| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
How Former Soviet Countries Are Suppressing Harm Reduction “Propaganda”
How Former Soviet Countries Are Suppressing Harm Reduction “Propaganda”
Lawmakers in the former Soviet Union are seeking to impose harsher criminal penalties for drug-related “propaganda,” especially online. Their efforts are ostensibly supposed to keep people from promoting drug use. But local advocates fear that this approach will persecute those doing harm reduction work for people using drugs or living with HIV/AIDS. (Filter, USA, 05.03.2020)