Kallio is support services coordinator at AIDS Saskatoon and 601 Outreach Centre.
There is a small but vocal segment of our community, the media and public figures who perpetuate the false notion that needle exchange and other harm reduction programs are not working, are dangerous to local citizens and should be abandoned.
As part of our harm reduction programming, AIDS Saskatoon does operate a small but essential needle exchange in the 601 Outreach Centre as part of a partnership with the Saskatoon Health Region. This program operates according to the SHR's guidelines and policies, with a 99.3 per cent needle return rate. All those needles safely disposed of don't end up on our streets. Read more »
The cheap supply of antiretroviral drugs to people with Aids across the world could be choked by an "intellectual property" deal, which the European Union will today demand at a high-level international summit, Aids campaigners say. Read more »
There is no good reason to deprive patients with cancer or H.I.V. or Lou Gehrig’s disease of the relief from pain or extreme nausea that could come from using marijuana.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, who once opposed his state’s medical marijuana law, has changed his mind, deciding earlier this month to allow six alternative treatment centers to begin dispensing the drug to those in need, possibly by early next year. Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York needs to change his mind as well. Read more »
As Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the Russian state Duma, calls for a “total war on drugs” to tackle Russia’s growing drug problem, the International AIDS Society (IAS) urges the Russian government to radically reassess its approach to drug policy, and to accept that the war on drugs has failed dramatically from both a law enforcement and a public health perspective. Read more »
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Kallio is support services coordinator at AIDS Saskatoon and 601 Outreach Centre.
The cheap supply of antiretroviral drugs to people with Aids across the world could be choked by an "intellectual property" deal, which the European Union will today demand at a high-level international summit, Aids campaigners say. 
There is no good reason to deprive patients with cancer or H.I.V. or Lou Gehrig’s disease of the relief from pain or extreme nausea that could come from using marijuana.
As Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the Russian state Duma, calls for a “total war on drugs” to tackle Russia’s growing drug problem, the International AIDS Society (IAS) urges the Russian government to radically reassess its approach to drug policy, and to accept that the war on drugs has failed dramatically from both a law enforcement and a public health perspective. 
