Tackling HIV/AIDS and Drug Addiction in Russia’s Irkutsk

Tackling HIV/AIDS and Drug Addiction in Russia’s Irkutsk – Drug Addicion as well as HIV/AIDS is a huge problem for Russia, especially for Eastern Siberia.

Krokodil: has the flesh-eating drug made its way to Canada?
“I think the images that came out of Russia were so disturbing and made the rounds around the Internet, that it's something that springs to mind when you see somebody with horrible lesions on their body from injection drug use,” Young told CTV News.
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Russia: Rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in Sapernoe in the Saint …
One such project that has been particularly blessed is the rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in Sapernoe, around 100 km from Saint Petersburg, in an area of almost untouched natural beauty not far from the Finnish Karelian border. It all began …
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