Research Catalog

Title

Harm reduction : national and international perspectives / James A. Inciardi, Lana D. Harrison, editors.

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, Inc., c2000.

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Additional Authors

• Harrison, Lana D.
• Inciardi, James A.

Description

xix , 224 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

• "Harm reduction programs accept the reality of drug use while attempting to reduce its harmful consequences to individuals and society. This term, coined about 15 years ago in the U.K., has become a policy paradigm increasingly explored throughout most of the industrialized world. An example of a harm reduction program is the widely accepted substitution of methadone for the more "harmful" heroin. Programs that divert drug-involved offenders into treatment are another example of the operationalization of harm reduction policies.
• In these 10 original chapters, international contributors discuss the philosophical basis and history of harm reduction policies and examine their outcome. They also cover controversial topics related to harm reduction, especially conflicts between the public health system where most programs are located, and a worldwide criminal justice system that further marginalizes drug users. Included in this book are descriptions of programs in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Australia."--pub. desc.

Subject

• AIDS (Disease) > Prevention
• Designer Drugs > adverse effects
• Drug abuse > Prevention
• Harm Reduction
• Illicit Drugs > adverse effects
• Public Policy
• Substance-Related Disorders > prevention & control

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The concept of harm reduction / James A. Inciardi and Lana D. Harrison -- Harm reduction: history, definition and practice / Diane Riley and Pat O'Hare -- From morphine to methadone: maintenance drugs in the treatment of opiate addiction / Ernest Drucker -- The coming of age of needle exchange / Sandra D. Lane, Peter Lurie, Benjamin Bowser, Jim Kahn, and Donna Chen -- The medicalization of marijuana / Lana D. Harrison -- Pregnancy, drugs, and harm reduction / Marsha Rosenbaum and Katherine Irwin -- Coffeeshops, low threshold methadone, and needle exchange / Dirk J. Korf and Ernst C. Buning -- The harm reduction movement in Brazil: issues and experiences / Hilary l. Surratt and Paulo R. Telles -- The harm minimization option for cannabis: history and prospects in Canadian drug policy / Patricia G. Erickson -- Harm reduction in Australia: politics, policy and public opinion / Toni Makkai -- The harm reduction roles of the American criminal justice system / James A. Inciardi.

ISBN

• 0761906878
• 0761906886

LCCN

^^^98058136^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library