International Journal of Drug Policy 
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This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.‘Affording’ new approaches to couples who inject drugs: A novel fitpack design for hepatitis C prevention
In the West, hepatitis C is predominantly transmitted via the sharing of contaminated drug-injecting equipment. Although the majority of this sharing occurs between sexual partners, the responsibility for avoiding transmission has long been conceived as an individual responsibility, with prevention measures such as the distribution of sterile injecting equipment such as injecting packs ( ‘fitpacks’) aimed at individuals without regard for the social contexts of injecting. In this article we draw on the work of Bruno Latour to reconceptualise the fitpack. (Source: International Journal of Drug Policy)
Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - October 2, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Suzanne Fraser, Carla Treloar, Sandra Gendera, Jake Rance Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
Measuring drug use sensation-seeking among Australian gay and bisexual men
Gay and bisexual men (GBM) use illicit drugs at higher rates than most other population groups and their use has been associated with sexual risk behavior. The measure of sexual sensation-seeking has been a useful tool for understanding sexual risk behavior in this population, but there is no equivalent measure for sensation-seeking in relation to drug-using behaviors. (Source: International Journal of Drug Policy)
Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - October 2, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Garrett Prestage, Mohamed Hammoud, Toby Lea, Fengyi Jin, Lisa Maher Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
Themed collection: "Comparing drug policies"
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Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - September 26, 2017 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Cannabis for personal use in the Supreme Court of Mexico: Legal case and potential for policy change
For almost a century, cannabis has been prohibited in most countries around the world. While in Mexico the prevalence of cannabis use is reported at an impressively low 1%, drug control efforts have focused on reduction of supply through a frontal military operation against drug trade. In 2006, president Felipe Calderon deployed 30,000 soldiers to key states to fight the drugs war; a decade later, president Enrique Pe ña Nieto maintains an army of 75,000 soldiers across the country. (Source: International Journal of Drug Policy)
Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - September 26, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Andr és Aguinaco, Aram Barra Tags: Viewpoint Source Type: research
The impact of harm reduction programs and police interventions on the number of syringes collected from public spaces. A time series analysis in Barcelona, 2004 –2014
To estimate the effect of opening two services for people who use drugs and three police interventions on the number of discarded syringes collected from public spaces in Barcelona between 2004 and 2014. (Source: International Journal of Drug Policy)
Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - September 26, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: A. Espelt, J.R. Villalb í, M. Bosque-Prous, O. Parés-Badell, M. Mari-Dell’Olmo, M.T. Brugal Tags: Research paper Source Type: research
