Injecting Drug Users
latest news & developments
Durban delays re-opening of city’s only needle exchange programme
The project’s closure six months ago forced some injecting drug users to share needles and risk infections such as HIV and Hepatitis C.
SA needs R4-billion to fight this killer virus you may never have heard of
Newer, lifesaving drugs for South Africa’s "silent" killer aren’t yet available in the country.
Durban cuts city’s only needle exchange programme
A tale of two cities: Durban ditches drug users while Tshwane becomes the first city in SA to pioneer and fund new ways to keep them safe.
Freak waves and HIV in Durban. What’s the link?
Misconceptions about HIV infection and injection drug use could shut down the only project working to curb it.
These countries medically prescribe heroin, should SA follow suit?
It’s time that evidence, not stigma, drive SA’s drug policies.
It’s time to end SA’s war on drugs
Drugs have destroyed many lives, but wrongheaded governmental policies have destroyed many more, argue experts.
[EXCLUSIVE] Police arrest health workers for giving drug users clean water
The health department calls arrests ‘unfortunate’ after senior officials spend night trying to get workers out of cells.
How Africa’s addicts are being helped to stay HIV-free
Those who ‘shoot up’ have a higher risk of getting infected, but some progressive nations are encouraging drug users to adopt safer habits.