Irina Teplinskaya is community relations coordinator at the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice, Moscow, and a member of the Steering Committee of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network. She lives in Kaliningrad and is HIV positive
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Published in: oDRA drug addict in free fall: another reckoningFor many years Irina Teplinskaya has been campaigning for replacement therapy to be available to drug addicts in...
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Published in: oDRHuman rights for Russian drug addicts: I will not be silenced!Arguments over the benefits of opiate substitution therapy versus abstinence as the most successful way of dealing...
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Published in: oDRFree fall: a Russian drug addict crashes – again!ODR recently published the story of an intelligent, educated Russian woman who is HIV+ and drug dependent. This was...
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Published in: oDRHIV positive in Russia: where is our medication?openDemocracy Russia recently published the harrowing tale of a Russian drug-dependent woman Irina Teplinskaya, and...
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Published in: oDRA life in free fall: a Russian drug addict's story (1)Irina Teplinskaya was born with every advantage. But when she started taking drugs, there was no effective help to...
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Published in: oDRA life in free fall: a Russian drug addict's story (2)In Russia drug addicts are seen as scum: the sooner they die, the better. In this second part of her story Irina...