AIDS, Drugs, and Society

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Anna Alexandrova
IDEA, 2004 - 300 หน้า
Brings together articles that address the interconnected epidemics of HIV/AIDS and drug abuse. The editor places particular importance on 'harm reduction, ' a policy attempting to decrease the adverse consequences of drug use without total prohibition of drugs. Source documents offer examples of harm reduction initiatives and more

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History Definition and Practice
18
Epidemics of Drug Dependency and AIDS
50
Shattered Lives
66
The Next Wave in the HIV Epidemic
73
Policy Aspects
85
The Control of Drugs
86
Drug Legalization Harm Reduction and Drug Policy
112
To Take Arms Against the Sea of Drugs
127
A EXAMPLES OF HARM REDUCTION INITIATIVES
196
in Moscow Results of a Survey
218
to Sterile Syringes for Injection Drug Users by Josiah D Rich MD MPH Francis A Wolf BA Grace Macalino PhD MPH
237
B HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES AND GUIDELINES
259
From the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights Article 12
260
From the General Comment No14
261
Article 9
265
Article 17 Article 26
266

Human Rights Aspects
145
Impact of Legal and Public Policy Measures to Control Drug Use on Human Rights
146
Future of HIV Exceptionalism
170
The Denver Principles
189
Statement of Principles
192
Sources
195
From the International Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances article 14
267
International Guidelines
269
Declaration of Commitment on HIVAIDS Global Crisis Global Action
271
Definitions and Concept Infosheet
291
Glossary
295
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หน้า 91 - That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.
หน้า 95 - I make my money by supplying a public demand. If I break the law, my customers, who number hundreds of the best people in Chicago, are as guilty as I am. The only difference between us is that I sell and they buy. Everybody calls me a racketeer. I call myself a businessman. When I sell liquor, it's bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lake Shore Drive, it's hospitality.
หน้า 170 - No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation. 2 Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
หน้า 277 - The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
หน้า 91 - The disposition of mankind, whether as rulers or as fellow-citizens, to impose their own opinions and inclinations as a rule of conduct on others, is so energetically supported by some of the best and by some of the worst feelings incident to human nature, that it ts hardly ever kept under restraint by anything but want of power...
หน้า 282 - ... intensify efforts to achieve these targets as well as to challenge gender stereotypes and attitudes, and gender inequalities in relation to HIV/AIDS, encouraging the active involvement of men and boys; 48. By 2003, establish national prevention targets, recognizing and addressing factors leading to the spread of the epidemic and increasing people's vulnerability, to reduce...

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Anna Alexandrova was the program coordinator for the HIV/AIDS component of the Public Health Program of the Open Society Institute - Moscow.

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