Global report claims war on drugs is driving spread of HIV
Monday, June 25, 2012
 Canada must embrace a public health approach to drug addiction rather  than treating it as a criminal justice issue in order to curb the  spread of HIV/AIDS among drug users, says a Canadian adviser for a new  global report. The report, The War on Drugs and HIV/AIDS - How the Criminalization of Drug Use Fuels the Global Pandemic, released by the Global  Commission on Drug Policy, condemned the worldwide war on drugs as a  "remarkable failure" and claimed it is driving the rapid spread of  HIV/AIDS among drug users and their sexual partners.
Canada must embrace a public health approach to drug addiction rather  than treating it as a criminal justice issue in order to curb the  spread of HIV/AIDS among drug users, says a Canadian adviser for a new  global report. The report, The War on Drugs and HIV/AIDS - How the Criminalization of Drug Use Fuels the Global Pandemic, released by the Global  Commission on Drug Policy, condemned the worldwide war on drugs as a  "remarkable failure" and claimed it is driving the rapid spread of  HIV/AIDS among drug users and their sexual partners.


 
						


