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Decriminalize drugs, urge B.C. groups ahead of AIDS conference
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
June 28, 2010
Dr. Evan Wood, an author of the declaration and the founder of the Centre for Science in Drug Policy, said the paper urges political leaders to put ideology aside and treat drug-use as a public-health crisis rather than a law enforcement issue… Wood said HIV rates increase as intravenous drug users are literally forced into the shadows, where they are increasingly difficult to reach with public-health education and social services… “but, if we deal with this as a health issue, like we have with alcohol and tobacco, maybe we can have an impact on this problem.”
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