Beckley Report Number 4 - Reducing drug related harms to health: A review of the global evidence
1 January 2005
This report looks at the various ways in which the use of illegal drugs causes harm to individual and public health. It then attempts to summarise the current state of the global evidence base for the effectiveness of programmes designed to reduce these harms, and focuses on some key challenges for policymakers in areas of the world facing high levels of HIV and Hepatitis infection, and accidental overdose deaths.