Harm reduction
Subtitle: national and international perspectives
By: edited by James A. Inciardi and Lana D. Harrison.
Contributors: Inciardi, James A.; Harrison, Lana D.
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: Drug abuse -- Prevention; AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention; Harm reduction
Table of contents: title: The concept of harm reduction / James A. Inciardi and Lana D. Harrison; title: Harm reduction: history, definition and practice / Diane Riley and Pat O'Hare; title: From morphine to methadone: maintenance drugs in the treatment of opiate addiction / Ernest Drucker; title: The coming of age of needle exchange / Sandra D. Lane, Peter Lurie, Benjamin Bowser, Jim Kahn, and Donna Chen; title: The medicalization of marijuana / Lana D. Harrison; title: Pregnancy, drugs, and harm reduction / Marsha Rosenbaum and Katherine Irwin; title: Coffeeshops, low threshold methadone, and needle exchange / Dirk J. Korf and Ernst C. Buning; title: The harm reduction movement in Brazil: issues and experiences / Hilary l. Surratt and Paulo R. Telles; title: The harm minimization option for cannabis: history and prospects in Canadian drug policy / Patricia G. Erickson; title: Harm reduction in Australia: politics, policy and public opinion / Toni Makkai; title: The harm reduction roles of the American criminal justice system / James A. Inciardi.