Support Groups – Fri, 23 Jul 2010 PST

Published July 23, 2010

Support Groups – Fri, 23 Jul 2010 PST
Nar-Anon – Offers support, recovery and hope for the family and friends of drug users. Meets every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Kootenai Medical Center, 2003 Lincoln Way, Coeur d’Alene, in classroom 1. Call (208) 215-1504 or e-mail [email protected] for more information. Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome – Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, 2:30 p.m …
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UN expert: AIDS crisis in the world’s prisons
VIENNA (AP) – The U.N.’s top investigator on torture and punishment warned Friday that overcrowded prisons are breeding grounds for AIDS. Often, inmates are held in inhumane conditions in which the HIV virus is spread through the use of non-sterile drug injection equipment, sexual contacts, tattooing and sharing of razors, Manfred …
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UN warning on AIDS in prisons
VIENNA (AP) – The U.N.’s top investigator on torture and punishment warned Friday that overcrowded prisons are breeding grounds for AIDS. Often, inmates are held in inhumane conditions in which the HIV virus is spread through the use of non-sterile drug injection equipment, sexual contacts, tattooing and sharing of razors, Manfred Nowak said. “There is a global prison crisis,” he told an …
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