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Drug addicts

Images

  • A man holding a hypodermic syringe over a tub of diluted bleach; diagrams showing the use of bleach to clean hypodermic needles, with telephone details; advertising hygienic practices when using syringes. by , a support group for those with AIDS. Colour lithograph by Photo Co-op, Glover/Hughes and Big-Active Ltd. for Mainliners, 1990/1995.
  • The huddled figure of a man representing an advertisement for the self-help group, Kursiv for gay men with HIV and AIDS suffering from alcohol problems and dependence on drugs. Lithograph, ca. 1993.
  • Dimapur, a drug addict, debating on if he is HIV+ or not; an advertisement by Lifeline, NMA Kripa, Prodigal Home, and the State AIDS Office Nagaland. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Two blue shapes torn in half to reveal an orange circle, as if the sun; an advertisement for the 1st national conference on AIDS prevention for drug users from 16 to 17 November 1994 at the Palacio de Congresos de Madrid; organised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Consumption in Spain. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A drug-user with his wife and children explaining how his love for his family motivates him to use a condom; a safe-sex advertisement to prevent AIDS by the NACO in collaboration with WHO. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Pure murder : a book about drug use / edited by Noreen O'Donohue and Sue Richardson.

    | Date: 1984
    • Journals

    Substance abuse : official publication of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse.

    Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse | Date: [1980]-
    • Books

    More, now, again : a memoir / Elizabeth Wurtzel.

    Wurtzel, Elizabeth. | Date: 2002
    • Journals

    Mainliners.

    | Date: 1989-
    • Books

    Addict in the family : how to cope with the long haul / Andrew Byrne.

    Byrne, Andrew J. (Andrew James) | Date: 1996
All works (27)

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