Lethal Violations: Human Rights Abuses Faced by Injection Drug Users in the Era of HIV/AIDS

For injection drug users, stigma and discrimination often take the form of profound criminalization and demonization. In many coun- tries of the world, this deep social disdain is abetted by laws on nar- cotic drugs that are impossible to enforce without violating the human rights of injection drug users. (16-page report)