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by: Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine  Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 616.979205 EAN: 9780309052962 ISBN: 0309052963 Label: National Academies Press Manufacturer: National Academies Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: September 15, 1995 Publisher: National Academies Press Studio: National Academies Press Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This volume addresses the interface of the two national epidemics of HIV/AIDS and intravenous drug use. The authors reach conclusions about the efficacy of needle exchange and bleach distribution and offers concrete recommendations for public policy to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. Book Description: This volume addresses the interface of two major national problems: the epidemic of HIV-AIDS and the widespread use of illegal injection drugs. Should communities have the option of giving drug users sterile needles or bleach for cleaning needs in order to reduce the spread of HIV? Does needle distribution worsen the drug problem, as opponents of such programs argue? Do they reduce the spread of other serious diseases, such as hepatitis? Do they result in more used needles being carelessly discarded in the community? The panel takes a critical look at the available data on needle exchange and bleach distribution programs, reaches conclusions about their efficacy, and offers concrete recommendations for public policy to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. The book includes current knowledge about the epidemiologies of HIV/AIDS and injection drug use; characteristics of needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and views on those programs from diverse community groups; and a discussion of laws designed to control possession of needles, their impact on needle sharing among injection drug users, and their implications for needle exchange programs. 
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