This book unites the debates presented at the 1st and 2nd Latin American Conferences on Drug Policy, which took place in Buenos Aires in 2009 and Río de Janeiro in 2010. Its objective is to contribute to the regional debate and be a useful tool for those who are committed to a drug policy reform project that assures stigma reduction and criminalization of various sectors of our communities, access to extensive systems of social protection through increasing recourses and reorienting [...]
This publication, edited by the University of Buenos Aires and the civil association Intercambios, is a study that analyzes the profile of imprisoned people due to drugs, which is the second highest cause of imprisonment in the Federal Penitentiary System. The investigation’s author, Alejandro Corda, lawyer and member of Intercambios, claims: “It became clear that, due to the form in which the Drug Law 23.737 was applied, imprisonments relapse upon two groups in particular: women and foreigners. If the penal [...]
Contributions for a new drug politic. V and VI National Conference about Drug Politics Compiled by: Touzé, G. y Goltzman, P. Edited by Intercambios Asociación Civil and Facultad de Ciencias Sociales from Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2010, ISBN 978-987-98893-6-7. Collection of all the presentations made by a renowned group of international experts who participated in the V and VI National Conference on Drug Policy that was held in the Auditorium in the Annex Building of Honorable Camera of Deputies, Buenos [...]
Views and actors in the debate. III and IV National Conference about Drug Policy Compiled by: Touzé, G. Edited by Intercambios Asociación Civil and Facultad de Ciencias Sociales from Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2008. ISBN: 978-987-98893-5-0. This book, the product of a collaboration between academic and civil society, is a collection of the presentations of a national and internationally prestigious group that participated in the III and IV National Conference on Drug Politics that took place in the Auditorium in [...]
Drug knowledge and practice. The case of cocaine base Organizer: Touzé, G. Edited by Intercambios Asociación Civil and Federación Internacional de Universidades Católicas, Buenos Aires, 2006. ISBN 987-98893-3-9. The intention of this study is to contribute to the comprehension of the consumption of cocaine base paste, the use of which is now a standard in Argentina. The book debates the conceptual constructions that support several different methods of intervention, and also articulates the specifics of drug use which have interrelationships [...]
I and II National Conference about Drug Politics Edited by Intercambios Asociación Civil, Buenos Aires, 2005. ISBN 9879889320. This CD-ROM compiles all the presentations of a national and international prestigious group of specialists who participated in the I and II National Conference on Drugs Policy, which took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2003 and 2004. All of the included contributions have articles or transcripts of their presentations which were prepared by the panelists. This material is a useful tool [...]
Training of operators / promoters of Harm Reduction. Diary experience Coordinator: Goltzman, P. Edited by Intercambios Civil Association, Buenos Aires, March 2004. This workbook is the result of work done in 2003 during the “Training of Operators/Promoters of Harm Reduction: Experience and Challenges”, coordinated by Intercambios Civil Association, in the context of the Project Prevention of Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS in the Southern Cone. The training was designed for the operators/promoters of Harm Reduction, who have a relatively new role [...]
Changes in the way of using injecting drug in Buenos Aires (1998-2003) Authors: Rossi, D.; Rangugni, V. Co edited by Intercambios Asociación Civil, Ministry of Health and Environment of the Nation, UNAIDS and UNODC, Buenos Aires, 2004. ISBN 987-98893-1-2. This book presents updated information about the changes in care and the risk of using drugs, as well as how these changes relate to established interventions. This study’s results facilitate evaluation of the methodology of the work and delineate an action [...]





