Historique
Périodique
Interpreting changes in heroin supply in Melbourne: droughts, gluts or cycles?
(Comment interpréter les évolutions de l'offre d'héroïne à Melbourne : manque, saturation ou variations cycliques ?)
Auteur(s) :
DIETZE, P. ;
FITZGERALD, J.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
295-303
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
34
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Review, 2002, 21, (3), 295-303
Note de contenu :
fig. ; graph.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
In this Harm Reduction Digest Paul Dietze and John Fitzgerald provide another possible way of understanding what has come to be referred to as Australia's heroin "drought". They examine evidence from Melbourne, Victoria and suggest that the apparent downturn in heroin availability in 2000 may, in part, be the result of an end of a heroin "glut" and that perceptions of this phenomenon may be coloured by the development of more sophisticated indicators of the heroin market. They conclude with claims that the reasons for the reduction in drug consumption and adverse health outcomes, such as those attributed to interdiction, are thus premature. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
VicHealth Pub. Hlth Res. Fellow, Turning Point Alcohol Drug Ctr., 54-62 Gertrude St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.