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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction

Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.

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  • Recto: a figure sits at a desk looking at a condom with a row of models of the penis surrounded by random images including a robot, a television, a figure on a skateboard; advertisement by ArtReach for Prototypes, a Center for Innovation in health, mental health and social services. Colour lithograph by John Tat.
  • AIDS clinical trial information service advertisement with the letters 'Call 1-800-Trials A' across the page. Colour lithograph.
  • Kenneth G. Castro, managing director of the AIDS program for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control with a message in spanish containing how to get information about AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A hand holds up a plate of salad on a tray with a message indicating HIV is not transmitted in a restaurant; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • A boy chasing a girl with a message indicating that AIDS is not transmitted through playing hide and seek; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • A ball with a message indicating that AIDS is not transmitted in public swimming pools; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • A large insect with a message indicating that AIDS is not transmitted through bug bites; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • A man looks directly at the viewer with the words 'What have you got against a condom?'; advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph, 1994.
  • A man sits on a wall holding the arm of a woman who smiles representing a couple who may have HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • Frankie Alston, an HIV positive woman, sits with one knee up on a bench looking out to sea; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
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