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The direct costs and health effects of a primary-care-based brief intervention for hazardous alcohol consumption were examined. The total cost of the intervention was calculated from costs associated with: marketing the intervention programme; p[...]Article : Périodique
The cost-effectiveness of strategies to market and train primary care physicians in brief intervention for hazardous alcohol consumption was examined. Physicians were randomly assigned to one of three marketing strategies designed to promote the[...]Article : Périodique
INTRODUCTION: Calls to provide sanctioned drug-checking (pill testing) at Australian music festivals have been met with resistance from most governments due to concerns that such services would increase use of ecstasy and other drugs. We investi[...]Périodique
D. WADE ; S. HARRIGAN ; J. EDWARDS ; P. M. BURGESS ; G. WHELAN ; P. D. McGORRY | 2006BACKGROUND: Study of the course of substance misuse and daily tobacco use in first-episode psychosis may enhance detection and treatment of these substance-related problems. METHODS: This 15-month follow-up study examined the course of substance[...]Périodique
SUTTON A. ; E. McMILLAN | 2000FRANÇAIS : L'arrêté sur le cannabis, permet, depuis 1987, aux adultes cultivant, détenant ou consommant de petites quantités de cannabis pour usage personnel, d'éviter une procédure judiciaire en payant une contravention. Ce texte a fait l'obje[...]Article : Périodique
Purpose: To compare risk and protective factors that influence youth substance use in Australia and the United States. The two countries have different policy orientations toward substance use: Australia has adopted harm-reduction policies, and [...]Article : Périodique
S. ARORA ; A. ROXBURGH ; R. BRUNO ; S. NIELSEN ; L. BURNS |Introduction and Aims: The study aims to examine the medical and non-medical use of over-the-counter (OTC) codeine combination drugs in a sample of people who inject drugs; and to examine risk factors associated with exceeding the recommended do[...]Périodique
SLAVIN S. | 2004ENGLISH : Crystal methamphetamine is used by gay men in Sydney in a variety of social and sexual contexts and by various means including injection. This paper presents detailed ethnographic data that explore some of the social and cultural cha[...]Article : Périodique
Background: A growing number of novel substances have been abused as recreational drugs by young people in the United States (US), Europe, and Australia. Called "legal highs," these substances range from plant-based to completely synthetic compo[...]Article : Périodique
G. J. DEVILLY ; A. WALTERS ; C. ALLEN |Introduction: The phenomenon of youth preloading with alcohol is related to increased rates of assault, injury and arrest. We have no empirical, field-based, research on the impact of preloading and alcohol use at a large-scale public event. Me[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Objectifs : déterminer le nombre et les causes des décès survenus au cours d'un traitement de maintenance à la méthadone (TMM). Une enquête transversale a été réalisée sur un échantillon de 238 patients décédés entre 1990 et 1995, al[...]Périodique
J. R. M. CAPLEHORN | 1998FRANÇAIS : Les causes du décès sont recherchées à partir des 14 cas de toxicomanes sous méthadone décédés en 1994 dans le New South Wales. Pour 10 d'entre eux, les causes sont attribuées directement aux effets toxiques de la méthadone. Des sign[...]Article : Périodique
C. TRELOAR ; H. WILSON ; L. MAO |Aims: Currently, efforts to prevent hepatitis C virus (HCV) focus on the message that all sharing of injecting equipment is risky. This obscures the strategies undertaken by people who inject drugs (PWID) to reduce risk of transmission to themse[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Analyse de la diminution de la disponibilité de l'héroïne et de son impact sur les consomations et les types d'usage ainsi que sur le marché de la drogue et la criminalité auprès de 41 usagers par voie injectable et de 10 informateur[...]Périodique
C. TRELOAR ; M. HOLT | 2006ENGLISH : Aims: To ascertain service providers' views on barriers and incentives to illicit drug users accessing or remaining in treatment. Methods: Interviews with service providers in Australia were conducted. Results: Two main themes were e[...]Article : Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Quelles sont les stratégies existantes ou les stratégies alternatives pour instaurer de bonnes pratiques dans la vente des médicaments en vente libre (OTC - Over the Counter) susceptibles d'être détournés ? Un questionnaire a été ad[...]Article : Périodique
L'opinion publique sur la criminalisation ou la décriminalisation de l'usage de drogues est rarement basée sur des faits scientifiquement prouvés. Des notions préconçues en matière d'acceptation ou de tolérance de produits narcotiques déploient [...]Périodique
ENGLISH : Aim. The study aimed to assess the efficacy of the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) as a diagnostic measure of cocaine dependence and determine the cut-off score that best discriminates between the presence and absence of a DSM-lV [...]Périodique
