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Injecting drug users (IDUs) are one of the groups most at risk of HIV infection. The Freedom Programme is an organisation working to prevent the spread of HIV among IDUs in Egypt.
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[Community Development] by Dr Nathan Grills In terms of global threats, tobacco is one of the biggest dangers in the world today. In 2010, more than five million people died from the effects of smoking or chewing tobacco. This is not just a disease of the rich. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 80 per cent of these deaths were in low- and middle-income countries. Tobacco remains the only legally available consumer product that will kill at least a third of all users.
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by Theodore Mbata Misuse of antibiotics is a problem in countries across the world, but particularly in the South, where people often use them to treat any minor infection, with or without a doctor’s prescription. Inappropriate use of antibiotics frequently leads to the development of resistant strains of the bacteria that cause infection. This means that in future these antibiotics will not be effective in treating infections. Excessive use of antibiotics also increases the cost of treatment ...
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Did you know that: Tobacco is the only widely available product which, when taken as instructed, kills?
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How to support people with addictions and raise awareness of drug abuse
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Why should there be an article on smoking in an issue on drug rehabilitation? Surely, smoking is a pleasant social habit! Advertisements for smoking lead us to believe that it helps us to feel in control of our lives, it helps us to relax and makes us attractive to the opposite sex!
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A community-based drug rehabilitation programme: a project of the Diocese of Karachi, Church of Pakistan
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The La Roca Community, Viña del Mar, Chile. La Roca began after much discussion and prayer as concerned Christians in Viña del Mar, Chile saw young people turning away from their drug addiction when they became church members, but later leaving the church and going back to drugs. They felt these young people were not supported enough in their everyday lives. Their spiritual growth was not sufficient to keep them from falling back into old ways.
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The dictionary describes the word rehabilitation as ‘to restore to effectiveness through training’. There are many different types of rehabilitation projects available for those who are seeking help in recovering from drug dependency. In these pages and also on page entitled 'Changing Lives - case study 2' we look at some case studies of different approaches to drug rehabilitation.
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by David Partington.What is it that encourages people to begin taking addictive drugs? We all have things in our lives which bring special pleasure, things that we want to experience over and over again, things that we would struggle to give up. We all lean on something – the only difference is that drugs and solvents (glue) are very harmful, both physically and mentally.
