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Ukrainian City Bans Harm Reduction Programs In Municipal Hospitals

The City Council of Sevastopol, Ukraine, has voted to ban medical facilities that belong to the municipality from providing replacement therapy, which requires the use of methadone or buprinorphine to treat injection drug users.
Proper Medication: A Step Towards A Normal Life

Pavel Kutsev, leader of the Ukrainian organization Drop-In Center, calls for the introduction of a new medication for substitution therapy programs, since the drug currently being used doesn't help patients return to a normal life. The letter has been signed by Kutsev's counterparts.
Drop-In Center: Do Not Repeat My Mistakes

Pavel Kutsev, co-founder of a Ukrainian foundation for injection drug users called Drop-In Center, posts a touching story about his discussion with 20 teenagers about the harmful consequences of drugs.

Ukrainian City Bans Harm Reduction Programs In Municipal Hospitals

Drop-In Center24 March 2009
Proper Medication: A Step Towards A Normal Life

Blogroll9 March 2009
Drop-In Center: Do Not Repeat My Mistakes

Blogroll25 February 2009

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First Steps to a National Association of Substitution Therapy Receivers

Drop-In Center13 February 2009

At the end of January twelve activists representing the drug users’ community met in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, to set up a brand new organization - the National Association of Substitution Therapy...

Ukraine: The Best Drug for Harm Reduction Programs?

Drop-In Center2 February 2009

Ukrainian blogger depo3p, who leads the nonprofit organization Drop-in Center, debates whether the Ukraine is using the most effective medication for substitution therapy programs for opiate drug users.

To Stay Alive and Help People

Drop-In Center12 January 2009

Pavel Kutsev, co-founder of the Ukrainian non-profit, Drop-In Center, describes his incredible personal story which led to the creation of the center for injection drug users in Kiev and his...