Publication Topic : Drug Policy
Provision of HIV-Related Services to People Who Inject Drugs: A Discussion of Ethical Issues
The paper attempts to determine how health-care and service providers confront ethical dilemmas on a practical level; and to provide, based on their responses, a general set of ethical decision-making guidelines.
HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 7(1) July 2002
FEATURES HIV Vaccines: Current Challenges and Future Directions Drug Policy in Canada – The Way Forward HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination – The Epidemic Continues HIV/AIDS in Prisons: More New Developments HIV Vaccines in Canada: Legal and Ethical Issues – An Overview CANADIAN NEWS New Immigration Law Comes into Effect As Regulations Finalized Government Delays Release … Read more
Establishing Safe Injection Facilities in Canada
The paper demonstrates that promoting the well-being of both drug users and communities requires changes to drug laws and policies, including the introduction of safe injection facilities.
HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 6(3) March 2002
FEATURES Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission: Landmark Decision by South African Court Compulsory HIV Testing after an Occupational Exposure Establishing Safe Injection Facilities in Canada: Legal and Ethical Issues Report on Complementary/Alternative Health Care and HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS in Prisons: New Developments CANADIAN NEWS Concerns Raised about New Immigration Rules Physicians Dislike New Medical Marijuana Regulations Blood Donor … Read more
Injection Drug Use, HIV/AIDS, and HCV: Brief to the House of Commons Special Committee on Non-Medical Use of Drugs
The focus of this submission to the House of Commons Special Standing Committee on Non-Medical Use of Drugs is on questions relating to harm reduction and on questions concerning injection drug use in Canada, specifically as they relate to HIV/AIDS. We first discuss the extent to which Canada’s drug laws and policies contribute to the … Read more