POLICY POSITION Harm Reduction

Evidence for action on HIV/AIDS and injecting drug use POLICY BRIEF: ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AND INJECTING DRUG USERS

This policy brief reviews the evidence to date on providing antiretroviral (ARV) therapy to HIV-positive injecting drug users. A number of related medical, psychological and social issues are also addressed including the need to manage drug interactions and the benefi t of harm reduction interventions in supporting optimum care for HIV-positive injecting drug users. General issues related to HI...

Evidence for action on HIV/AIDS and injecting drug use POLICY BRIEF: ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AND INJECTING DRUG USERS

This policy brief reviews the evidence to date on providing antiretroviral (ARV) therapy to HIV-positive injecting drug users. A number of related medical, psychological and social issues are also addressed including the need to manage drug interactions and the benefi t of harm reduction interventions in supporting optimum care for HIV-positive injecting drug users. General issues related to HI...

Position statement on cannabis.

There is an ongoing national debate around cannabis policy. This brief position statement by the Executive Committee of the Central Drug Authorityoutlines some of the factors that have contributed to this debate, delineates reduction strategies, summarises the harms and benefits ofmarijuana, and provides recommendations. These recommendations emphasise an integrated and evidence-based approach,...

Understanding the emergence of the tobacco industry's use of the term tobacco harm reduction in order to inform public health policy

OBJECTIVES To explore the history of transnational tobacco companies' use of the term, approach to and perceived benefits of 'harm reduction'. METHODS Analysis of internal tobacco industry documents, contemporary tobacco industry literature and 6 semistructured interviews. RESULTS The 2001 Institute of Medicine report on tobacco harm reduction appears to have been pivotal in shaping industr...

A Plea for Harm Reduction Policing Involving People Who Use Drugs