INPUD Newsletter November 21, 2007

1) Fired because of HIV positive (please support)

To: EC President, Portuguese President and Prime-Minister

A kitchen chef at one of the SANA HOTEL group in Portugal has been fired due to the fact that he is HIV POSITIVE!!!

Sign the INSANE petition against the discrimination of people living with AIDS/HIV

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2) Premier colloque francophone sur le traitement de la dépendance aux opioïdes

Premier colloque francophone
sur le traitement de la dépendance aux opioïdes

Organisé dans le cadre de la septième édition du colloque de formation interdisciplinaire sur les traitements de substitution

Multiplicité des approches: Échanger pour mieux traiter

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3) First International Francophone Conference on the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

First International Francophone Conference
on the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Organized in the context of CRAN’s
Seventh Edition Interdisciplinary Substitution Treatment Symposium

Many Practices –One Place : Networking for Better Treatment

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4) (USA) FOX Philadelphia News Story Stigmatizes Patients Receiving Methadone Treatment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA)
November 16, 2007


The FOX Philadelphia news story that aired on November 13, 2007 regarding the illegal sales of methadone in Camden, NJ is disappointing. Once again the news media is airing negative sensational stories about methadone and ignoring the thousands of positive ones. The vastbmajority of patients in the nation’s methadone treatment programs are not criminals. The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) urges you to appreciate that the great majority of patients receive their methadone from licensed accredited programs, are responsible in handling their medication, compliant with their treatment plans (including abstinence from illicit substances) and live lives that are virtually indistinguishable from your own.

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5)AIVL in response to an announcement from the Australian Prime Minister

media release

AUSTRALIAN INJECTING & ILLICIT DRUG USERS LEAGUE

All Australians are equal but some are more equal than others...

The Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL), the national organisation representing people who use or have used illicit drugs is shocked and appalled by the unexpected announcement today by Prime Minister Howard that a re-elected Coalition Government would take control of the welfare payments of people convicted of offences involving illicit drugs.

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6) European DU excluded from EU Civil Society Forum On Drugs (please support)

Dear Friends,

European INPUD members over the past two years participated in the process for the involvement of civil society in EU drugs policies, organized by the EU Commission. The end of this process - and the beginning of the involvement - is the organization of the first European Civil Society Forum On Drugs in December 2007.

Despite our constant and constructive participation in the preparation of this civil society involvement in EU drugs policies, the European Commission didn't take into account INPUD's application for membership in the European Civil Society Forum On Drugs.

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