Irish Penal Reform Trust

Prison Syringe Exchange Programs: Can they be Implemented in Canada?

19th December 2003

Excellent review of the international evidence of prison syringe programmes, with a focus on the potential for implementing them in Canadian prisons.  Prepared by Rick Lines and Ralf Jurgens for the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network in cooperation with the John Howard Society of Canada.

Published in Gerald B. Thomas (ed.), Perspectives on Canadian Drug Policy: Volume II (Kingston, Ontario: The John Howard Society of Canada, 2003).

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