title: The Vienna declaration: a call for drug policy reform.
abstract: The Vienna Declaration was launched as the official declaration of AIDS 2010. It was drafted by a team of international experts and initiated by the International AIDS Society, the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy (ICSDP) and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. In this article, Michaela Montaner describes how the declaration seeks to improve community health and safety by calling for the incorporation of scientific evidence into illicit drug policies.
authors.affiliation: Addiction and Urban Health Research Initiative, International Centre for Science in Drug Policy, Vancouver. mmontaner@icsdp.org
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montaner
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D038622:Internationality
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs