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  • Pills, medication, drugs, a pestle and mortar and a syringe representing a warning about the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and AIDS. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • Pills, medication, drugs, a pestle and mortar and a syringe representing a warning about the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and AIDS sponsored by Unicef. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • Four men injecting themselves with drugs; a warning about the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and contracting HIV by Spitnacs, Societal Projects Information Training Networking and Consultancy Services. Colour lithograph, ca.1997.
  • Pills, medication, drugs, a pestle and mortar and a syringe representing a warning about the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and AIDS issued by the State AIDS Cell of the Goverment of Tamil Nadu and sponsored by Unicef. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • A man injects drugs into his arm as he leans back with his eyes shut against a wall; a man sitting beside a grave clutching a photograph of a woman and child; a warning about the dangers of drug abuse and AIDS by Programa Compañeros. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A boy injecting himself: educating against drug abuse in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Division of Health Education, ca. 2000.
  • 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 man refuses the offer of a drink: National campaign against drug abuse in Kenya. Colour lithograph by NACADA, ca. 2000.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Recto: 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.
  • The front of a car: below, a couple kiss in the front of a car; above, the same car in a collision; warning about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse as a cause of AIDS in youths. Colour lithograph.
  • A syringe, the silhouette of a man injecting himself, a couple talking and a man receiving a blood transfusion in a bed; a warning about the risks of contracting AIDS through drug abuse and contaminated blood. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Numbered images and text including a family sitting talking, syringes with a red cross and a variety of condoms representing an advertisement from Laos for education about AIDS, the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and the importance of condoms and safe sex. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Numbered images and text including 2 images of a couple making love, a woman lying attached to a drip receiving a blood transfusion, a syringe injecting into an arm and a group of pregnant women; an advertisement from Laos about safe sex and AIDS prevention and the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and pregnancy. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Hydrangea quercifolia W.Bartram Hydrangeaceae. Oak-leaved hydrangea. Distribution: South-eastern United States. Beta-dichroine a quinazolinone also called febrifugine from the leaves of hydrangeas is 64-100 times more potent than quinine as an antimalarial in animals, but extremely toxic. A synthesised tolyl derivative, methaqualone (2-methyl-3-o-tolyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone), was found to be a mild hypnotic, and marketed in the sleeping tablet, Mandrax. Widely abused and quickly banned by most countries. Illegal manufacture continues and in South Africa methaqualone is the commonest drug of abuse, mixed with cannabis and smoked. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Don't harm yourself ... : arm yourself with knowledge about drugs / NIDA.
  • Are you spaced out? : close talking : taking the time to talk about how you feel / Axis, C.L.A.S.H., Rubberstuffers.
  • Are you spaced out? : close talking : taking the time to talk about how you feel / Axis, C.L.A.S.H., Rubberstuffers.
  • A couple buy some narcotics from an apothecary whose assistant, Death, works with a pestle and mortar in the back room. Coloured lithograph by J. Grandville.
  • A tick list of ways you can and can't get the AIDS virus from handshakes to sharing drug needles with details of the AIDS Hotline number in Oahu in Cambodian. Colour lithograph.
  • A tick list of ways you can and can't get the AIDS virus from handshakes to sharing drug needles with details of the AIDS Hotline number in Oahu in Chinese. Colour lithograph.
  • A tick list of ways you can and can't get the AIDS virus from handshakes to sharing drug needles with details of the AIDS Hotline number in Oahu in Japanese. Colour lithograph.
  • A tick list of ways you can and can't get the AIDS virus from handshakes to sharing drug needles with details of the AIDS Hotline number in Oahu in Japanese. Colour lithograph.
  • A tick list of ways you can and can't get the AIDS virus from handshakes to sharing drug needles with details of the AIDS Hotline number in Oahu in Visayan (Phillipine). Colour lithograph.
  • A tick list of ways you can and can't get the AIDS virus from handshakes to sharing drug needles with details of the AIDS Hotline number in Oahu in Tongan. Colour lithograph.
  • A tick list of ways you can and can't get the AIDS virus from handshakes to sharing drug needles with details of the AIDS Hotline number in Oahu in Laotian. Colour lithograph.