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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[...]