In Montr al, the rate of HIV seroprevalence among injection drug users has reached 20 percent. If we don't, many of our 'solutions' will remain merely band-aid approaches.
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Riley argues that the laws and policies that govern drug use in Canada are irrational and confusing, and that they contribute to the deaths of thousands of people through the preventable spread of HIV and other infections such as hepatitis and tuberculosis. If it passes, it will do nothing to diminish drug-related harms and will only serve to continue and even exacerbate these harms. Diane Riley is Senior Policy Analyst with the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, a founding member of the Canadian Drug Policy Foundation, and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She has an international reputation based on more than 20 years' experience in research and treatment regarding drug-related harms and has published in the areas of AIDS and drug policy and law, harm reduction, and the psychology and physiology of behaviour. Her presentation will be in English, but documents in French will be available.