Monday, July 26, 2010
Alex Wodak
The Australian
July 24, 2010
THE international system of drug prohibition is under increasing challenge these days.
As illustrated by the Vienna Declaration launched at the recent International AIDS Conference, powerful voices are arguing that prohibition is undermining efforts to slow the spread of HIV among and from injecting drug users.
The declaration articulates the argument that the criminalisation of illicit drug users is fuelling the HIV epidemic and has resulted in overwhelmingly negative health and social consequences. A full policy reorientation is needed.
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