Facing up to an epidemic: drug policy in Canada

Canada is facing a public health crisis with respect to injection drug use. Rates of blood borne infections among people who inject drugs increased during the 1990s at an alarming rate. By 1996, almost half of all new HIV diagnoses were in people who inject drugs....

HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 8(3) December 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATURESTRIPS from Doha to Cancún to Ottawa: global developments in access to treatment and Canada’s Bill C-56Warsaw Declaration on HIV/AIDS and injection drug use adoptedCANADIAN NEWSNorth America’s first supervised injection site opens...

HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 8(2) August 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATURESHuman Rights in Vancouver: Do Injection Drug Users Have a Friend in City Hall?Recent Developments in Privacy LegislationCANADIAN NEWSSupervised Injection Sites: Health Canada Approves Vancouver Pilot Sites, but Concerns RemainHealth Canada...

HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 8(1) April 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTSEDITORIALFEATURESThe UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: One Year LaterThe UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: A Review of Legislation in Six Southern African CountriesCANADIAN NEWSMandatory HIV Testing Used to Bar Potential...