Drug Policies Fuel Deadly Hepatitis C Epidemic

Email (New York) – Governments should ensure that efforts to reduce illicit drug use do not increase vulnerability to infection with Hepatitis C or impede access to treatment, Human Rights Watch said today in response to a report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy. The report, released on May 30, 2013, urges reform of existing drug policies to protect public health, minimize human rights violations, and ensure access to health care for drug users. (New York) – Governments should ensure that efforts to reduce illicit drug use do not increase vulnerability to infection with hepatitis…

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