Harm Reduction

Harm Reduction  Principles of Harm Reduction Harm Reduction is a set of practical strategies with the goal of meeting drug users “where they’re at” to help them reduce any harm associated with their drug use. Because Harm Reduction demands that interventions and...

Treatment of Mood Disorder due to HIV/AIDS

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Pregnancy with Drugs

Pregnancy with Drugs   More than 90% of pregnant women take prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter) drugs or use social drugs, such as tobacco and alcohol, or illicit drugs at some time during pregnancy. In general, drugs, unless absolutely necessary, should...

About Alcohol

Alcohol   Action of Alcohol Alcohol, chemically known as ethyl alcohol, is a drug which slows down the CNS (central nervous system which part of the brain and spinal cord that control thinking, feeling and behaving). Alcohol initially appears to act as a stimulant,...

Needle Exchange Programs

Needle Exchange Programs Decrease the Epidemics of HIV/AIDS Injecting Drug Users   Vancouver, British Columbia, the third metropolitan of Canada, has a higher rate of drugs and substance use. Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has been a center of injecting drug users...