AIDS, drugs, and society / edited by Anna Alexandrova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alexandrova, Anna, 1976-

International Debate Education Association.

Series:

Sourcebook on contemporary controversies.

Sourcebook on contemporary controversies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.

AIDS (Disease).

Drug addicts--Diseases.

Drug addicts.

Drug addicts--Health and hygiene.

Intravenous drug abuse--Health aspects.

Intravenous drug abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : International Debate Education Association, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brings together articles that address the interconnected epidemics of HIV/AIDS and drug abuse. The editor places particular importance on 'harm reduction, ' a policy attempting to decrease the adverse consequences of drug use without total prohibition of drugs. Source documents offer examples of harm reduction initiatives and more

Contents:

Harm reduction: history, definition, and practice / by Diane Riley & Pat O'Hare

The interconnected epidemics of drug dependency and AIDS / by Larry Gostin

HIV/AIDS and the drug culture: shattered lives / by Elizabeth Hagan & Joan Gormley

The control of drugs / by Michael Gossop

Drug legalization, harm reduction, and drug policy / by Robert DuPont & Eric Voth

To take up arms against the sea of drugs / by Alex Wodak

Impact of legal and public policy measures to control drug use on human rights / by Norbert Gilmore

Clinical progress and the future of HIV exceptionalism / by Ronald Bayer

The Denver principles / by the Advisory Committee, the People with AIDS Coalition

Statement of principles / by People living with HIV/AIDS, particupants of the International Conference "Care, Support, and Treatment for People Living with HIV/AIDS" (November 2002, Kiev, Ukraine)

Interventions for injecting drug users / by Abu Abdul-Quader ... [et al.]

Injecting drug use in Moscow : results of a survey / Gabriela Paleru

Injecting drug use and HIV in Moscow: results of a survey / by Brigg Reilley ... [et al.]

Strategies to improve access to sterile syringes for injection drug users / by Josiah D. Rich, Francis A. Wolf, & Grace Macalino

From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 3, Article 19, Article 25

From the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 12

From the General Comment, No. 14

From the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Article 9, Article 17, Article 26

From the International Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drgus and Psychotropic Substances, Article 14

HIV/AIDS and human rights: international guidelines

Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, "Global crisis-global action"

Stigma and Discrimination : definitions and concept infosheet.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-4175-7592-1

OCLC:

614526987