Thinking ethically about needle and syringe programs

John Kleinig

Thinking ethically about needle and syringe programs

John Kleinig

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Abstract

Accepting-for the sake of argument-our current legal policies concerning heroin use and its users, what ethical questions are raised for needle and syringe program (NSPs)? Do they weaken drug laws, send the wrong message or obscure the right message, do little to eliminate the harm of drugs, detract from alternatives, and/or constitute a counsel of despair? I suggest that in the absence of established better alternatives, NSPs constitute a morally acceptable and in some cases even desirable option despite the continued criminalization of injecting drug use. Yet they must be conceived and administered in ways that do not reinforce prevailing social prejudices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ethical challenges for intervening in drug use
Subtitle of host publication	Policy, research and treatment issues
Editors	John Kleinig, Stanley Einstein
Place of Publication	Huntsville, USA
Publisher	Office of International Criminal Justice Press
Pages	121-132
Number of pages	12
Volume	5
ISBN (Print)	0942511654, 9780942511673
Publication status	Published - 2006

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