Identification and assessment of drug-user groups among nightlife attendees: Self-reports, breathalyzer-tests and oral fluid drug tests

A. L. BRETTEVILLE-JENSEN ; J. BURDZOVIC ANDREAS ; L. GJERSING ; E. L. OIESTAD ; H. GJERDE | 2019
Dans European Addiction Research (Vol.25, n°2, February 2019) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Even though nightlife studies with potentially intoxicated participants provide the much needed information on drug use, they face additional methodological challenges. This study aimed to explore the utility of such s[...]

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Illicit use of opioid substitution drugs: Prevalence, user characteristics, and the association with non-fatal overdoses

A. L. BRETTEVILLE-JENSEN ; M. LILLEHAGEN ; L. GJERSING ; J. BURDZOVIC ANDREAS | 2015
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.147, February 2015) Article : Périodique

Background and aims: Diversion of opioid substitution drugs (OSD) is of public concern. This study examined the prevalence, frequency, and predictors of illicit OSD use in a group of injecting drug users (IDUs) and assessed if such use was assoc[...]

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Perceived harmfulness of various alcohol- and cannabis use modes: Secular trends, differences, and associations with actual substance use behaviors among Norwegian adolescents, 2007-2015

J. BURDZOVIC ANDREAS | 2019
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.197, April 2019) Article : Périodique

Background: How youth perceive harmfulness of risk behaviors such as substance use relates to their engagement in those behaviors. Yet, little is known about how different substance use modes (i.e., variations in amounts and use frequencies) are[...]

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Ready, willing, and able: the role of cannabis use opportunities in understanding adolescent cannabis use

J. BURDZOVIC ANDREAS ; A. L. BRETTEVILLE-JENSEN | 2017
Dans Addiction (Vol.112, n°11, November 2017) Article : Périodique

Aims: To examine adolescent cannabis use - both at national and individual levels - by deconstructing it into its necessary conditions of realistic use opportunities and willingness to use the drug given such opportunities. Design: Nationally [...]

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Who are the adolescents saying "No" to cannabis offers

J. BURDZOVIC ANDREAS ; H. PAPE ; A. L. BRETTEVILLE-JENSEN | 2016
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.163, June 2016) Article : Périodique

Background and aims: Adolescents who refuse direct cannabis offers and remain non-users represent a potentially very informative, yet surprisingly understudied group. We examined a range of risk and protective factors putatively associated with [...]

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Who receives cannabis use offers: A general population study of adolescents

J. BURDZOVIC ANDREAS ; H. PAPE | 2015
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.156, November 2015) Article : Périodique

Background: Drug use is predicated on a combination of "willingness" and "opportunity". That is, independent of any desire to use drugs, a drug use opportunity is required; be it indirect (i.e., being in a drug-use setting) or direct (i.e., rece[...]

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