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L. MEWTON ; T. SLADE ; O. McBRIDE ; R. GROVE ; M. TEESSON |AIMS. To evaluate the proposed revisions to the DSM-IV alcohol use disorder criteria using epidemiological data. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS. Data came from the 1997 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being. The sample co[...]Article : Périodique
L. MEWTON ; T. SLADE ; M. TEESSON |OBJECTIVE: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the proposed cannabis use disorder criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) using epidemiological data. METHOD: Data came from t[...]Article : Périodique
The Standardised Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) were developed to test for alcohol intoxication but are currently being used by the State Police of Victoria (Australia) to test for driving impairment associated with drugs other than alcohol. The ai[...]Article : Périodique
Introduction and Aims. To identify general and specific features of health information warning labels on alcohol beverage containers that could potentially inform the development and implementation of a new labelling regime in Australia. Design[...]Article : Périodique
H. HAGAN ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; D. PURCHASE ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; T. REID ; T. A. BELL |FRANÇAIS : Nous faisons ici le compte rendu de la mise en oeuvre et de l'efficacité potentielle de la plus longue opération d'échange de seringues fonctionnant aux USA, de même que nous comparons nos résultats à ceux d'études portant sur des p[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Australia has a reputation as an anomaly with regard to cryptomarket drug trading, with seemingly disproportionately high levels of activity given its relatively small size, high prices and anecdotal accounts of it being a destinatio[...]NouveautéPériodique
C. SPOONER ; W. HALL ; R. P. MATTICK | 2001This paper provides a descriptive overview of options for diversion of drug-related offenders from the criminal justice system. Drug-related offences include drug offences (for example, possession of a prohibited substance); offences that are di[...]Article : Périodique
R. BADE ; J. M. WHITE ; B. J. TSCHARKE ; M. GHETIA ; A. ABDELAZIZ ; C. GERBER |Community tobacco use can be monitored over time using wastewater-based epidemiological approaches by estimating the mass loads of nicotine and its metabolites, cotinine, or hydroxycotinine, in wastewater. However, due to the use of nicotine in [...]Article : Périodique
C. WEBER ; J. L. SMITH ; J. SODERSTROM ; S. BURROWS ; D. MCCUTCHEON ; F. OOSTHUIZEN ; D. M. FATOVICH |Introduction: The burden of acute illicit drug use in Australia is largely unknown. Establishing a prospective drug surveillance system in emergency departments using analytical confirmation may facilitate the early identification of emerging dr[...]Livre
Anna Wood 15 ans, va finir sa scolarité et commencer à exercer le métier dont elle rêve. Elle est belle, vit dans une famille heureuse et compte d'innombrables amis. Le 21 octobre 1995, au cours d'une rave party, elle prend un comprimé d'ecstasy[...]Article : Périodique
M. SIAHPUSH ; M. WAKEFIELD ; M. SPITTAL ; S. DURKIN |OBJECTIVE: To assess the socioeconomic variations in call rates to the Quitline (Victoria, Australia) and in the impact of anti-tobacco television advertising on call rates. DESIGN: The outcome measure was the number of calls to the Quitline in [...]Article : Périodique
Technology-based interventions such as those delivered by telephone or online may assist in removing significant barriers to treatment seeking for cannabis use disorder. Little research, however, has addressed differing technology-based treatmen[...]Article : Périodique
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to determine whether trends in arrests for heroin, amphetamine-type substances (ATS) and cocaine can be used as indicators of trends in the use of these drugs. Design/methodology/approach - The question w[...]Article : Périodique
Arrest, court and social impacts of conviction for a minor cannabis offense under strict prohibition
FRANÇAIS : Des interviews qualitatives ont été menées auprès de 68 personnes de l'ouest de l'Australie, condamnées quelques mois auparavant pour infraction à la législation sur le cannabis, afin de déterminer l'impact social de ce jugement. La [...]Article : Périodique
Editor's note: This issue of Contemporary Drug Problems features the first article in a new series entitled 'Contemporary Issues'. Articles commissioned for this series will be authored by emerging or established researchers and will address co[...]Article : Périodique
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 [...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
M. ALAVI ; J. GREBELY ; M. MICALLEF ; A. J. DUNLOP ; A. C. BALCOMB ; C. A. DAY ; C. TRELOAR ; N. BATH ; P. S. HABER ; G. J. DORE |BACKGROUND: Access to hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment remains extremely limited among people who inject drugs (PWID). HCV assessment and treatment was evaluated through an innovative model for the provision of HCV care among PWID with chronic [...]Périodique
