Harm Reduction Strategies and Disinhibitors Among Women Who Use Heroin

Experiences of harm reduction among women with alcohol use problems.

This paper explores women's choice of controlled drinking or abstinence goals in harm reduction treatment programs for alcohol use problems. Situated within debates about controlled or abstinence goals for alcohol use, this research project provides a specific focus on women's treatment needs. We explore evidence which reveals that women in treatment for alcohol problems often hold deeply inter...

A Plea for Harm Reduction Policing Involving People Who Use Drugs

DRUG USE AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN Implications for harm reduction

Association of snuff use with chronic bronchitis among South African women: implications for tobacco harm reduction.

OBJECTIVE Nasal use of snuff is the predominant form of tobacco use among black South African women. This study examines the association between snuff use and chronic bronchitis (CB) among black South African women. DESIGN The study investigated a nationally representative sample of 4464 black South African women > or = 25 years old who participated in the 1998 South African Demographic and H...

Harm-Reduction as Risk Decreasing Strategy in Heroin Dependence

1 Manuscript received August 31, 2010. Daniel Vasile is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Chief Clinic of Psychiatry, University Emergency Central Military Hospital “Dr. Carol Davila”. Contact address: Bucharest 88, M. Vulcanescu Str., 010825, Bucharest, Romania, e-mail : [email protected]. The presenting author is speaker for: Astra Zeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, CSC Pharma...