AIDS, Drugs And Society

by Alexandrova, Anna

• ISBN13: 9780970213020
• ISBN10: 0970213026
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Intl Debate Education Assn

Summary

Brings together articles that address the interconnected epidemics of HIV/AIDS and drug abuse. The substantive part of the book offers different sides of two key debates in the field. The editor places particular importance on 'harm reduction' a policy attempting to decrease the adverse consequences of drug use without total prohibition. The book ends with examples of harm reduction initiatives, human rights treaties and a glossary of key terms.

Author Biography

Anna Alexandrova is a consultant in harm reduction. She has a LL.B from the International University of Moscow, and a LL.M in Reproduction and Sexual Health Law from the University of Toronto. She was the program coordinator for the HIV/AIDS component of the Public Health Program of the Open Society Institute -- Moscow

Table of Contents

Introductory Essay	8	(11)
Part 1: Background Readings concerning intravenous drug use and HIV	19	(88)
Harm Reduction: History Definition and Practice	20	(36)
Diane Riley
Pat O'Hare
The Interconnected Epidemics of Drug Dependency and AIDS	56	(15)
Larry Gostin
Interventions to prevent HIV risk behaviors	71	(29)
HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives	100	(7)
Elizabeth Hagan
Joan Gormley
Part 2: Policy Aspects	107	(60)
The Control of Drugs	108	(26)
Michael Gossop
Drug Legalization Harm Reduction and Drug Policy	134	(15)
Robert DuPont
Eric Voth
To Take Up Arms against the Sea of Drugs	149	(18)
Alex Wodak
Part 3: Human Rights Aspects	167	(59)
Impact of Legal and Public Policy Measures to Control Drug Use on Human Rights	168	(25)
Norbert Gilmore
Clinical Progress and the Future of HIV Exceptionalism	193	(19)
Ronald Bayer
Some Thoughts on AIDS Exceptionalism and Public Health Sentimentalism	212	(14)
Scott Burris
Part 4: Sources	226	(67)
A. EXAMPLES OF HARM REDUCTION INITIATIVES
Interventions for Injecting Drug Users	228	(23)
Abu Abdul-Quader
Don Des Jarlais
Anindya Chatterjee
Elizabeth Hirky
Samuel Friedman
Syringe Exchanges: A Public Health Response to Problem Drug Use discussion	251	(6)
GM Cox
MC Lawless
SP Cassin
TW Geoghegan
Decline in Self-Reported High-Risk Injection-Related Behaviors Among HIV-Seropositive Participants in the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program	257	(4)
John Vertefeuille
Melissa Ann Marx
Waimar Tun
Steven Huettner
Steffanie A. Strathdee
David Vlahov
B. HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES AND GUIDELINES
Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, Global Crisis - Global Action	261	(19)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 3, Article 19, Article 25	280	(1)
International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights Article 12	281	(1)
Extracts from the General Comment no. 14 to the Article 12	282	(3)
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Article 9, Article 17, Article 26	285	(2)
The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Article 5.1, Article 8.1	287	(2)
The International Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, article 14	289	(2)
International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Guideline 3, Guideline 4	291	(2)
Part 5: Glossary	293