Criminalisation of drugs and drug users fuels HIV; laws should be reviewed, say experts

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 05:56 in Health & Medicine

Strict laws on the criminalisation of drug use and drug users are fuelling the spread of HIV and other serious harms associated with the criminal market and should be reviewed, say experts in a series of articles published on bmj.com today to coincide with the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna, 18-23 July 2010...

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