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Ukraine. The Harm Reductionist Imprisoned by Ukraine Separatists for Carrying Bupe

Ukraine. The Harm Reductionist Imprisoned by Ukraine Separatists for Carrying Bupe

For 10 months now, a Ukrainian harm reduction activist has been illegally detained by the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), an illegitimate Russian-allied occupation “government” in eastern Ukraine, for alleged large-scale drug trafficking. In reality, he was simply carrying his 10-day supply of legally-prescribed buprenorphine, the opioid subsitution therapy medication. (Filter, USA, 26.06.2019)

https://filtermag.org/2019/06/26/the-harm-reductionist-imprisoned-by-ukraine-separatists-for-carrying-bupe/