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Africa
               
Asia
               
Australia/Pacific Islands
Australia              

Australia

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 The impact of changes to heroin supply on blood-borne virus notifications and injecting
related harms in New South Wales, Australia.
Day CA, Degenhardt LJ, Gilmour S, Hall WD.
|BMC Public Health. 2005 Aug 16;5(1):84
 PDF Paper
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Was an increase in cocaine use among injecting drug users in New South Wales,
Australia, accompanied by an increase in violent crime?
Degenhardt L, Day C, Hall W, et al   
BMC Public Health. 2005 Apr 19;5(1):40
PDF Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Is lawful discrimination against illicit drug users acceptable?
Wodak AD, Lynch PA, Crofts N. 
Med J Aust. 2004 Apr 19;180(8):405-7.
 Paper

The Cost of Crackdowns: Policing Cabramatta' s Heroin Market
 Maher L, Dixon D
Current Issues in Criminal Justice 13(1):5-22.
 Abstract
   
  Policing and Public Health: Law Enforcement and Harm Minimization in a Street-level
Drug Market        
Brit. J. Criminol. Vol 39 No Autumn 1999  
Abstract
Europe
 
Latin America/Caribbean
           
Mexico

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Differential effects of migration and deportation on HIV infection among male and female injection drug users in Tijuana,
Mexico.
Strathdee SA, Lozada R, Ojeda VD, et al 
PLoS ONE. 2008 Jul 30;3(7):e2690.
Paper

Injecting drug users' experiences of policing practices in two Mexican-U.S. border cities:
Public health perspectives.
Miller CL, Firestone M, Ramos R, et al   
Int J Drug Policy. 2007 Nov 8;
Abstract
Middle East
           
North America
           
Canada

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Effects of police confiscation of illicit drugs and syringes among injection drug users in Vancouver.
Werb D, Wood E, Small W, et al 
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Aug;19(4):332-8.
 Abstract
 
Effects of police confiscation of illicit drugs and syringes among injection drug users in
Vancouver.
Werb D, Wood E, Small W, et al  
Int J Drug Policy. 2007 Sep 26;
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Displacement of Canada's largest public illicit drug market in response to a police crackdown.
Wood E, Spittal PM, Small W, Kerr T, et al
CMAJ. 2004 May 11;170(10):1551-6.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Impact of supply-side policies for control of illicit drugs in the face of the AIDS and overdose
epidemics: investigation of a massive heroin seizure.
Wood E, Tyndall MW, Spittal PM, et al.
CMAJ 2003 Jan 21;168(2):165-9
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United States

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Impact of methamphetamine precursor chemical legislation, a suppression policy, on the demand
for drug treatment.
Cunningham JK, Liu LM.  
Soc Sci Med. 2008 Apr;66(7):1463-73.
 Abstract
 
The Impact of Legalizing Syringe Exchange Programs on Arrests Among Injection Drug
Users in California.
Martinez AN, Bluthenthal RN, Lorvick J, et al
 J Urban Health. 2007 Jan 30;
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A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 The Case of Scott Ortiz: A clash between criminal justice and public health.
Venters HD, Razvi AM, Tobia MS, Drucker E.
 Harm Reduct J. 2006 Jul 24;3(1):21
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The impact of a police drug crackdown on drug injectors' ability to practice harm reduction:
A qualitative study.
Cooper H, Moore L, Gruskin S, Krieger N. 
Soc Sci Med. 2005 Aug;61(3):673-84.
 Abstract

Addressing the "Risk Environment" for Injection Drug Users: The Mysterious Case of the
Missing Cop.
Burris S, Blankenship KM, Donoghoe M, et al.  
Milbank Q. 2004 Mar;82(1):125-156
 Abstract
Russia/New Independent States
 
Russia
 
     Internet Reports
 
  Russia: Drug Law Reforms Help Combat AIDS, Curb Abuses
 Human Rights Watch May 21, 2004
News Release

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Street Policing, Injecting Drug Use and Harm Reduction in a Russian City: A Qualitative Study of
Police Perspectives.
Rhodes T, Platt L, Sarang A,  et al  
J  Urban Health. 2006 Jul 20;
Abstract


 
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