and Harm Reduction Drugs, Prisons and Harm ReductionDrugs, Prisons and Harm ReductionThe use of drugs in society raises important considerations for health and social policy. Critical health and social care issues arise when drugs are used inside prisons. This paper argues that there is an urgent...
illicit drugsharm reductionnewspaperqualitativeIllicit drug abuse remains a serious problem in the United States. While contemporary U.S. drug policies emphasize a prohibitionist "War on Drugs," other countries have embraced public health based harm reduction. Whereas the current U.S. policy aims to...
CSOs and policy development in the Middle East and North Africa Civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have played an active role in advocating for harm reduction approaches and people who use drugs’ (PWUD) rights, and to include them in health and ...
HARM REDUCTION, RATIONAL ADDICTION, AND THE OPTIMAL PRESCRIBING OF ILLEGAL DRUGS Harm reduction (HR) policy is designed to reduce the social, medical and economic cost of illegal drug use to users and to society at large. It is the most... R Stevenson - 《Contemporary Economic Policy》 被引...
Harm reduction — providing a safer way to use drugs — has become a topic of passionate debate in this Philadelphia neighborhood.
The meaningful inclusion of young people who use or have used drugs is a fundamental aspect of harm reduction, including in program design, research, service provision, and advocacy efforts. However, there are... Harm reduction calls to action from young people who use drugs on the streets of...
While harm reduction has developed in parallel with the new public health movement, and... T Rhodes - 《International Journal of Drug Policy》 被引量: 961发表: 2002年 Risk theory in epidemic times: sex, drugs and the social organisation of 'risk behaviour' 'Risk' and 'risk behaviour' ...
Preface: Drugs, Homelessness & Health: Homeless Youth Speak Out About Harm Reduction (2010) Youth who are homeless in Toronto face many challenges, from meeting basic needs to navigating our complex service system, to finding housing and other supports to help stabilize their lives. These challeng...
The findings demonstrate that through years of activism, advocacy, and public education, VANDU has repeatedly voiced the concerns of drugs users in public and political arenas. VANDU has also performed a critical public health function by providing care and support programmes that are responsive to ...