Disagreement, Unenforceability, and Harm Reduction

Cannabis and harm reduction

Note from the Editor Although cannabis is the most widely consumed illicit drug in many western countries, there is a paucity of information about harm reduction strategies for this drug. In part this may be due to the polarized debate around cannabis which tends to characterize it as wholly evil, or wholly good. In this paper Wendy Swift, Jan Copeland and myself attempt to summarize the major ...

Harm Reduction and Xtc

The Olympics and harm reduction?

The current anti-doping policy ('war on doping') resembles the 'war on drugs' in several aspects, including a zero-tolerance approach, ideology encroaching on human rights and public health principles, high cost using public money for repression and control, and attempts to shape internationally harmonized legal frameworks to attain its aim. Furthermore, even if for different reasons, both wars...

Pregnancy, Drugs, and Harm Reduction

Harm Reduction Journal

Statement of purpose Harm Reduction Journal (HRJ) is an Open Access, peer-reviewed international journal of original research and scholarship on drug use and its consequences for individuals , communities, and larger populations. Its focus is on reducing the adverse health, social, and political harms associated with these substances and on the public policies and strategies in place to control...