Harm reduction : a new direction for drug policies and programs / edited by Patricia G. Erickson [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erickson, Patricia G., editor.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--Social aspects--Congresses.

Drug abuse.

Drug abuse--Government policy--Congresses.

Drug abuse--Prevention--Congresses.

Drug abuse--Treatment--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York ; London, England : University of Toronto Press, 1997.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This edited collection provides the latest in research and critical thinking on public health alternatives to conventional criminal approaches aimed at limiting the harms of both legal and illegal drugs for users and society.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Introduction: The Search for Harm Reduction""; ""Part I: HISTORY, POLICY, AND SOCIAL THEORY""; ""1 The Case of the Two Dutch Drug-Policy Commissions: An Exercise in Harm Reduction, 1968�1976""; ""2 Legalization of Drugs: Responsible Action towards Health Promotion and Effective Harm Reduction Strategies""; ""3 The Battle for a New Canadian Drug Law: A Legal Basis for Harm Reduction or a New Rhetoric for Prohibition? A Chronology""; ""4 The De-Medicalization of Methadone Maintenance""

""5 Readiness for Harm Reduction: Coming to Grips with the 'Temperance Mentality'""""6 Harm Reduction at the Supply Side of the Drug War: The Case of Bolivia""; ""PART II: HUMAN RIGHTS""; ""7 Harm Reduction, Human Rights, and the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence""; ""8 Harm Reduction, Doping, and the Clashing Values of Athletic Sports""; ""9 Will Prisons Fail the AIDS Test?""; ""10 Is Prenatal Drug Use Child Abuse?: Reporting Practices and Coerced Treatment in California""; ""PART III: ALCOHOL AND PUBLIC HEALTH""; ""11 Towards a Harm Reduction Approach to Alcohol-Problem Prevention""

""12 Reducing Alcohol-Related Harm: A Balanced and Disaggregated Perspective""""13 Harm Reduction and Licensed Drinking Settings""; ""14 Reducing Alcohol-Related Harm in Communities: A Policy Paradigm""; ""15 Harm Reduction and Alcohol Abuse: A Brief Intervention for College-Student Binge Drinking""; ""PART IV: LABORATORY, CLINICAL, AND FIELD STUDIES""; ""16 Animal Self-Administration of Cocaine: Misinterpretation, Misrepresentation, and Invalid Extrapolation to Humans""; ""17 Harm Reduction Interventions with Women Who Are Heavy Drinkers""

""18 Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Anti-User Bias in New York State's Approach to Needle Exchange""""19 Shopping, Baking, and Using: The Manufacture, Use, and Problems Associated with Heroin Made in the Home from Codeine-Based Pharmaceuticals""; ""20 'Really Useful Knowledge': The Boundaries, Customs, and Folklore Governing Recreational Drug Use in a Sample of Young People""; ""PART V: COMMUNITIES AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS""; ""21 Alcohol and Other Drug Use in the Punjabi Community in Peel, Ontario: Experiences in Ethnocultural Harm Reduction""; ""22 Female Drug Injectors and Parenting""

""23 The Harm Reduction Model: An Alternative Approach to AIDS Outreach and Prevention for Street Youth in New York City""""24 Working with Prostitutes: Reducing Risks, Developing Services""; ""25 A Harm Reduction Approach to Treating Older Adults: The Clients Speak""; ""26 Harm Reduction Efforts inside Canadian Prisons: The Example of Education""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""

Notes:

"Collection of papers drawn from 7 international conferences on harm reduction."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-5818-5

1-4426-5753-7

OCLC:

903441035