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Intravenous drug abuse

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Addiction and drug related groups, 1991 - 1997

 Sub-Series
Identifier: LHB45/1/2/3
Scope and Contents

Policy documents, correspondence, guidelines, and reports.

Dates: 1991 - 1997
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Health Board HIV/AIDS Management Team and Health Promotion Department / HIV/AIDS Management Team / Committees and Working Groups

Edinburgh evening news article: sex ban urged in AIDS battle, 15 May 1987

 Item
Identifier: GD1/156/3/3
Scope and Contents

Featuring a project to provide new needles to intravenous drug users in Leith to prevent new cases of HIV and some opposition to it and some criticism of the focus on the new AIDS (control) bill first proposed by Edinburgh MP Gavin Strang that has just gained royal assent and been passed into law.

Dates: 15 May 1987
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Gavin Strang (Former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom) / Press

HIV rate drops for gay men and drug users (The Herald), 19 May 2000

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/4/278
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 19 May 2000
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings

The Pink Paper, 2 Mar 2001

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/5/8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 2 Mar 2001
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings