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The Reduction of drug-related harm

Title
The Reduction of drug-related harm / edited by P.A. O'Hare [and others].
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

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Additional Authors
O'Hare, P. A. (Patrick Anthony), 1947-
Description
xvii, 214 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Overview of theories and practices that have developed to minimize the harmful effects of illicit drugs.
Subject
  • Drug abuse
  • Drug abuse > Social aspects
  • Drug abuse > Complications > Prevention
  • Drug abuse > Government policy
  • Risk-taking (Psychology)
  • HIV Infections > prevention & control
  • Public Policy
  • Risk-Taking
  • Social Problems > prevention & control
  • Substance-Related Disorders > complications
  • Substance-Related Disorders > prevention & control
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Drug abuse
  • Drug abuse > Government policy
  • Drug abuse > Social aspects
  • Drogenmissbrauch
  • Prävention
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Drogenabhängigkeit
  • Drogenpolitik
  • Gesundheitsschutz
  • Drugsverslaving
  • Beleid
Genre/Form
  • Congress
  • proceedings (reports)
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • The reduction of drug-related harm : a conceptual framework for theory, practice and research / Russell Newcombe -- Drugs and criminal justice : a harm reduction perspective / Geoffrey Pearson -- The impact of harm reduction drug policy on AIDS prevention in Amsterdam / Ernst Buning, Giel van Brussel and Gerrit van Santen -- Public health and health behaviour in the prevention of HIV infection / Gerry V. Stimson -- Beyond the prohibition of heroin : the development of a controlled availability policy in Australia / Alex Wodak -- International law : the final solution? / Simon Davies -- US drug policy : public health versus prohibition / Ernest Drucker -- Cocaine users' perceptions of their health status and the risks of drug use / P.G. Erickson, V. Watson and T. Weber -- Police policy in Amsterdam / Leo Zaal.
  • The criminalization of pregnant and child-rearing drug users : an example of the American 'Harm Maximization Program' / Loren Siegel -- Clarifying policy options on drug trafficking : harm minimization is distinct from legalization / Nicholas Dorn -- Self-injection education for street level sexworkers / L. Synn Stern -- HIV and drugs : handy hints for women / Sheila Henderson -- Smack in the eye! / Mark Gilman -- A harm reduction educational strategy twoards Ecstasy / Erik Fromberg -- An empirical study of the relationship between heroin addiction, crime and medical treatment / C.S.J. Fazey -- The role of the police in harm reduction / A. Fraser and M. George -- Reaching the unreached : an outreach model for 'on the spot' AIDS prevention among active, out-of-treatment drug addicts / Jean Paul C. Grund [and others] -- The streetcorner agency with shooting room (Fixerstuebli') / Robert B. Haemmig.
  • AIDS prevention with injecting drug users in the former West Germany : a user-friendly approach on a municipal level / Heino Stöver and Klaus Schuller -- Representations of drug users : facts, myths and their role in harm reduction strategy / Peter McDermott.
ISBN
  • 0415066921
  • 9780415066921
  • 041506693X
  • 9780415066938
LCCN
91015436
OCLC
  • ocm23583061
  • 23583061
  • SCSB-1979695
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library