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Informationen zum Autor Diane Riley is a policy analyst with the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is a founding member of the International Harm Reduction Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Richard Pates is a consultant clinical psychologist and clinical director of the Addiction services for Cardiff and vale NHS Trust. He has worked in the field for nearly 20 years and has extensive experience of treating people with amphetamine problems. His research interests include the treatment of amphetamine problems and aspects of injecting. He is also editor of The Journal of Substance Use. Klappentext Harm Reduction is a philosophy of public health intended as a progressive alternative to the prohibition of certain potentially dangerous lifestyle choices. Recognising that certain people always have and always will engage in behaviours which carry risks, the aim of harm reduction is to mitigate the potential dangers and health risks associated with those behaviours.Harm Reduction in Substance Use and High-Risk Behaviour offers a comprehensive exploration of the policy, practice and evidence base of harm reduction. Starting with a history of harm reduction, the book addresses key ethical and legal issues central to the debates and developments in the field. It discusses the full range of psychoactive substances, behaviours and communities with chapters on injecting, dance drugs, stimulant use, tobacco harm reduction, alcohol use and sex work.Written by an international team of contributors, this text provides an essential panorama of harm reduction in the 21st century for educators and researchers in addiction and public health, postgraduate students and policy makers. "Taken overall in the context of its strengths and shortcomings, and as one of the few textbooks of its kind, it is a welcome resource for the field of harm reduction. We would recommend this book to those unfamiliar with the discipline, particularly individuals entering academia and those interested in advocacy and policy. Many sections can be read as stand-alone pieces, to help the reader develop an understanding of fundamental concepts before delving further into research. It is especially valuable if one is interested in harm reduction with respect to the UK contex." ( Drug & Alcohol Review , 15 September 2013) Zusammenfassung Harm Reduction in Substance Use and High-Risk Behaviour offers a comprehensive exploration of the policy, practice and evidence base of harm reduction. Starting with a history of harm reduction, the book addresses key ethical and legal issues central to the debates and developments in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword ix List of Figures and Tables xi List of Contributors xii Section I: Background 1 1 Introduction 3 Diane Riley and Richard Pates 2 A Brief History of Harm Reduction 5 Diane Riley, Richard Pates, Geoffrey Monaghan and Patrick O'Hare 3 Drug Education or Drug Propaganda? 17 Julian Cohen Section II: Policy 31 4 Harm Reduction and International Law: Drug Control vs. Human Rights 33 Richard Elliott 5 A Brief, Personal History of Harm Reduction Advocacy 49 Dave Burrows 6 Harm Reduction and the Role of Police Services 59 Geoffrey Monaghan 7 Harm Reduction in Prisons and Other Places of Detention 77 Ralf Jurgens 8 International Security and the Global War on Drugs: The Tragic Irony of Drug Securitisation 101 Danny Kushlick 9 The Ethics of Harm Reduction 111 Adrian Carter, Peter G. Miller and Wayne Hall 10 Harm Reduction: Contribution to a Critical Appraisal from the Perspective of People Who Use Drugs 124 Eliot Ross A...