J. McGRATH ; J. WELHAM ; J. SCOTT ; D. VARGHESE ; L. DEGENHARDT ; M. R. HAYATBAKHSH ; R. ALATI ; G. M. WILLIAMS ; W. BOR ; J. M. NAJMAN | 2010Context: Prospective cohort studies have identified an association between cannabis use and later psychosis-related outcomes, but concerns remain about unmeasured confounding variables. The use of sibling pair analysis reduces the influence of u[...]Article : Périodique
J. M. YOUNG ; I. STACEY ; T. A. DOBBINS ; S. DUNLOP ; A. L. DESSAIX ; D. C. CURROW |Objectives: To investigate whether the introduction of tobacco plain packaging in Australia from 1 October 2012 was associated with a change in the number of calls to the smoking cessation helpline, Quitline, and to compare this with the impact [...]Périodique
M. DOBBIN ; R. F. MARTYRES ; D. CLODE ; F. E. CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY | 2003ENGLISH : Temazepam capsules have become a popular choice for benzodiazepine injection by injecting drug users, and serious vascular and tissue damage leading to ulcers and gangrene can result. We compared the self-reported benzodiazepine inje[...]Article : Périodique
M. R. HAYATBAKHSH ; R. ALATI ; D. M. HUTCHINSON ; K. JAMROZIK ; J. M. NAJMAN ; A. A. MAMUN ; M. O'CALLAGHAN ; W. BOR |This 2006 study examined 1) whether maternal use of tobacco and consumption of alcohol when a child is 5 and 14 years of age predict cannabis use in young adults, and 2) whether this association is explained by possible confounding or mediating [...]Article : Périodique
K. SMIT ; H. JIANG ; M. ROCKLOFF ; R. ROOM ; S. MACLEAN ; A. M. LASLETT |INTRODUCTION: Understanding how patterns of drinking are associated with risky gambling in Australia is needed to inform an effective approach to minimise harm. METHODS: This cross-sectional questionnaire study reports on 2,704 subsampled parti[...]Périodique
Associations between tobacco and cannabis use in remote indigenous populations in Northern Australia
A. R. CLOUGH | 2005ENGLISH : Aims : To assess whether cannabis use, recently taken up by many indigenous Australians in remote communities, has reinforced tobacco use. Design : Cross-sectional study. Setting : Three eastern Arnhem Land communities (Northern Terr[...]Périodique
S. DARKE ; J. ROSS ; M. LYNSKEY ; M. TEESSON | 2004ENGLISH : Aims: To determine the lifetime and recent histories of attempted suicide among entrants to treatment for heroin dependence in three treatment modalities and a non-treatment comparison group; and to ascertain factors associated with [...]Article : Périodique
Introduction and Aims. Justice Health NSW has one of the most extensive prison-based methadone programmes in the world. We examine prison health staff attitudes towards methadone treatment and compare these with community methadone staff. Design[...]Périodique
LENNE M. G. ; C. L. M. FRY ; P. DIETZE ; RUMBOLD G. | 2001ENGLISH : This paper describes a study that was conducted in Melbourne to examine the attitudes of cannabis users to proposed changes to the drugs and driving legislation in Victoria, Australia. The frequency with which young cannabis users dr[...]Article : Périodique
T. LEA ; M. HAMMOUD ; A. BOURNE ; L. MAHER ; F. JIN ; B. HAIRE ; N. BATH ; J. GRIERSON ; G. PRESTAGE |BACKGROUND: Gay and bisexual men (GBM) report distinctive patterns and contexts of drug use, yet little has been published about their attitudes toward drug use. OBJECTIVES: We developed measures of attitudes and perceived social norms toward d[...]Périodique
D. JACKA ; D. CLODE ; S. PATTERSON ; K. WYMAN | 1999FRANÇAIS : L'étude évalue les connaissances pratiques et les attitudes des médecins généralistes formés à la prise en charge des toxicomanes. Les connaissances générales, l'assurance et l'efficacité relatées par les jeunes médecins et les méde[...]Article : Périodique
S. LENTON ; V. A. FRANK ; M. J. BARRATT ; H. V. DAHL ; G. R. POTTER |Background: How cannabis cultivation is dealt with under various examples of cannabis legalization or regulation is an important consideration in design of such schemes. This study aimed to (i) investigate support among current or recent cannabi[...]Article : Périodique
INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: The study aimed to determine injecting drug users' (IDU) attitudes, and correlates of attitudes, towards continued prohibition, decriminalisation or legalisation of the major illicit drugs. DESIGN AND METHODS: This study [...]Article : Périodique
In this paper, we investigate the relationship between cannabis use and attitudes to legalizing the use of cannabis. Predictions from theory provide a means of learning about the roles of information, self interest and regret in explaining diffe[...]Rapport
The number of Australians who die from drug overdose each year continues its long-term rise, with 37,000 drug-induced deaths since 2001. Australia's Annual Overdose Report 2023 presents a wide range of detailed data on these deaths, with a focus[...]Article : Périodique
