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C. COLE ; L. JONES ; J. McVEIGH ; A. KICMAN ; Q. SYED ; M. BELLIS | 2011
Dans Drug Testing and Analysis (Vol.3, n°2, February 2011) Article : PériodiqueWidespread public perception is that illicit drugs contain substances that are a serious risk to health, even though adulterants are often not considered in clinical or forensic toxicology. This review attempts to present an evidence-based overv[...]
Presents and grades the evidence in relation to drug prevention in young people across the four tiered model of services. Key recommendations and gaps are presented according to their relevance to different professional groups. Discusses the eco[...]
ENGLISH : Aims: Drugs intelligence systems in Merseyside have identified a growing number of treatment-seeking clients who express a preference for injecting crack cocaine. We investigated the history of crack-cocaine injecting behaviours in i[...]
Historically, and more recently, it has been a common perception that illicit drugs typically contain other substances in addition to the purported active ingredient that can have serious adverse health consequences or even cause premature death[...]
This briefing focuses on recent [2002-2004] government sponsored research on drug prevention among vulnerable groups of young people, and considers how this relates to current government policy and guidance. This forms part of a complete review [...]
This briefing presents evidence-based information on how to prevent drugs misuse. It integrates published scientific literature with practitioner expertise and experience, including advice on how to overcome typical barriers and obstacles to eff[...]
Performance- and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) include a wide range of drugs across various pharmacological categories and are subject to different legal controls and medicinal regulation across European countries. Their common feature is the fu[...]
M. EVANS-BROWN ; J. McVEIGH | 2009
Dans Journal of Substance Use (Vol.14 n°5, 2009) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : Injectable human growth hormone has been used as a performance-enhancing drug in the United Kingdom since at least the mid-1980s. However, because of its prohibitive cost and limited supply it was initially restricted to a relatively[...]
M. CHANDLER ; J. McVEIGH ; C. M. BEYNON | 2009
Dans Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol.36, n°3-4, Fall-Winter 2009) Article : PériodiqueThe Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University, houses a number of distinct, but related, systems that collate attributable monitoring data from drug treatment, criminal justice, and harm reduction services in the North West of[...]
A. J. MACKRIDGE ; C. M. BEYNON ; J. McVEIGH ; M. WHITFIELD ; M. CHANDLER | 2010
Dans Journal of Substance Use (Vol.15, n°6, December 2010) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Community pharmacies are established service providers for problematic drug users (PDUs). PDUs have many unmet health needs, which pharmacists may be able to help resolve. This paper aims to qualitatively explore the feasibility and [...]
L. JONES ; L. PICKERING ; H. SUMNALL ; J. McVEIGH ; M. A. BELLIS | 2010
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.21, n°5, September 2010) Article : PériodiqueThe introduction of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) during the 1980s is credited with averting an HIV epidemic in the United Kingdom and Australia, but hepatitis C (HCV) incidence continues to rise among injecting drug users (IDUs). NSPs in[...]
FRANÇAIS : L'étude a porté de 1997 à 1999, sur 360 usagers de drogues, à Manchester et à Wirral, soit en traitement, ou n'ayant aucun contact avec un service de soin, pour lesquels les tests de dépistage étaient disponibles (334 positifs pour [...]
Y. McGRATH ; H. SUMNALL ; K. EDMONDS ; J. McVEIGH ; M. A. BELLIS ; National Collaborating Centre for Drug Prevention | 2006
RapportFRANÇAIS : Ce rapport fait une revue de la littérature grise sur la prévention de l'usage de drogues chez les jeunes dans l'objectif de renforcer et compléter les connaissances sur l'efficacité de la prévention mises en évidence par les revues [...]
Objectives: This review sought to determine the optimal provision of needle exchange schemes among injecting drug users (IDUs). The following key research questions were addressed: (1) What level of coverage of needle and syringe programmes ([...]
E. HEARNE ; J. P. C. GRUND ; M. C. VAN HOUT ; J. McVEIGH | 2016
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.13, n°14, 2016) Article : PériodiqueSeveral home-produced substances such as krokodil and boltushka are prevalent in many Eastern European countries. Anecdotal reports of its use have been circulating in Germany and Norway; however, this has not been confirmed. Its use has also be[...]
