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Malaysia Mosque Offers Hope To Drug Addicts (Al Jazeera Video Report)

Malaysia-(ENEWSPF)- From Al Jazeera:

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Muslim men in Malaysia are most at risk for HIV transmitted through intravenous drug use.A zero-tolerance national drug policy and conservative religious leaders make addressing the issue difficult, but a pilot programme at one mosque is making headway.

The Ar-Rahman mosque in Kuala Lumpur offers free drug-replacement therapy by providing addicts methadone in place of heroin. Health experts want the practice – the first such programme in the world – to be replicated…

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