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Age differentials in the impacts of reduced heroin: Effects of a "heroin shortage" in NSW, Australia
ENGLISH : Background: This paper uses a unique event, the Australian heroin shortage, to see whether an abrupt, substantial and sustained change in heroin supply had different effects on harms related to heroin use among younger and older hero[...]
ENGLISH : In Australia people aged 65 years or older currently comprise 12.1 % of the population. This has been estimated to rise to 24.2% by 2051. Until recently there has been relatively little research on alcohol and other drug use disorder[...]
ENGLISH : Australian Aboriginals are overrepresented in prisons and tend to be overrepresented in studies of injecting drug users (IDU). The aim of this study was to examine differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal IDUs in terms of ge[...]
J. H. JAFFE ; M. GOSSOP ; M. TYNDALL ; R. E. MANN ; P. REUTER ; W. HAO ; D. WEATHERBURN ; J. P. CAULKINS ; L. DEGENHARDT ; W. HALL ; C. DAY ; P. DIETZE ; L. COLLINS ; POINTER S. | 2005
PériodiqueNeuf commentaires sont proposés. Le premier, au regard des résultats de cette étude analyse un événement similaire survenu aux Etats-Unis en 1972/1973. Le deuxième s'intéresse aux conséquences du transfert de l'usage injectable d'héroïne vers l'[...]
FRANÇAIS : Analyse de la diminution de la disponibilité de l'héroïne et de son impact sur les consomations et les types d'usage ainsi que sur le marché de la drogue et la criminalité auprès de 41 usagers par voie injectable et de 10 informateur[...]
ENGLISH : We found a sustained reduction in the number of needles and syringes distributed in NSW [New South Wales] after a considerable decrease in heroin supply. Given the widespread and easy availability of needles and syringes in NSW, the [...]
ENGLISH : In early 2001 there was a dramatic decline in the availability of heroin in New South Vales (NSW), Australia, where previously heroin had been readily available at a low price and high purity. The decline was confirmed by Australia's[...]
L. DEGENHARDT ; C. DAY ; P. DIETZE ; POINTER S. ; CONROY E. ; L. COLLINS ; W. HALL | 2005
PériodiqueENGLISH : Background: In early 2001 in Australia there was a sudden and dramatic decrease in heroin availability that occurred throughout the country that was evidenced by marked increases in heroin price and decreases in its purity. Aim: This[...]
C. DAY ; J. ROSS ; K. DOLAN | 2003
Dans Drug and Alcohol Review (Vol.22, n°3, September 2003) Article : PériodiqueThe hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a common infection among injecting drug users. There are currently few available data on the extent (or prevalence) of HCV-related discrimination. This study examined perceived discrimination among a sample of hero[...]
S. GILMOUR ; I. KOCH ; L. DEGENHARDT ; C. DAY | 2006
Dans BMC Public Health (Vol.6, n°200, 2006) Article : PériodiqueBACKGROUND: In early 2001 Australia experienced a sudden reduction in the availability of heroin which had widespread effects on illicit drug markets across the country. The consequences of this event, commonly referred to as the Australian 'her[...]
FRANÇAIS : L'objectif de ce travail a pour prétention de faire connaitre aux kinésithérapeutes et éventuellement aux médecins d'une part qu'il existe à Garches un traitement kinésithérapique spécifique offert en complément des soins médicaux da[...]
ENGLISH : Aims: To estimate the range and severity of heroin overdose related morbidity. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Sydney, Australia. Participants: 198 heroin users. Findings: Sixty-nine per cent had experienced a heroin overdos[...]
C. DAY ; NASSIRIMANESH B. ; A. SHAKESHAFT ; K. DOLAN | 2006
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.3 n°2, 2006) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : Aim: This study aimed to examine drug use, drug treatment history and risk behaviour among a sample of Iranian drug users seeking treatment through a general practice clinic in Iran. Methods: Review of medical records and an intake q[...]
FRANÇAIS : Dans le présent article, les auteurs traitent de la difficulté de cerner et de démontrer les changements affectant la disponibilité ou l'offre de drogues sur le marché. Ils distinguent entre l'offre et la demande (ou consommation), l[...]
ENGLISH : Heroin causes its users and the community a disproportionate amount of harm, and evidence suggests that heroin markets have increased in scale over recent decades. Most of the world's heroin is produced in South West (SW) Asia (Afgha[...]
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