Current Issue January 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1

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Commentary

If supply-oriented drug policy is broken, can harm reduction help fix it? Melding disciplines and methods to advance international drug-control policy
January 2012(Vol. 23 | No. 1 | Pages 6-15)
Victoria A. Greenfield, Letizia Paoli

Responses

Henceforth harm reduction?
January 2012(Vol. 23 | No. 1 | Pages 16-17)
Dan Ciccarone
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Measuring drug law enforcement—From process to outcomes
January 2012(Vol. 23 | No. 1 | Pages 17-18)
Mike Trace
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Routine exposure to blood within hostel environments might help to explain elevated levels of hepatitis C amongst homeless drug users: Insights from a qualitative study
06 February 2012
Joanne Neale, Caral Stevenson
Abstract: Background: Although homelessness is a risk factor for HCV infection, there is a lack of research exploring the relationship between living in a hostel for homeless people and blood-borne vi...
Scale-up of opioid substitution therapy in India: Opportunities and challenges
27 January 2012
M. Suresh Kumar, Alok Agrawal
The National AIDS Control Programme of India (NACO) has been delivering targeted interventions for high risk groups since 1996. Surveillance data for 2008–2009 confirms declining HIV infections amongs...
Primary healthcare outlets that target injecting drug users: Opportunity to make services accessible and acceptable to the target group
27 January 2012
M. Mofizul Islam, Libby Topp, Carolyn A. Day, Angela Dawson, Katherine M. Conigrave
Six experts from different regions of the world commented on our original paper () and despite their different opinions and perspectives, all agree that providing anonymous, non-judgmental and free-of...
An examination of injection drug use trends in Victoria and Vancouver, BC after the closure of Victoria's only fixed-site needle and syringe programme
27 January 2012
Andrew Ivsins, Clifton Chow, Scott Macdonald, Tim Stockwell, Kate Vallance, David C. Marsh, Warren Michelow, Cameron Duff
Abstract: Background: Needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) have been established as effective harm reduction initiatives to reduce injection drug use (IDU)-related risk behaviours, including sharing n...
Understanding the drug treatment community's ambivalence towards tobacco use and treatment
27 January 2012
Kimber P. Richter, Jamie J. Hunt, A. Paula Cupertino, Susan Garrett, Peter D. Friedmann
Abstract: Background: Most clients in drug treatment smoke cigarettes, but few facilities provide treatment for tobacco dependence. We identify subjective experiences and social processes that may inf...

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The International Journal of Drug Policy provides a forum for the dissemination of current research, reviews, debate, and critical analysis on drug use and drug policy in a global context. It seeks to publish material on the social, political, legal, and health contexts of psychoactive substance use, both licit and illicit. The journal is particularly concerned to explore the effects of drug policy and practice on drug-using behaviour and its health and social consequences. It is the policy of the journal to represent a wide range of material on drug-related matters from around the world.

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