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How a local group sees people seek out addiction treatment As local communities fight the opioid epidemic, a Pueblo organization is offering a space for people battling addiction. and last updated 2021-05-17 21:09:56-04 PUEBLO â As states and local communities throughout the country work through the pandemic, there s another crisis many are trying to tackle- opioid addiction. In Pueblo s Bessemer neighborhood, the SoCo Harm Reduction Association opens its doors every Saturday to people needing help through a needle exchange program. The organization says by offering a place to exchange dirty needles for clean ones, it lowers the chance of infectious diseases and can lead people to seek out treatment options. ....
PETALING JAYA: Industry players have been calling for the e-cigarette and vape industry to be regulated while tobacco control groups think it should be banned as long as there is no law governing it. Harm Reduction Association programme director Samsul Kamal Arifin Mohd Basir said it made no sense for the government to impose an excise duty of 40 sen per ml on the nicotine-free liquid used in e-cigarettes while those with nicotine remain banned. “Most, if not all, of the vape e-liquid sold in the local market contain nicotine. “The amount of duty on the liquid is similar to the tax imposed on a stick of cigarette that contains both tobacco and nicotine. ....