M. RAVEN | 2001There are multiple sources of information relevant to the drug field. All are potentially biased, and much of what is written is questionable. Consequently practitioners in the drug field need to be able to analyse information critically. Howeve[...]Article : Périodique
N. C. NEWTON ; L. VOGL ; M. TEESSON ; G. ANDREWS |The Climate Schools: Alcohol and Cannabis Module is a universal harm-minimization school-based prevention program for adolescents aged 13-15 years. The core content of the program is delivered over the Internet using cartoon storylines to engage[...]Périodique
M. HUDOBA ; B. GRENYER ; M. O'TOOLE | 2004The First Step programme is a new approach to needle and syringe exchange services established to help intravenous drug users reduce harmful drug use behaviours, provide psychoeducation and act as a point of transition enhancing access to other [...]Article : Périodique
H. PROUDFOOT ; L. VOGL ; W. SWIFT ; G. MARTIN ; J. COPELAND |The widespread and harmful use of cannabis amongst young people in the community has been well established. In order to assist in identifying young people at risk of harm for their cannabis use, the present paper documents the development of a s[...]Article : Périodique
Purpose of Review: To describe recent developments in the treatment of cannabis abuse and dependence in the general and special populations. Recent Findings: The research literature on randomised controlled trials of interventions for cannabis[...]Article : Périodique
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 [...]Article : Périodique
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[...]Rapport
E. SCHATZ ; M. NOUGIER | London : International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) | Briefing Paper | 2012FRANÇAIS : Depuis une dizaine voire une vingtaine d'années, les salles de consommation à moindre risque (SCMR) font partie intégrante des stratégies de traitement de la dépendance aux drogues et de réduction des risques dans plusieurs pays en E[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Cette enquête transversale auprès de 300 usagers courants de drogues montre que 88 % des usagers qui conduisent l'ont fait sous l'effet de drogues au cours de 12 mois précédents. Les drogues les plus consommées sont le cannabis, l'hé[...]Périodique
J. DAVEY ; A. DAVIES ; N. FRENCH ; C. WILLIAMS ; C. P. LANG | 2005ENGLISH : The bulk of research into drug driving in Australia has been undertaken from a road safety orientation where drug driving is viewed within the broader context of road safety and driver behaviour. Such a specific focus precludes the b[...]Périodique
G. HAWTHORNE | 2001FRANÇAIS : Les mesures budgétaires destinées à la prévention des usages de drogues ont été récemment renforcées en Australie. L'objectif est de promouvoir l'abstinence, alors que certaines directives nationales allaient dans le sens de la rédu[...]Périodique
P. C. SNOW ; S. D. WALLACE ; G. D. MUNRO | 2001Students with special developmental needs (e.g. learning disabilities, attentional disorders, intellectual disability, conduct disorders, sensory deficits, acquired brain injury) face particular challenges with respect to academic achievement an[...]Chapitre
FRANÇAIS : L'OMS a lancé en 1994 une étude dans 12 villes réparties sur 5 continents concernant l'injection de drogues et le risque d'infection au VIH-1. Cinq types d'éléments ont été pris en considération : la catégorie socio-démographique de[...]Livre
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C. E. HUGHES ; A. RITTER ; N. MABBITT |Background: Coordination has been recognised as a critical ingredient for successful drug policy governance. Yet what coordination means and how we assess the processes, outputs and outcomes of drug policy coordination is seldom defined. In this[...]Livre
J. WHITE ; R. ALI ; P. CHRISTIE ; S. CORMACK ; M. CAUGHWIN ; J. MENDOZA ; R. SWEENEY | Parkside SA : Drug and alcohol council | 1992FRANÇAIS : Ce livre contient des informations inestimables pour tous ceux qui travaillent dans la prévention, le traitement et la recherche en toxicomanie. Les moyens pouvant être mis en place par les différents secteurs y sont étudiés : polit[...]Livre
ENGLISH : After 69 years of banning cannabis and 42 years of banning heroin in Australia, it is clear that prohibition has been a resounding and expensive failure. Regulating cannabis sales in the first instance and providing heroin through cl[...]Périodique
L. MAHER | 1994FRANÇAIS : Ce document examine d'abord la littérature concernant les sujets relatifs à l'alcoolisme et à la dépendance de substances chez les femmes incarcérées. En Australie, il existe plus de programmes de traitement pour les hommes toxicoman[...]Périodique
DONNERMEYER J. F. ; E. M. BARCLAY ; JOBES P. C. | 2002ENGLISH : This article examines the relationship of drug use with the social and economic characteristics of rural communities in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Data is derived from the 1996 Australian Census of Population and Housing, and [...]Périodique
