Fifa Rahman, Nick Crofts

Drug Law Reform in East and Southeast Asia

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Produktbeschreibung

This bookgathers perspectives from across Asia into one place, allowing for effective advocacy. It offers a single source of material that can be used by health professionals in East and Southeast Asia on drug policy and explains recent changes towards harm reduction and treatment modalities to the general public in East and Southeast Asia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780739180372
• ISBN-10: 0739180371
• Artikelnr.: 38415812

Autorenporträt

Fifa Rahman is policy manager at the Malaysian AIDS Council. Nick Crofts is director of the Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Chapter 3: Historical Perspectives of Drug Use in
Asia Chapter 4: Harm Reduction is Good Public Health Chapter 5: Human
Rights and Drug Policy Chapter 6: Drug Users and Imprisonment Chapter 7:
Law Enforcement and Drug Policy in Southeast Asia Chapter 8: Effective
Development and Effective Drug Control are Interdependent: the example of
Southeast Asia Chapter 9: Illicit drug policy in Southeast Asia - The
Users' Perspective Chapter 10: Harm Reduction: The Islamic Perspective
Chapter 11: HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection among People who
Inject Drugs in East and Southeast Asia Chapter 12: Unpacking Compulsory
'Rehabilitation' in Asia: Problems and Possible Solutions Chapter 13:
Responding to ATS use in East and Southeast Asia Chapter 14: Case Study No.
1: Harm Reduction and Drug Policy in Thailand - One Step Forward, Two Steps
Back Chapter 15: Case Study No. 2: Drug Policy in Taiwan Chapter 16: Case
Study No. 3: Emerging from a Black Box: Drug Policymaking in Vietnam
Chapter 17: Case Study No. 4: Drug Policy in China Chapter 18: Case Study
No. 5: Compulsory Drug Rehabilitation in China Chapter 19: Alternatives to
Criminal Justice: Drug Courts, Drug Diversion, and Decriminalisation
Chapter 20: Capital Punishment for Drug Offences Chapter 21: Drug Treatment
Across Asia Chapter 22: The Way Forward