Beepers, Laptops, and Heroin: Technology's Expanding Role in the Urban Drug Crisis.

Arrendell, Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ526885

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Publication Date: 1995

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Beepers, Laptops, and Heroin: Technology's Expanding Role in the Urban Drug Crisis.

Arrendell, Stephen

Journal of Urban Technology, v3 n1 p103-07 Fall 1995

Describes a mobile needle-exchange program in New York's South Bronx that employs the latest in computer and telecommunications equipment in its mission of controlling the spread of HIV. A brief overview of New York City's drug and HIV problem is provided and of the "underground" effort it created to reverse the problem. (GR)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Computers, Economically Disadvantaged, Health Promotion, Illegal Drug Use, Prevention, Telecommunications, Urban Areas

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)

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