Description:
"...In the 1990s, Min Thura regularly shared needles with other drug users in Mandalay.
"About 50 drug users were queuing up and giving their arms to inject heroin with only one needle. Many of my friends with whom I shared needles to inject drugs have already died," said Min Thura, who has been clean for four years.
Now, he said, there is more awareness about HIV and clean needles..."
Source/publisher:
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Date of Publication:
2010-06-25
Date of entry:
2010-08-11
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English