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Dec

Stigmatising language by the UN

Author: Jamie Uhrig | Category: Englishno comments

The term “drug abuse” is not recommended by UNAIDS, UNODC, & WHO. It is not an accurate medical term and increases stigma and discrimination against people who use drugs. Revising the language of addiction What are the international civil servants Eamonn Murphy of UNAIDS and Jeremy Douglas of UNODC doing still using it? Editors write […]

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