Injection Drug Use

• London, Ont. researchers confirm new method of HIV transmission and provide prevention technique

  New studies are showing for the first time that HIV can be transmitted through sharing equipment used to prepare drugs, but also how this transmission can be prevented.

  Health

  Apr 25, 2019
  
• Growing use of hydromorphone linked to rise in potentially lethal heart infection in opioid-users: study

  Hydromorphone is difficult to dissolve, and people who inject drugs keep and share needles to use the drug residue, researchers say.

  Health

  Jan 28, 2019
  
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• Middlesex-London Health Unit begins consultation process into supervised injection sites

  The Middlesex-London Health Unit has launched an online survey and scheduled nine public meetings in November to help map next steps to address the ongoing drug crisis.

  Health

  Oct 26, 2017
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• Saskatchewan has highest HIV rate in country: health department

  The Saskatchewan Health Department says the province has the highest reported number of HIV cases in the country.

  Health

  Oct 13, 2017
• Needle drug use up in Lethbridge

  Organizations on the front lines of drug use in Lethbridge continue to see a rise in needle-injected drugs

  Crime

  May 11, 2016
• Hep C among street youth ‘alarming:’ study

  Vancouver street youth face an alarmingly high risk of hepatitis C infection because of a high incidence of injection drug use, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.

  Jul 25, 2014