Kerr Thomas, O'Briain Warren
Can HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2002 Jul;7(1):1, 27-32.
This article is one of a series commissioned to mark the tenth anniversary of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, discussing past developments and future directions in areas of policy and law related to HIV/AIDS. It takes a critical look at Canada's drug policy. Despite calls for a balanced approach focused on reducing drug-related harm, Canada's method of dealing with problems of illicit drug use has remained prohibitionist in nature, and by far the greatest part of federal funding is devoted to supply-reduction initiatives. Considerable changes in policy and law are needed to significantly reduce the harms associated with injection drug use in Canada. These include developing a comprehensive and integrated strategy, exploring alternative legal frameworks, piloting innovative approaches to reducing injection-related harms, and investing in broad social policies that address the determinants of injection drug use.
本文是为纪念加拿大艾滋病毒/艾滋病法律网络成立十周年而委托撰写的系列文章之一，探讨了与艾滋病毒/艾滋病相关的政策和法律领域的过去发展和未来方向。文章批判性地审视了加拿大的毒品政策。尽管有人呼吁采取注重减少与毒品相关危害的平衡方法，但加拿大处理非法药物使用问题的方式本质上仍然是禁止主义的，而且联邦资金的绝大部分都用于减少供应的举措。要大幅减少加拿大与注射吸毒相关的危害，需要在政策和法律上做出重大改变。这些改变包括制定全面综合的战略、探索替代法律框架、试点减少注射相关危害的创新方法，以及投资于解决注射吸毒决定因素的广泛社会政策。
