Publication Topic : Drug Policy
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Needle Exchange Programs and the HIV Outbreak among Injection Drug Users in Vancouver, Canada: Addressing Some Common Misperceptions
The use of needle exchange programs (NEPs) has been associated with reductions in HIV infection in a number of settings. However, questions regarding NEP efficacy have persisted, and have been partially fuelled by misinterpretations of an early evaluation of NEP use and HIV prevalence in Vancouver, Canada. In this study, a higher HIV prevalence was … Read more
Letter to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) re: Syringe Exchange
“We are writing to seek your assurance that the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will remain faithful to its obligation to promote all effective measures to reduce HIV vulnerability among drug users. The enclosed letter, signed by 334 organizations and individuals in 56 countries, attests to the gravity of international concern surrounding an … Read more
Reason and rights in global drug control policy – Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 172 (5), March 2005
Among a number of compelling reasons for the international community to reconsider the “war on drugs,” the HIV/AIDS epidemic is the most urgent. The prevailing emphasis on law enforcement in drug policy has failed to produce its purported benefits, yet many countries insist on enforcing prohibition and resist the implementation of evidence-based measures to reduce … Read more
Letter to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs re: Syringe Exchange
In a year when the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is chair of the governing body of the UN’s Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), we write to express concern about U.S. efforts to force a UNODC retreat from support of syringe exchange and other measures proven to contain the spread of HIV … Read more
Drug control, human rights, and harm reduction in the age of AIDS – HIV/AIDS Policv and Law Review 9(3), December 2004
This article by Richard Elliott is an abridged version of a paper prepared for “Human Rights at the Margins: HIV/AIDS, Prisoners, Drug Users and the Law,” a satellite meeting held in Bangkok on 9 July 2004, and organized by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit (India). The article briefly outlines … Read more