PRISONS, INMATES AND DRUG TESTING - SUMMARY REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE ON DRUG RESEARCH IN PRISONS, AUGUST 6-8, 1973

• NCJ Number: 15940
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 28 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Carter Ctr; Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Assoc
• Corporate Author: Carter Ctr
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE TESTING OF NEW DRUGS ON PRISON INMATES AND REPORTS OF THE WORK GROUPS ON RESEARCH, ETHICS AND RIGHTS, CORRECTIONS, AND PROCEDURES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.

Abstract

THE CONFERENCE ON THE SUBJECT OF DRUG RESEARCH IN PRISONS WAS SPONSORED JOINTLY BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY. KEY ISSUES DISCUSSED AT THE CONFERENCE INCLUDED REGULATION OF RESEARCHERS AND DRUG RESEARCH, THE ROLE OF DRUG RESEARCH IN PRISON, AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ACCEPTING PRISONERS AS VOLUNTEERS. COMMON MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THE ROLE OF DRUG RESEARCH IN PRISONS ARE OUTLINED. THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE WORK GROUPS ARE DETAILED. AMONG THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SUGGESTIONS TO READJUST THE PRIORITIES OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, TO PROHIBIT DRUG STUDIES IN PRISONS WHERE NO OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PRISONERS, TO INSTITUTE NO-FAULT INSURANCE, TO IMPLEMENT FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURES FOR PRISONERS, AND TO ELIMINATE ALL SUGGESTIONS OF EARLY PAROLE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PARTICIPATION.