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Crystal methamphetamine ("ice") has been a fixture in Australian newspapers since the early 2000s. This study explores discourses at work in constructing the ice "problem" in recent Australian media, possible implications for how people who use [...]Livre
Ce dictionnaire analyse le rôle joué par les drogues dans 134 pays dans des domaines aussi divers que les productions illicites, la toxicomanie, l'activité des mafias, la corruption du politique, le financement du terrorisme, les conflits armés [...]Article : Périodique
Within a neo-liberal economic orthodoxy, the gambling industry has succeeded in the discursive feat of transforming gambling from its previous pariah pastime status to normalized entertainment. This contemporary discourse of gambling as entertai[...]Article : Périodique
The high prevalence of alcohol consumption in the community suggests a need to adopt a population approach to reduce alcohol-related harm. Early intervention is a strategy which involves systematic screening of populations, followed by brief the[...]Article : Périodique
The study aimed to examine diversion and misuse of pharmaceutical stimulants among illicit psychostimulant users, providing the first data of this type. A total of 269 regular illicit psychostimulant users were administered a structured intervie[...]Article : Périodique
W. Y. WAN ; D. WEATHERBURN ; G. WARDLAW ; V. SARAFIDIS ; G. SARA |Background: Direct evidence of the effect of drug seizures on drug use and drug-related harm is fairly sparse. The aim of this study was to see whether seizures of heroin, cocaine and ATS predict the number of people arrested for use and possess[...]Article : Périodique
Introduction: We examine whether regular cigarette smokers were more likely to be exposed to and use cannabis at an earlier age, and further, upon initiation, whether their initial experiences with cannabis varied from those reported by never/no[...]Article : Périodique
R. ALATI ; E. MALONEY ; D. M. HUTCHINSON ; J. M. NAJMAN ; R. P. MATTICK ; W. BOR ; G. M. WILLIAMS |OBJECTIVE: This study examines whether a mother's style of parenting at child age 5 years predicts problematic patterns of drinking in adolescence, after controlling for relevant individual, maternal and social risk factors. METHODS: Data were[...]Périodique
This first international review of the evidence that needle syringe programs reduce HIV infection among injecting drug users found that conservative interpretation of the published data fulfills six of the nine Bradford Hill criteria (strength o[...]Article : Périodique
K. PIDD ; V. KOSTADINOV ; A. ROCHE |Background: There is growing interest in workplace policies as a strategy to prevent or manage alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems. This study is the first to explore the prevalence and impact of AOD policies in Australian workplaces using a n[...]Article : Périodique
Does availability of illicit drugs mediate the association between mental illness and substance use?
W. LIANG ; S. LENTON ; S. ALLSOP ; T. CHIKRITZHS |This study investigated the association between presence of mental illness, detected by an increased level of Kessler Psychological Distress Scale score, and prevalence of exposure to opportunity to obtain illicit drugs among adolescents and you[...]Périodique
BUCKMASTER L. ; M. THOMAS | 2007This Research Note provides an overview of recent research into the links between cannabis use and mental-health problems. It finds that there is growing evidence of an association between cannabis use and the development of mental disorders but[...]Périodique
R. MIDFORD | 2000FRANÇAIS : Les programmes de prévention, qui peuvent être efficaces sous certaines conditions, ont montré généralement, que les changements de comportement attendus touchent peu de jeunes et que l'effet n'est pas le même selon la drogue considé[...]Article : Périodique
E. ASPINALL ; A. WEIR ; R. SACKS-DAVIS ; T. SPELMAN ; J. GREBELY ; P. HIGGS ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; M. E. HELLARD |BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV). It is plausible that PWID who receive a diagnosis of HCV will reduce their injecting risk out of concern for their injecting partners, although evidence for this [...]Article : Périodique
FRANÇAIS : L'organisation "Education pour la Vie" propose un programme d'éducation en matière de drogue à environ un million d'élèves des écoles primaires australiennes. On estime que ce programme retarde l'expérimentation ou l'initiation au t[...]Article : Périodique
This study determines the relationship between the black market price for heroin and its corresponding purity in Australia for the period from July 1996 to June 2003 (seven years). The study used regression and correlation analyses to test the r[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH: Australia bans the sale, possession and use of liquid nicotine for vaping. One of the major arguments used to justify Australia's policy is that the availability of nicotine vaping products will lead a substantial number of young peopl[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS. To investigate changes in population smoking prevalence in jurisdictions which have implemented comprehensive smoke-free legislation, taking into account long-term trends in smoking behaviour. DESIGN. Interrupted time series analysis of po[...]Article : Périodique
L. DEGENHARDT ; H. ROMANIUK ; C. COFFEY ; W. D. HALL ; W. SWIFT ; J. B. CARLIN ; C. O'LOUGHLIN ; G. C. PATTON |BACKGROUND: There are limited longitudinal data on the associations between different social contexts of alcohol use and risky adolescent drinking. METHODS: Australian prospective longitudinal cohort of 1943 adolescents with 6 assessment waves [...]Périodique
KELAHER M. ; M. W. ROSS | 1999FRANÇAIS : Le but de cette étude était d'évaluer l'importance des facteurs contextuels, sociaux et psychologiques dans les décisions des usagers de drogue par injection (UDIs) concernant les comportements à risque liés au VIH. 84 UDIs ont été r[...]Article : Périodique
S. CHAIYASONG ; T. HUCKLE ; A. M. MACKINTOSH ; P. MEIER ; C. D. H. PARRY ; S. CALLINAN ; P. VIET CUONG ; E. KAZANTSEVA ; G. GRAY-PHILLIP ; K. PARKER ; S. CASSWELL |Introduction and Aims: Gender and age patterns of drinking are important in guiding country responses to harmful use of alcohol. This study undertook cross-country analysis of drinking across gender, age groups in some high-and middle-income cou[...]Périodique
ENGLISH : This exploratory research was conducted in response to concern about prevalences of illicit drugs in drivers killed in motor vehicle accidents in Victoria, Australia. Five focus groups (36 participants in all) and a field survey (160[...]Rapport
D. SANSFACON ; O. BARBECHAT ; D. LOPEZ ; C. VALADE | Saint-Denis : OFDT | Focus - Consommateurs et conséquences | 2005Si la question des risques ou des dommages sanitaires liés aux consommations de produits psychoactifs est relativement bien documentée, il n'en va pas de même pour celle des dommages sociaux associés à l'usage de drogues illicites ou à une conso[...]Rapport
L. PORTER ; M. ARGANDONA ; W. J. CURRAN ; OMS / WHO ; Substance Abuse Department Social Change Mental Health | Genève : OMS / WHO | 1999FRANÇAIS : Ce document se situe dans la continuité des travaux menés par l'OMS sur les législations en matière de santé, et représente à la fois une mise à jour et une extension du rapport publié en 1986 : "La loi et le traitement des personne[...]Article : Périodique
K. DOLAN ; J. KIMBER ; C. FRY ; J. FITZGERALD ; D. McDONALD ; F. TRAUTMANN |Rooms set aside for the consumption of illicit drugs have been referred to as drug consumption facilities, or rooms, health rooms or injecting rooms in Europe. Terms used in the Australian context include medically supervised injecting centres [...]