International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Pages 437-439 , September 2010

Misdirected opposition: Evidence opposing “not in my back yard” arguments against syringe exchange programmes

  • Chyvette T. Williams

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, 1603 West Taylor Street, MC923, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 312 996 4199; fax: +1 312 996 1450.
    • ,
  • Lawrence J. Ouellet

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, USA

Received 27 October 2009 ,Revised 26 January 2010 ,Accepted 8 February 2010.

References 

  1. Anderson E, Fader JF. Urban underclass. In:  Parrillo VN editors. Encyclopedia of social problems. Sage Publications; 2008;p. 986–988
  2. Bluthenthal RN, Anderson R, Flynn NM, Kral AH. Higher syringe coverage is associated with lower odds of HIV risk and does not increase unsafe syringe disposal among syringe exchange program clients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2007;89(2–3):214–222
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . Update: Syringe exchange programs—United States, 2002. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2005;54(27):673–676
  4. Cooper HL, Bossak B, Tempalski B, Des Jarlais DC, Friedman SR. Geographic approaches to quantifying the risk environment: Drug-related law enforcement and access to syringe exchange programmes. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2009;20(May (3)):217–226
  5. Des Jarlais DC, Arasteh K, McKnight C, Ringer M, Friedman SR. Syringe exchange, injecting and intranasal drug use. Addiction. 2010;105(1):155–158
  6. Downing M, Riess TH, Vernon K, Mulia N, Hollinquest M, McKnight C, et al. What's community got to do with it? Implementation models of syringe exchange programs. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2005;17(1):68–78
  7. Fisher DG, Fenaughty AM, Cagle HH, Wells RS. Needle exchange and injection drug use frequency: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2003;33(2):199–205
  8. Huo D, Bailey SL, Ouellet LJ. Cessation of injection drug use and change in injection frequency: The Chicago needle exchange evaluation study. Addiction. 2006;101(11):1606–1613
  9. Huo D, Ouellet LJ. Needle exchange and injection-related risk behaviors in Chicago: A longitudinal study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2007;45(1):108–114
  10. Johnson BD, Golub A, Dunlap E. The rise and decline of hard drugs, drug markets, and violence in inner-city New York. In:  Blumstein A,  Wallman J editor. The crime drop in America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2000;(Chapter 6)
  11. National Academy of Sciences . Preventing HIV infection among injecting drug users in high risk countries: An assessment of the evidence. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2006;
  12. Saxe L, Kadushin C, Beveridge A, et al. The visibility of illicit drugs: Implications for community-based drug control strategies. American Journal of Public Health. 2001;91(12):1987–1994
  13. Shaw SJ. Public citizens, marginalized communities: The struggle for syringe exchange in Springfield, Massachusetts. Medical Anthropology. 2006;25(1):31–63
  14. Tempalski B, Flom PL, Friedman SR, Des Jarlais DC, Friedman JJ, McKnight C, et al. Social and political factors predicting the presence of syringe exchange programs in 96 US metropolitan areas. American Journal of Public Health. 2007;97(3):437–447
  15. Tempalski B, Friedman R, Keem M, Cooper H, Friedman SR. NIMBY localism and national inequitable exclusion alliances: The case of syringe exchange programs in the United States. Geoforum: Journal of Physical, Human, and Regional Geosciences. 2007;38(6):1250–1263
  16. Venkatesh S. Off the books: The underground economy of the urban poor. Chicago: S. Venkatesh; 2006;
  17. Vlahov D, Des Jarlais DC, Goosby E, et al. Needle exchange programs for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection: Epidemiology and policy. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2001;154(12 (Suppl.)):S70–S77
  18. Williams, C. & Metzger, D. (2010). Race and distance effects on regular syringe exchange program use and injection risks: A geobehavioral analysis. American Journal of Public Health, 100(6).
  19. Wodak A, Cooney A. Effectiveness of sterile needle and syringe programming in reducing HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2005;
  20. Wodak A, Cooney A. Do needle syringe programs reduce HIV infection among injecting drug users: A comprehensive review of the international evidence. Substance Use & Misuse. 2006;41(6–7):777–813

PII: S0955-3959(10)00017-4

doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2010.02.003

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Pages 437-439 , September 2010

Article Tools