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  • A man refuses the offer of a drink: National campaign against drug abuse in Kenya. Colour lithograph by NACADA, ca. 2000.
  • A young black couple with their arms linked and a warning about the dangers of getting high and getting AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1993.
  • Two figures lie on a skip full of waste: warning about drug abuse in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Preventive Health Education Against Drug Abuse Programme, ca. 2000.
  • Two blurred figures with a warning about the risk of drug abuse and AIDS in Spanish; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • Amsterdam: bird's eye view of the city as a place of drug users, overseen by crime, death and the devil. Colour lithograph after P. Pontiac, 1992.
  • A pregnant black woman with a warning about the dangers of drug taking and the risk of AIDS; advertisement for drug treatment by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Lithograph.
  • People chatting against a wall bearing graffiti of the skeletal figure of death reaching out to them with clawed hands; an advertisement for the New York City Department of Health AIDS Information helpline. Colour lithograph by Susan Wilcox.
  • Two blurred figures with a warning about the risk of drug abuse and AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A pregnant black woman wearing a white collared striped shirt with a warning about the dangers of drug taking and the risk of AIDS; advertisement for drug treatment by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Lithograph.
  • A boy points to another who drinks alcohol: National campaign against drug abuse in Kenya. Colour lithograph by NACADA, ca. 2000.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Drugs demystified : drug education / Helen Nowlis.

    Nowlis, Helen H., 1913- | Date: 1975
  • view The opium habit : with suggestions as to the remedy / [compiled by Horace B. Day].
    • Books
    • Online

    The opium habit : with suggestions as to the remedy / [compiled by Horace B. Day].

    Day, Horace B., 1819-1870 | Date: 1868
    • Books

    A handbook of drug training : learning about drugs and working with drug users / Dave Macdonald and Vicky Patterson.

    Macdonald, Dave, 1946- | Date: 1991
  • view Two blurred figures with a warning about the risk of drug abuse and AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
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    Two blurred figures with a warning about the risk of drug abuse and AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 667314i
    • Journals

    Annual report / Mainliners Ltd.

    Mainliners Ltd. | Date: [1989?]-[19--?]
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