AIDS, drugs, and society /

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

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Debate Education Association.
Other Authors: Alexandrova, Anna, 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : International Debate Education Association, 2002.
Series:Sourcebook on contemporary controversies.
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > Prevention.
Intravenous drug abuse > Health aspects.
Intravenous drug abusers > Health and hygiene.
Intravenous drug abusers > Diseases.
HIV/AIDS.
STDs.
Drug abuse.
Substance abuse.
Table of Contents:
  • Background readings concerning intravenous drug use and HIV. Harm reduction: history, definition and practice / Diane Riley, Pat O'Hare
  • The interconnected epidemics of drug dependency and AIDS / Larry Gostin
  • Interventions to prevent HIV risk behaviors
  • HIV/AIDS and the drug culture : shattered lives / Elizabeth Hagan, Joan Gormley
  • Policy aspects. The control of drugs / Michael Gossop
  • Drug legalization, harm reduction and drug policy / Robert Dupont, Eric Voth
  • To take up arms against the sea of drugs / Alex Wodak
  • Human rights aspects. Impact of legal and public policy measures to control drug use on human rights / Norbert Gilmore
  • Clinical progress and the future of HIV exceptionalism / Ronald Bayer
  • Some thoughts on AIDS exceptionalism and public health sentimentalism / Scott Burris
  • Sources. Interventions for injecting drug users / Abu Abdul-Quader [and others]
  • Syringe exchanges : a public health response to problem drug use discussion / G.M. Cox [and others]
  • Decline in self-reported high-risk injection-related behaviors among HIV-seropositive participants in the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program / John Vertefeuille [and others]
  • Human rights treaties and guidelines. Declaration of commitment on HIV/AIDS, global crisis, global action
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 3, Article 19, Article 25
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 12
  • Extracts from the General Comment No. 14 to the Article 12
  • The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Article 9, Article 17, Article 26
  • The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 5.1, Article 8.1
  • The International Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Article 14
  • International guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Guideline 3, Guideline 4
  • Glossary.

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