HIV, drugs and the legal environment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14906255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steffanie A Strathdee (0000-0002-7724-691X, University of California San Diego, corresponding author), Leo Beletsky (0000-0003-0726-0676, Boston University), Thomas Kerr (0000-0002-0870-7153, University of British Columbia) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Pages | S27-S32 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Drug Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0955-3959 • E-ISSN: 1873-4758 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.09.001 |
| PMID | 25265900 |
| PMCID | PMC4346482 |
| OpenAlex | W2102781669 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 48 |
A large body of scientific evidence indicates that policies based solely on law enforcement without taking into account public health and human rights considerations increase the health risks of people who inject drugs (PWIDs) and their communities. Although formal laws are an important component of the legal environment supporting harm reduction, it is the enforcement of the law that affects PWIDs' behavior and attitudes most acutely. This commentary focuses primarily on drug policies and policing practices that increase PWIDs' risk of acquiring HIV and viral hepatitis, and avenues for intervention. Policy and legal reforms that promote public health over the criminalization of drug use and PWID are urgently needed. This should include alternative regulatory frameworks for illicit drug possession and use. Changing legal norms and improving law enforcement responses to drug-related harms requires partnerships that are broader than the necessary bridges between criminal justice and public health sectors. HIV prevention efforts must partner with wider initiatives that seek to improve police professionalism, accountability, and transparency and boost the rule of law. Public health and criminal justice professionals can work synergistically to shift the legal environment away from one that exacerbates HIV risks to one that promotes safe and healthy communities
Accountability · Business · Criminal justice · Criminalization · Criminology · Enforcement · Harm · Harm reduction · Law enforcement · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Sociology · Transparency (behavior · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 29 |
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| Citations per year | 2,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |