exchange programs in Tallinn, Estonia

Both syringe exchange programs (SEPs) and pharmacy sales of syringes are available in Estonia, though the current high incidence and high prevalence of HIV among injection drug users (IDUs) in Tallinn, Estonia requires large-scale implementation of a...
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NAOMI: The trials and tribulations of implementing a heroin assisted treatment study in North America

Opioid addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease and remains a major public health challenge. Despite important expansions of access to conventional treatments, there are still significant proportions of affected individuals who remain outside the re...
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The syringe gap: an assessment of sterile syringe need and acquisition among syringe exchange program participants in New York City

Programmatic data from New York City syringe exchange programs suggest that many clients visit the programs infrequently and take few syringes per transaction, while separate survey data from individuals using these programs indicate that frequent in...
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More than just needles: An evidence-informed approach to enhancing harm reduction supply distribution in British Columbia

The BC Harm Reduction Strategies and Services (HRSS) policy states that each health authority (HA) and their community partners will provide a full range of harm reduction (HR) services to their jurisdictions and these HR products should be available...
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A qualitative assessment of stakeholder perceptions and socio-cultural influences on the acceptability of harm reduction programs in Tijuana, Mexico

The Mexico-U.S. border region is experiencing rising rates of blood-borne infections among injection drug users (IDUs), emphasizing the need for harm reduction interventions.We assessed the religious and cultural factors affecting the acceptability a...
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High prevalence of HIV infection among homeless and street-involved Aboriginal youth in a Canadian setting

Aboriginal people experience a disproportionate burden of HIV infection among the adult population in Canada; however, less is known regarding the prevalence and characteristics of HIV positivity among drug-using and street-involved Aboriginal youth....
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Opportunities to learn and barriers to change: crack cocaine use in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver

In 2004, a team comprised of researchers and service providers launched the Safer Crack Use, Outreach, Research and Education (SCORE) project in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The project was aimed at developing a bette...
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Seroprevalence of select bloodborne pathogens and associated risk behaviors among injection drug users in the Paso del Norte region of the United States - Mexico border

The region situated where the borders of Mexico, Texas and New Mexico meet is known as 'Paso del Norte'. The Paso del Norte Collaborative was formed to study the seroprevalence of select pathogens and associated risk behaviors among injection drug ...
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The perspectives of injection drug users regarding safer injecting education delivered through a supervised injecting facility

Unsafe injection practices are prevalent among injection drug users (IDU) and have resulted in numerous forms of drug-related harm including HIV/HCV transmission and other bacterial and viral infections. North America's first supervised injection fa...
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