Contents | Rate your Risks

Pharmacology

Introduction

Psychopharmacology

General Pharmacology

	Today	3602
	Yesterday	9043
	This week	25484
	Last week	53012
	This month	147295
	Last month	268832
	All days	3650223

We have: 44 guests, 19 bots online
Your IP: 184.73.7.143
,
Today: Jun 19, 2013

Visitors Counter

JoomlaWatch Agent

Visitors hit counter, stats, email report, location on a map, SEO for Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal, Magento and Prestashop

JoomlaWatch Users

JoomlaWatch Visitors

57.2%		United States
12.1%		United Kingdom
5.6%		Canada
5.6%		Australia
3.4%		Netherlands
1.9%		India
1.5%		Germany
1.1%		France
1.1%		Ireland
0.9%		Philippines

Today:	92
Yesterday:	313
This Week:	749
Last Week:	2133
This Month:	5518
Last Month:	24906
Total:	51011

Indian Hemp Commission Report (1895)
Philipine Commissions (1905)
International Opium Commission Report (1909)
Rolleston Report (1926)
Panama Zone Report (1916-29)
Wickersham Commission Report (1930)
LaGuardia Committee Report (1944)
WHO: The Use of Cannabis (1971)
WHO Cannabis Report (1955)
1st Brain Report (1961)
American Bar and Medical Association (1961)
2nd Brain Report (1965)
Wootton Report (1968)
Release Report on Drug Offenders and the Law (1969)
Bonnie and Whitebread Report (1970)
Marihuana and Health (1971)
Marihuana and Health (1971)
Le Dain Interim Report (1972)
Le Dain Cannabis Report (1972)
Consumers Union Report (1972)
Ford Foundation Report (1972)
National Commission on Marihuana (Nixon I 1973)
Le Dain Final Report (1973)
National Commission on Marihuana (Nixon II 1973)
New York Bar Association Report (1977)
Cannabis Control Policy (1979)
Drug Abuse Council Report (1980)
An analysis of Marijuana Policy (USA 1982)
Policy Recommendation Youth Alcohol & Drug Problems (USA 1986)
AIDS and Drug Misuse Part 1 (UK 1988)
AIDS an Drugs Misuse Part 2 (UK 1989)
Research AQdvisory Panel Sate of California (USA 1989)
The twin epidemics of Substance Use and HIV (USA 1991)
A wiser course: Ending prohibition (USA 1994)
Legislative options for cannabis use in Australia (1994)
WHO project for health implications of cannabis use (1995)

Grey Literature

Manuals

Cannabis Reader
Methadone Briefing
Methadone Handbook
Peer Support Manual
Safer Injecting Briefing
Rate your Risks
Risk reduction for drug users in prisons

Law/Legal

Contents

Written by Stichting Mainline

Sunday, 28 February 2010 00:00

Rate your Risks
The Facts about Infections

stichting

AIDS, hepatitis, tuvercolosis and other infectious diseases are found more frequently within the walls of a prison than outside. Working in a penitentiary, therefore carries a higher risk of infection. But how big exactly is this risk and what can you do to protect yourself?
This book contains the facts about infections and includes tips to prevent infections inside the prison. But also included in this book is specific information on drug use. What are the health risks of drug use and how does drug use influence the direct environment? For instance, does drug use encourage aggression?

1. Risky business
Health risks in prison
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Face the virus
1.3 The prison as breeding ground for infections
1.4 Quiz -'Rate your risks'
1.5 The flu
1.6 Hepatitis A
1.7 Hepatitis B
1.8 Hepatitis C
1.9 HIV/AIDS
1.10 Sexually transmitted diseases (STD's)
1.11 Tuberculosis
1.12 Abscesses
1.13 Scabies, lice and fleas

2. Risk reduction
How to reduce health risks in prisons
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Quiz - 'Play it safe'
2.3 Step-by-step strategies

3.Happiness per milligram
The effect of drugs
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Quiz - 'What do you know about drugs'
3.3 Uppers, downers and hallucinogens
3.4 Hashish and marijuana (cannabis)
3.5 Alcohol
3.6 Cocaine, freebase and crack
3.7 Heroin and methadone
3.8 Hallucinogens
3.9 Speed
3.10 Ecstasy (XTC)
3.11 Sleeping medication and tranquillizers

4.Knocking on heaven's door
The risks of using drugs
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Quiz - 'What do you know about an overdose?'
4.3 Methods of drug use
4.4 The risks of cannabis
4.5 The risks of alcohol
4.6 The risks of cocaine
4.7 The risks of heroin
4.8 The risks of hallucinogens
4.9 The risks of speed
4.10 The risks of Ecstasy
4.11 The risks of sleeping medicines and tranquillizers

"Rate your Risks" is published withing the context of the European peer support project 'Encouragement, development and support of AIDS prevention through peer support among injecting drug users.' The production is financed by the European Commission.

Colophon:
Publishers:
Stichting Mainline, http://www.mainline.org/
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Assignment:
Trimbos Instituut, http://www.trimbos.nl/

Last Updated on Thursday, 06 January 2011 11:22

Our valuable member Stichting Mainline has been with us since Sunday, 19 December 2010.

Show Other Articles Of This Author

1.1 Introduction (27 February 2010)
1.2 Face the virus (26 February 2010)
1.3 The prison as breeding ground for infections (25 February 2010)
1.4 QUIZ 'Risky business' (24 February 2010)
1.5 The flu (23 February 2010)
1.6 Hepatitis A (22 February 2010)
1.7 Hepatitis B (21 February 2010)
1.8 Hepatitis C (20 February 2010)
1.9 HIV/AIDS (19 February 2010)
1.10 Sexually transmitted diseases (STD's) (18 February 2010)
1.11 Tuberculosis (17 February 2010)
1.12 Abscesses (16 February 2010)
1.13 Scables, lice and fleas (15 February 2010)
2.1 Introduction (14 February 2010)
2.2 Quiz 'Play it safe' (13 February 2010)