Harm Reduction: A New Direction for Drug Policies and Programs

by Yuet W. Cheung and Diane M. Riley

Book Overview

Since the First International Conference on the Reduction of Drug-Related Harm, held in 1990, the term 'harm reduction' has gained wide currency in the areas of public health and drug policy. Previously the field was characterized by heated struggle between prohibition and legalization of addictive substances, and this debate tended to obscure practical, collective approaches. Harm reduction, an approach which encompasses various policy directives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802078052
• ISBN13: 9780802078056
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher