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D. M. FERGUSSON ; J. M. BODEN ; L. J. HORWOOD | 2009Context: There has been a great deal of research on the comorbidity between alcohol abuse or dependence (AAD) and major depression (MD). However, it is unclear whether AAD increases the risk of MD or vice versa. Objective: To examine the associa[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS Few studies have examined the statistical association between methamphetamine/amphetamine use and acquisitive crime. Both methamphetamine/amphetamine and cannabis use have been implicated by New Zealand Police as factors in acquisitive offe[...]Article : Périodique
C. L. PAUL ; B. BONEVSKI ; H. E. TURON ; J. BRYANT |Introduction and Aims. Despite the persistent socioeconomic gradient associated with smoking, little is known about how to 'close the gap'. There is a debate regarding the implications of directing resources away from general population efforts [...]Livre
As cannabis legalization reforms are underway, there is some concern that non-profit, 'middle ground' options may remain under-researched and thus less visible. This book offers an in-depth account of one of the possible 'middle ground' models f[...]Périodique
KEALL M. D. ; FRITH W. J. ; T. L. PATTERSON | 2005ENGLISH : Many studies show that driving at night is more risky in terms of crash involvements per distance travelled than driving during the day. The reasons for this include the more prevalent use of alcohol by drivers at night, the effects [...]Périodique
SHEERIN I. G. ; F. T. GREEN ; J. D. SELLMAN | 2003ENGLISH : This paper estimates future health service costs of the current practice in New Zealand of not funding treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. Costs are estimated separately for Maori and non-Maori, male and female IDUs. Mar[...]Article : Périodique
The review in this issue of the International Journal of Drug Policy (Grund, Latypov, & Harris, 2013) highlights the disturbing harms caused by the increasing use of 'krokodil' by people who inject drugs (PWID) in Eurasia. The growing use of thi[...]Article : Périodique
S. ALDINGTON ; M. WILLIAMS ; NOWITZ M. ; M. WEATHERALL ; A. PRITCHARD ; MCNAUGHTON A. ; G. ROBINSON ; R. BEASLEY |BACKGROUND: Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug worldwide. Long term use of cannabis is known to cause chronic bronchitis and airflow obstruction, but the prevalence of macroscopic emphysema, the dose-response relationship and the dose[...]Article : Périodique
J. SHERIDAN ; C. Y. DONG ; R. BUTLER ; J. BARNES |Background: The last decade has seen the emergence of a new phenomenon in recreational substance use with the availability of herbal and synthetic, unregulated, psychoactive drugs in the market place; alongside this, international concern has de[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Legal highs containing benzylpiperazine (BZP) were widely sold in New Zealand until BZP was prohibited in 2008. We examined the impact the prohibition had on the availability and price of BZP over following years. Methods: Two nati[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Benzylpiperazine (BZP) is the psychoactive ingredient in a range of ‘legal highs' sold worldwide. BZP was prohibited in New Zealand in 2008. Aim: To investigate the impact of the prohibition of BZP legal highs on the prevalence of [...]Article : Périodique
New Zealand has recently established the world's first regulated legal market for new psychoactive products (NPS) (i.e. ‘legal highs’). While the new regime is currently in a transitional phase, a range of retail restrictions and an interim lice[...]Article : Périodique
Significant changes in the key alcohol policy areas of availability, advertising and taxation have taken place in New Zealand from 1985 to 1991. These changes are described in the context of the social climate which was one of extreme fiscal cri[...]Article : Périodique
C. WILKINS ; J. SHERIDAN ; P. ADAMS ; B. RUSSELL ; S. RAM ; D. NEWCOMBE |The New Zealand government has proposed a new psychoactive substances regime, which will place the onus onto manufacturers to prove that their products pose a low risk of harm, prior to receiving approval which allows the products to be legally [...]Article : Périodique
In New Zealand, awareness of gambling-related problems has increased in association with the legalization of new forms of gambling. This paper presents the methods and selected results from a national survey of gambling and problem gambling comp[...]