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Auteur V. BELACKOVA |
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V. BELACKOVA ; A. RITTER ; M. SHANAHAN ; C. E. HUGHES |Background: Variations in drug laws, as well as variations in enforcement practice, exist across jurisdictions. This study explored the feasibility of categorising drug laws "on the books" in terms of their punitiveness, and the extent of their [...]Nouveauté
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V. BELACKOVA ; M. PAZITNY ; E. DRAPALOVA ; M. MARTINEZ ; D. VAN DER GOUWE ; E. BEGLEY ; M. KIDAWA ; A. TOMKOVA ; D. KMETONYNOVA |Aims: The indicator of availability has been used in the risk assessment (RA) of new psychoactive substances (NPS). This paper aims to examine the pre- and post-control availability of 25I-NBOMe, AH-7921, MDPV and MXE, which were assessed by the[...]Nouveauté
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V. BELACKOVA ; A. M. SALMON ; E. SCHATZ ; M. JAUNCEY |Background: Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs (PWID) is high. Risky injecting behaviours have been found to decrease in drug consumption rooms (DCRs) and supervised injecting facilities (SIFs), yet HCV preventio[...]![]()
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V. BELACKOVA ; A. M. SALMON ; C. A. DAY ; A. RITTER ; M. SHANAHAN ; D. HEDRICH ; T. KERR ; M. JAUNCEY |ISSUES: Drug consumptions rooms (DCR) and supervised injecting facilities (SIF) are expanding internationally. Previous reviews have not systematically addressed evaluation methodologies. APPROACH: Results from systematic searches of scientific [...]![]()
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E. DRAPALOVA ; V. BELACKOVA ; D. CALADO ; A. VAN DONGEN ; I. PANEVA ; R. PAVARIN ; E. POLIDORI ; J. P. GRUND |Background: Timely information about trends in psychoactive substance use could yield tailored interventions and reduce potential harms. However, conventional epidemiological tools might have limited capacity to detect trends emerging on a local[...]![]()
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The importance of friendship networks and drug sharing is a well-documented feature of marijuana use. Recent studies show an increased role of acquiring marijuana through friends, especially in settings with rather punitive drug policy. This art[...]![]()
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Background: This study aimed to assess how cannabis markets compare in two states with different cannabis policies. The possession of cannabis is decriminalized in both the Czech Republic (de facto) and in New South Wales (NSW; de jure), but per[...]![]()
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Introduction and Aims: New psychoactive substances (NPS) represent hundreds of novel compounds. However, the general public might not be familiar with the overarching term NPS. This can result in both under- and over-reporting of NPS use. Desig[...]![]()
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V. BELACKOVA ; J. VACEK ; B. JANIKOVA ; V. MRAVCIK ; T. ZABRANSKY ; L. IVANOVOVA ; L. CSEMY |Background: In several EU countries, synthetic cathinone (SC) use has spread among injecting drug users (IDUs); it has been linked to risk of dependence and HIV/HCV transmission. Aims: To analyze the association between dependence and risky inje[...]![]()
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Developments in information technology have impacted on all areas of modern life and in particular facilitated the growth of globalisation in commerce and communication. Within the drugs area this means that both drugs discourse and drug markets[...]![]()
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This paper provides a narrative review of the existing literature around online survey methods and their specific application in the area of illicit drug use. A search of relevant databases (Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest) was conducted in orde[...]![]()
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L. WIESSING ; M. FERRI ; V. BELACKOVA ; P. CARRIERI ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; C. FOLCH ; K. DOLAN ; B. GALVIN ; P. VICKERMAN ; J. V. LAZARUS ; V. MRAVCIK ; M. KRETZSCHMAR ; V. SYPSA ; A. SARASA-RENEDO ; A. UUSKULA ; D. PARASKEVIS ; L. MENDAO ; D. ROSSI ; N. VAN GELDER ; L. MITCHESON ; L. PAOLI ; C. DIAZ GOMEZ ; M. MILHET ; N. DASCALU ; J. KNIGHT ; G. HAY ; E. KALAMARA ; R. SIMON ; C. M. COMISKEY ; C. ROSSI ; P. GRIFFITHS ; EUBEST working group |Background and aims: Despite advances in our knowledge of effective services for people who use drugs over the last decades globally, coverage remains poor in most countries, while quality is often unknown. This paper aims to discuss the histori[...]![]()
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T. M. BRUNT ; A. M. ATKINSON ; T. NÉFAU ; M. MARTINEZ ; E. LAHAIE ; A. MALZCEWSKI ; M. PAZITNY ; V. BELACKOVA ; S. D. BRANDT |Background: New psychoactive substances (NPS) are on offer worldwide online, in order to shed light on the purity and price of these substances in the European Union, a research collaboration was set up involving France, United Kingdom (UK), the[...]Nouveauté
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Background: Cannabis policies should be relevant to communities most impacted by them. Home cultivation policies can engage people who grow cannabis and build on their motivation to supply a safe product. This paper aims to examine the laws pert[...]![]()
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Background: Cannabis social clubs (CSCs) in Spain are non-profit organisations that connect regular adult cannabis users. One of their functions is to supply cannabis to the closed circuit of members. The CSCs do not breach any international tre[...]Nouveauté