War on Drugs, HIV/Aids And Human Rights (Sourcebook on Contemporary Controversies)

Annotation Drug Policies Are Often Categorized In Terms Of Public Health And Safety: Governments Forbid The Voluntary Use Of Certain Substances Because Such Use Undermines The Good Of Society As A Whole. This Book Aims To Position Drug Policies In Another Context-th. Annotation Drug Policies Are Often Categorized In Terms Of Public Health And Safety: Governments Forbid The Voluntary Use Of Certain Substances Because Such Use Undermines The Good Of Society As A Whole. This Book Aims To Position Drug Policies In Another Context - The Context Of Human Rights. Articles Will Examine The Rights Of Drug Users, With Special Attention To The Right To Adequate Medical Care, Which Is Often Denied To Intravenous Drug Users Who Are Suffering From Hiv/aids. Included Will Be Articles That Express A Contrary Position: That Intravenous Drug Users Have Voluntarily Relinquished Their Rights By Engaging In Criminal Behavior. Particularly Controversial Are The Rights Of Drug-using Mothers Whose Children Are Sometimes Put Into State Custody. The Book Will Also Examine The Conflict Between Criminal Codes And The Human Right Of Individual Freedom, Emphasizing The Human Rights Abuses That Often Accompany Drug Policy Enforcement. The Texts Of Basic Treaties And Accords On Human Rights Will Be Included. The War On Drugs And The Spread Of Hiv -- Views On Public Health And Human Rights -- Human Rights And Hiv In Context -- Designing Programs And Policy With A Human Rights Framework. Edited By Kasia Malinowska-sempruch And Sarah Gallagher. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Table of Contents Introduction Part 1 The War on Drugs and the Spread of HIV Introduction Commonsense Drug Policy Contemporary Drug Policy Russian Drug Policy: Stating the Problem and Revealing the Actual Picture The Role and Impact of Law and Enforcement in Reducing the Harms of IDU and HIV/ AIDS HR2-Harm Reduction and Human Rights Part 2 Views on Public Health and Human Rights Introduction Toward the Development of a Human Rights Impact Assessment for the Formulation and Evaluation of Public Health Policies Understanding and Responding to Youth Substance Use: the Contribution of a Health and Human Rights Framework Health, HIV Infection, Human Rights, and Injection Drug Use Alchemies of Inequality: The United Nations, Illicit Drug Policy and the Global HIV Epidemic Part 3 Human Rights and HIV in Context Introduction Unintended Consequences: Drug Policies Fuel the HIV Epidemic in Russia and Ukraine Lethal Violations: Human Rights Abuses Faced by Injection Drug Users in the Era of HIV/ AIDS Active and Former Injection Drug Users Report of HIV Risk Behaviors During Periods of Incarceration Burma and Cambodia: Human Rights, Social Disruption, and the Spread of HIV/ AIDS Part 4 Designing Programs and Policies with a Human Rights Framework Introduction Reflections on Sonagachi Addiction and Methadone: One American's View Drug User Community Organizing in Harm Reduction and the War on Drugs Law Enforcement's Role in a Harm Reduction Regime Offers a collection of articles, both practical and theoretical, exploring drug policies in the United States and their impact on the spread of HIV and the civil rights of HIV-positive persons. The readings in this section describe different approaches to drug policy and analyze their impact on public health, particularly the spread of HIV.