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Police and Public Health Partnerships: Evidence From the Evaluation of Vancouver's Supervised Injection Facility
Drug Addiction an Illness, Not a Crime
Preventing HIV Transmission Among Iranian Prisoners
Safe-Injection Site in B.C. Wins Court Protection
Legislative Changes Can Cut Overdose Deaths
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Bibliographies
Beyond Oral Methadone: Expanded Pharmacotherapies for the Treatment of Drug Dependence
After School Programs
Heroin Maintenance Bibliography


Book Chapters
A Review of the Evidence-base For harm Reduction Approaches to Drug Use
Prescribing Heroin and Other Injectable Drugs
The End of the Epoch of Prohibition
Summary of the Synthesis Report


Book Reviews
"First, Do No Harm": A Review of Harm Reduction Psychotherapy


Bookstore
The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror
Jailed for Possession: Illegal Drug Use, Regulation, And Power in Canada, 1920-1961
Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol
Cannabis: Report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs
Prescribing Heroin: What Is the Evidence?
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College Courses
Criminal Justice and Drugs


Definitions
Ethan Nadelmann's Entry on Drug Prohibition in Collier's Encyclopedia


Documents
2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference: Program & Agenda
2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference: Awards Dinner Program
Drug Policy Alliance Annual Report 2009
Drug Policy Alliance 990 for Fiscal Year 2008
Preventing Overdose, Saving Lives
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Event Archives
Over the Influence: Managing Drugs and Alcohol: A Harm Reduction Approach


Fact Sheets
Police, Harm Reduction, and HIV
Medical Use of Marihuana
Evidence for Harm Reduction (Russian)
Harm Reduction: Questions and Answers (Russian)
Harm Reduction: Questions and Answers
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Interviews
Dr. Thomas Kerr: "Public Health Hero"
'Just Say Know’: An Advocate of Drug Law Reform Says D.A.R.E. Is A 20-year Old Failure
How to Legalize: Ethan Nadelmann


Legal
Whitner v. South Carolina, Amicus brief from the Lindesmith Center
Senate Hearing - Expert Witness Peter Cohen. Proceedings of the Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, Issue 3 - May 28 2001. Ottawa: Canadian Senate
Whitner vs South Carolina, Appendix of the Amicus brief from the Lindesmith Center


Letters
Why I Support DPA, and So Should You
Submission of the Canadian AIDS Society on the Proposed Amendments to the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations
Allan Clear Letter to NIH
Letter from Dr. Sam Friedman
ALIVE Team Letter to NIH
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Multimedias
Ottawa Press Conference in Response to the U.S. Drug Czar's Visit to Ottawa [Video]
Vancouver's INSITE, Safe Injecting Site (SIS) [Audio]
DPA's Reena Szczepanksi: "Why I Do What I Do" [Video]
DPA's Bill Piper Issues YouTube Fans a Challenge [Video]
DPA's Stefanie Jones Shares Her Experience With the Drug Scene [Video]
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News Articles
Hero or Big Fat Idiot, Rush Limbaugh Should Not Face Prison


News Summaries
Breaking News: Obama's New Drug Czar
Sixth Annual Hepatitis C Summit
Canada's West Coast Leads the Americas in Drug Policy Reform
Report Back from the HRC Conference
Study Shows Heroin Can Be an Effective Form of Treatment
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Newsletter Archives
Methadone eUpdate. Issue 1


Opinions
Heath Ledger's Tragic Overdose Death And What Can be Done To Prevent Others
Drug Prohibition Doesn't Work
Getting Real About Drugs Is Best Harm Prevention
Keep Teenagers Safe: Zero Tolerance On Alcohol May Increase Drinking And Driving
At Home Instead of in Jail for Drugs
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Pamphlets
The Straight Dope Education Series


Polls
Criminal Charges for Marijuana Possession "Up in Smoke" Canadians Support Decriminalization
Canadians Evenly Split on Legalization of Marijuana
Canadians Favor the Use of Medical Marijuana


Position Papers
Drug and Alcohol Testing: Information Sheet
Position Paper 1: International Drug Policy Consortium - 2005 Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Books Not Bars: Juvenile Justice, Education and the United States


Presentations
Drug Issues, Harm Reduction and Drug Policy in Iran
The First International Conference on Heroin Maintenance: Introductory Presentation, Ethan Nadelmann
The First International Conference On Heroin Maintenance: Commentator Panel, Alan Fleischman, Moderator
Some Threats to the Internet as a Neutral Forum for the Free Exchange of Ideas, Civic Involvement and Political Activism
The First International Conference On Heroin Maintenance: Legal/Policy Strategies, Gabriele Bammer
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Press Releases
New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Groundbreaking Study Finding That Prescription Heroin Leads to Reduction of Crime and Overdose Deaths
Friday: Hundreds to Attend First-ever Southern California Harm Reduction Summit in Los Angeles
Overdose Crisis in United States: Second-leading Cause of Accidental Deaths; Trails only Driving Fatalities
Germany Approves Prescribing Synthetic Heroin to Long-time Users Unable to Quit
Drug Overdose Prevention Legislation Heads to the House Floor
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Reports
Drug Policy Alliance Annual Report 2009
IHRA Launch ‘Global State of Harm Reduction 2008’ Report
Vancouver's INSITE Service and Other Supervised Injection Sites: What Has Been Learned from Research?
Regulating Compassion: An Overview of Canada's Federal Medical Cannabis Policy and Practice
Report of the Methadone Maintenance Treatment Practices Task Force
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Research Briefs
El Tratamiento Continuo de Metadona
Methadone Maintenance Treatment


Sign On Letters
Letter to Co-Sponsors of H. R. 834 and Committee Members [Sign-On Letter]
In Defense of Freedom at a Time of Crisis
Letter of Protest to Istituzione Perdonanza Celestiniana
Letter To Congress Opposing H.R. 3179 - Bill To Expand PATRIOT Act Powers
Letter to the Government Reform Committee Urging the Addition of Provisions to HR 2086


Speeches
Opening Remarks to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Remarks by John P. Walters, Director, United States Office of National Drug Control Policy, to United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Harm Refusal: Making Peace with Cocaine, and Advancing from Harm Reduction to Harm Refusal
Harm Reduction Prevention Policy: A Public Health Perspective on High-Risk Youth Behavior
The Battle Over How to Fight the War on Drugs


Statements
Statement of Clovis Thorn Before the Latino Health and Justice Coalition Press Conference
Statement by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Appropriate Sentencing Guidelines for MDMA


Testimony
Testimony by Bill Piper on a New Bottom Line for U.S. Drug Policy
Briefing on Law Enforcement, HIV Prevention, and the Human Rights of Drug Users. 48th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Testimony of Holly Catania, Drug Policy Alliance, Public Hearing On Methadone/LAAM Proposed Rule


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