Aleksey has been working in the field of harm reduction, HIV and viral hepatitis prevention for 10 years. He is general manager of the harm reduction NGOs coalition “Outreach” (Estonia), and deputy director of Humanitarian Action (St. Petersburg). He has written about substance use, hepatitis and HIV for Russian media outlets including RIA Novosti, AIDS.CENTER and TJournal. He is in long-term recovery from substance use issues. He lives in St. Petersburg.
Heroin use became widespread in Russia in the late 1990s, amid the opening of international borders and social upheaval and…