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Auteur M. C. VAN HOUT |
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Article : Périodique
A synthetic cathinone called 4-methylethcathinone (4-MEC) emerged online in 2010, and was cyber-marketed to be a replacement for mephedrone. The study aimed to present user experiences of 4-MEC as reported on the Internet, with a focus on user p[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Mephedrone injecting has recently been reported in Romania, Slovenia, Guernsey and Ireland. The research reported here aimed to describe the experiences of a group of Irish injecting drug users, who were injecting mephedrone based he[...]Article : Périodique
Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) is a synthetic 'amphetamine-type stimulant' (ATS) derived from the Khat plant and collectively known as 'M-Cats'. Research has indicated the presence of strong displacement patterns in post-legislative timefram[...]Article : Périodique
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is a central nervous system depressant with euphoric and relaxant effects. Documentation of GHB prevalence and the underreporting of abuse remains problematic, given the availability of GHB and its precursors gamma-bu[...]Article : Périodique
M. C. VAN HOUT ; A. BENSCHOP ; M. BUJALSKI ; K. DABROWSKA ; Z. DEMETROVICS ; K. FELVINCZI ; E. HEARNE ; S. HENRIQUES ; Z. KALO ; G. KAMPHAUSEN ; D. KORF ; J. P. SILVA ; L. WIECZOREK ; B. WERSE |Continued diversification and use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) across Europe remains a public health challenge. The study describes health and social consequences of recent NPS use as reported in a survey of marginalised, nightlife and o[...]Article : Périodique
D. CROWLEY ; W. CULLEN ; J. LAMBERT ; M. C. VAN HOUT |Background. Hepatitis C is a curable and preventable disease. People who inject drugs (PWID) and prisoners are at-risk groups for acquisition of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), yet treatment rates remain low. Agonist Opioid Treatment (AOT) and needle s[...]Article : Périodique
Emerging trends in market dynamics and the use of new psychoactive substances are both a public health concern and a complex regulatory issue. One novel area of investigation is the availability of homemade opioids, amphetamines and dissociative[...]Article : Périodique
D. KORF ; A. BENSCHOP ; B. WERSE ; G. KAMPHAUSEN ; K. FELVINCZI ; K. DABROWSKA ; S. HERNRIQUES ; T. NABBEN ; L. WIECZOREK ; M. BUJALSKI ; Z. KALO ; E. HEARNE ; M. C. VAN HOUT |Use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) across Europe remains a public health challenge. The study describes potentials and limitations of methods in a transnational survey of recent marginalised, nightlife and online community NPS users in Ger[...]Article : Périodique
Misuse of pharmaceuticals is of increasing drug policy and public health concern. A scoping review was conducted on the diversionary use of pharmaceuticals for non-medicinal use and home production of drug solutions. The research question was br[...]Article : Périodique
Use and abuse of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) remains a public health and law enforcement challenge across Europe and bordering countries. Increasingly NPS detected on the drug market include those with legitimate use as medicines or acti[...]Article : Périodique
Purpose - Mephedrone is a synthetic stimulant drug causing entactogenic and hallucinogenic effects. A systematic review of all existing empirical research and literature from 2009-2012 on this new psychoactive drug was conducted. This paper aims[...]Article : Périodique
Background: The continual diversification of new psychoactive substances (NPS) circumventing legislation creates a public health and law enforcement challenge, and one particularly challenged by availability on Hidden Web cryptomarkets. Methods[...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
Background: The non-medical use of pharmaceutical opioids such as codeine is of increasing public health concern. The aim of the study was to describe codeine intoxication experiences amongst recreational drug users, as posted on public Internet[...]Article : Périodique
The research was undertaken at a time of increasing public concerns for drug- and alcohol-related public nuisance in the city center of Dublin, Ireland. Rapid Assessment Research was conducted involving qualitative interviewing with drug service[...]Article : Périodique
The synthetic cathinone derivative club drug 'mephedrone' [4-methylmethcathinone (4MMC)] has been recognized in the EMCDDA early warning system since 2008 [EMCDDA (2010a). 'Article 5 of the Council Decision' council decision 2005/387/JHA of 10 M[...]Article : Périodique
This study focuses on individuals' preferences for mephedrone, a new psychoactive substance that has emerged in several countries. We examine the reasons for mephedrone preferences, and describe the positive and negative effects of the drug expe[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Silk Road is located on the Deep Web and provides an anonymous transacting infrastructure for the retail of drugs and pharmaceuticals. Members are attracted to the site due to protection of identity by screen pseudonyms, variety and [...]Article : Périodique
Several 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[...]Article : Périodique
B. WERSE ; A. BENSCHOP ; G. KAMPHAUSEN ; M. C. VAN HOUT ; S. HENRIQUES ; J. P. SILVA ; K. DABROWSKA ; L. WIECZOREK ; M. BUJALSKI ; K. FELVINCZI ; D. KORF |Given the multiple ways of regulations and market situations for new psychoactive substances (NPS), it is of interest how NPS users procure their drugs in different countries as well as in different user groups. Data comes from a face-to-face an[...]Article : Périodique
Background: The online promotion of 'drug shopping' and user information networks is of increasing public health and law enforcement concern. An online drug marketplace called 'Silk Road' has been operating on the 'Deep Web' since February 2011 [...]Article : Périodique
Research shows that social norms interventions, which aim to educate individuals and groups on their actual attitudinal and behavioural norms relating to alcohol, cigarette and drug use, incur some success in reducing positive attitudes to subst[...]Article : Périodique
Introduction: The online drug marketplace called 'Silk Road' has operated anonymously on the 'Deep Web' since 2011. It is accessible through computer encrypting software (Tor) and is supported by online transactions using peer to peer anonymous [...]Article : Périodique
"Trip-sitting" in the black hole: A netnographic study of dissociation and indigenous harm reduction
An array of dissociative novel psychoactive substances, including "methoxetamine," "3-MeO-PCP," and "methoxphenidine," have emerged as substitutes for the illicit substance "ketamine." A netographic research methodology aimed to describe online,[...]