Autosupport des usagers de drogues (ASUD)

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Autosupport des usagers de drogues (ASUD)

ASUD is the first French drug user union established in 1993 during the AIDS epidemic among intravenous drug users and recognised by the authorities to represent drugs users' interests at many levels, including access to health, citizenship, and political reform. ASUD's main goals are to promote drug policy reform, the development and scale up of harm reduction and peer support.

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