Background: In December 2012, Australia introduced world-first legislation mandating plain packaging for all tobacco products. To date, there is very little evidence on youth responses to the changed packs. Aim: To assess attitudes towards, and[...]Rapport
A. PEACOCK ; J. UPOROVA ; A. KARLSSON ; O. PRICE ; D. GIBBS ; R. SWANTON ; R. CHAN ; R. BRUNO ; P. DIETZE ; S. LENTON ; C. SALOM ; L. DEGENHARDT ; M. FARRELL | Sydney : National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales | 2021The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a national illicit drug monitoring system intended to identify emerging trends of local and national concern in illicit drug markets, and forms part of Drug Trends. The IDRS consists of annual intervie[...]Article : Périodique
A notable feature of Australian drug policy is the limited public and professional attention given to the financial costs of drug abuse and to the levels and patterns of government expenditures incurred in preventing and responding to this. Sinc[...]Congrès
G. LOUGH ; CEWG, Organisateur de réunion ; Australian national drug strategy and the illicit drug reporting system (15-18 Dec. 1998; Miami) | Bethesda, MD : NIDA | 1999FRANÇAIS : La Stratégie Nationale Australienne de Lutte contre la Drogue a pris fin en 1997. Après examen approfondi et consultation du public, un nouveau Plan Stratégique National de Lutte contre la Drogue a été approuvé par le Conseil Ministé[...]Périodique
J. COPELAND ; CONROY A. | 2001ENGLISH : Data about drug treatment populations and the services they receive are an important source of information for the understanding and addressing of drug-related harms. In 1998 the Minimum Data Set Project for Alcohol and Other Drug Tr[...]Article : Périodique
Issues. To reduce the occurrence and costs related to substance use and associated harms it is important to intervene early. Although a number of international school-based prevention programs exist, the majority show minimal effects in reducing[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS: To track smokers' responses to the increasing price of cigarettes after a tax increase, and assess socio-demographic differences in responses. DESIGN: The Cancer Institute NSW's Tobacco Tracking Survey (CITTS) is a continuous tracking te[...]Article : Périodique
E. SWIFT ; R. BORLAND ; K. M. CUMMINGS ; G. T. FONG ; A. McNEILL ; D. HAMMOND ; J. F. THRASHER ; T. R. PARTOS ; H. H. YONG |Background: Plain packaging (PP) for tobacco products was fully implemented in Australia on 1 December 2012 along with larger graphic health warnings. Using longitudinal data from the Australian arm of the ITC Four Country Survey, we examined at[...]Rapport
M. DUNN ; L. DEGENHARDT ; G. CAMPBELL ; J. GEORGE ; J. JOHNSTON ; S. KINNER ; A. MATTHEWS ; J. NEWMAN ; N. WHITE | Sydney : NDARC (National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre) | 2007The Australian Drug Trends 2006 report presents the findings from the fourth year in which data has been collected in all states and territories in Australia on the markets for ecstasy and related drugs. The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting S[...]Périodique
COLTIER A. | 2006FRANÇAIS : L'Australie se trouve aujourd'hui face à un phénomène qui rappelle sous bien des aspects l'ancien débat sur la créatine. Quelques études polémiques et beaucoup de fantasmes. L'Australie se trouve en première ligne. L'Angleterre aussi[...]Article : Périodique
R. WINTER ; S. FRASER ; N. BOOKER ; C. TRELOAR |Despite two decades of prevention activities and education, rates of hepatitis C infection remain high among people who inject drugs. In this article we draw on the findings of an extensive review of the content of print hepatitis C prevention m[...]Périodique
M. G. LAW ; M. LYNSKEY ; R. ROSS ; W. HALL | 2001FRANÇAIS : Cette étude propose une estimation a posteriori du nombre de toxicomanes qui s'injectaient de l'héroïne, en Australie, au cours des années 1960-1997. L'analyse est menée à partir des statistiques nationales concernant les morts par [...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : In a recent study of the social and psychological experience of having the hepatitis C virus (HCV), application of grounded theory methodology revealed that the basic social and psychological problem experienced by participants was t[...]Article : Périodique
This article engages in a sociological analysis of young women's experiences of initiation; its aim is to complement epidemiological research on women injectors’ relative vulnerability to drug-related risk through an exploration of the social co[...]Article : Périodique
ISSUES: Road crashes contribute significantly to the total burden of injury in Australia, with the risk of injury being associated with the presence of drugs and/or alcohol in the driver's blood. Increasingly, some of the most commonly detected [...]Article : Périodique
The role of the criminal law in the regulation of drugs and addiction is both well known and the subject of considerable academic debate. Judges are frequently enjoined to make decisions about different kinds of addictions, and the relationships[...]