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- Title
Heroin Prescription, HIV, and Drug Policy: Emerging Regulatory Frameworks.
- Authors
WERB, DAN
- Abstract
The article discusses HIV infections in relation to injection drug use involving heroin as of June 2013, focusing on the American government's drug enforcement policies and the United Nations' 1972 Convention on Psychotropic Substances and the 1988 Convention Against Illicit Trafficking. Drug use prevention efforts and mass incarceration are mentioned, along with the morbidity and mortality associated with untreated drug dependence. Fatal drug overdose rates are also examined.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEROIN abuse; DRUG control; HIV infections -- Social aspects; DRUG overdose; DRUG abuse prevention; IMPRISONMENT; DRUG addiction -- Social aspects
- Publication
Oregon Law Review, 2013, Vol 91, Issue 4, p1213
- ISSN
0196-2043
- Publication type
Article