Provision of syringes : the cutting edge of harm reduction in prison?

Automatic syringe exchange dispensers were installed in a Swiss prison for women as part of a pilot project on drug and HIV prevention. It was found that syringe distribution in prison did not encourage drug consumption and syringe sharing among inmates virtually disappeared.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	BMJ. British medical journal (International ed.) Vol. 317; no. 7153; pp. 270 - 273
Main Authors:	NELLES, J, FUHRER, A, HIRSBRUNNER, H. P, HARDING, T. W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London British Medical Association 25-07-1998 BMJ Publishing Group
Edition:	International edition
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Drug prevention HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Medical sciences Needle exchange programs Pilot projects Prevention and actions Prisons Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...) Switzerland Europe Human Immunopathology Drug addiction Carceral environment Accessibility Transmission Retroviridae Check AIDS Immune deficiency Lentivirus Infection Virus Prevention Toxicology Viral disease Syringe Human immunodeficiency virus Allowance Public health
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	Automatic syringe exchange dispensers were installed in a Swiss prison for women as part of a pilot project on drug and HIV prevention. It was found that syringe distribution in prison did not encourage drug consumption and syringe sharing among inmates virtually disappeared.
ISSN:	0959-8146