Description |
xvii, 214 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
Contents |
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 |
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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 ... [et al.] -- The streetcorner agency with shooting room (Fixerstuebli') / Robert B. Haemmig |
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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 |
Summary |
Overview of theories and practices that have developed to minimize the harmful effects of illicit drugs |
Analysis |
AIDS prevention |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Case studies |
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Communicable disease control |
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Drug abuse Control |
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Drug use and abuse |
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Risk management |
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Safety |
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Statistics |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Subject |
Drug abuse -- Complications -- Prevention.
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Drug abuse -- Government policy.
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Drug abuse -- Social aspects.
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Drug abuse.
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Political planning.
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Social policy.
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HIV Infections -- prevention & control.
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Public Policy.
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Risk-Taking.
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Social Problems -- prevention & control.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- prevention & control.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- complications.
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Author |
O'Hare, P. A. (Patrick Anthony), 1947-
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LC no. |
91015436 |
ISBN |
0415066921 |
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041506693X (paperback) |
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