S. REDMAN ; G. R. WEBB ; OAK S. ; R. W. SANSON-FISHER | 1990FRANÇAIS : Cette comparaison entre l'attribution des crédits de recherche d'une part, et les besoins tels qu'ils sont perçus par les spécialistes, porte sur l'ensemble des toxicomanies (alcool, drogues dures et douces, médicaments.) Elle met en[...]Rapport
Drug testing in the workplace is an increasingly common practice, which legal systems across the world have had to address. This Report focuses on the legal position in the United Kingdom and Europe but also includes a comparative review of sele[...]Rapport
A. M. ROCHE ; K. PIDD ; BYWOOD P. ; DURAISINGAM V. ; T. STEENSON ; T. FREEMAN ; R. NICHOLAS | Canberra : Australian National Council on Drugs | 2008The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) was commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) in March 2007 to undertake an independent, comprehensive and critical examination of all relevant issues invo[...]Rapport
It is estimated that over 1 million people receive treatment for drug-related problems in the European Union every year. With shrinking public budgets, increasing pressure on health systems, changes in the drugs used and the need to provide on-g[...]Périodique
R. G. SMART ; A. C. OGBORNE | 2000FRANÇAIS : L'article résume des données sur l'usage d'alcool et de drogues recueillies auprès de lycéens de 36 pays. Les taux d'usage de drogue variaient beaucoup en fonction du pays d'appartenance, mais la consommation d'alcool et de cannabis[...]Livre
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A. BAKER ; N. KOCHAN ; J. DIXON ; A. WODAK ; N. HEATHER | 1994FRANÇAIS : Bien que la prévalence du VIH soit basse, les pratiques à risque sont courantes. Les facteurs prédictifs de l'injection à risque sont l'usage intense d'héroïne, la polytoxicomanie et la relation sexuelle avec un partenaire toxicoman[...]Article : Périodique
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ENGLISH : Background: This paper examines the differences in demographics, drug use patterns and self reported risk behaviours between regular injecting drug users (IDU) who report engaging in sex work for money or drugs and regular injecting [...]Rapport
FRANÇAIS : Substances illicites, stéroïdes anabolisants, médicaments détournés de leur usage thérapeutique : la problématique de l'abus de drogues en relation avec le sport prend une dimension grandissante et soulève de réelles questions en sa[...]Rapport
C. TRELOAR ; P. HULL ; H. WILSON ; J. BRYANT | Sydney : National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSR) | 2009Key findings: Illicit drug use was common among attendees of the Big Day Out who resided in Queensland, with 61.5% reporting that they had used at least one illicit drug in the previous 12 months. The most commonly used drugs were cannabis (by 4[...]Livre
M. HAMILTON ; T. KING ; A. RITTER ; S. ALBERTI ; L. BERENDS ; Y. BONOMO ; CVETKOVSKI S. ; P. DIETZE ; DONATH S. ; GARDINER P. ; M. KEENAN ; KELLEHEAR A. ; KUTIN J. J. ; E. LANG ; LASLETT A. M. ; N. LEE ; N. LINTZERIS ; OTMAR R. ; M. PATTERSON ; RUMBOLD G. ; P. SPRY-BAILEY ; G. WHELAN | Oxford - New York : Oxford University Press | 2004ENGLISH : Drug Use in Australia describes policy, prevention and treatment responses to drug use, and details the social and political implications of these approaches. Key sociological, historical and psychological theories are described, wit[...]Rapport
J. MOUZOS ; N. HIND ; L. SMITH ; K. ADAMS | Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology | Research and public policy series, ISSN 1326-6004 | 2007The Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program has been in operation since 1999. Over the years it has provided police, policy makers, criminal justice practitioners and other professionals with systematic empirical data on illegal drug use[...]Périodique
A. BAKER ; N. K. LEE ; M. CLAIRE ; T. J. LEWIN ; T. GRANT ; POHLMAN S. ; J. B. SAUNDERS ; F. KAY-LAMBKIN ; CONSTABLE P. ; L. JENNER ; V. J. CARR | 2004FRANÇAIS : Cette étude reprend les résultats dune enquête menée en 1998 à Newcastle, NSW, et les compare à ceux dune enquête transversale menée doctobre 2001 à septembre 2002 auprès de 214 usagers réguliers damphétamines. Les problèmes de santé[...]Périodique
J. FLEMING ; C. WATSON ; D. McDONALD ; K. ALEXANDER | 1991FRANÇAIS : Etude statistique sur la consommation d'alcool, de kava, d'analgésiques et de tabac dans les populations aborigènes. A partir de questionnaires on établit la prévalence, la fréquence de consommation, les quantités, en relation avec [...]Livre
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Background: Music festivals have received relatively little research attention despite being key sites for alcohol and drug use among young people internationally. Research into music festivals and the social contexts of drug use more generally,[...]NouveautéPériodique
SLAVIN S. | 2004ENGLISH : Based on fieldwork in Sydney Australia, this article presents an ethno-graphic account of a night out in a gay nightclub. Detailed description covers recreational injecting drug use, sex and dancing, the club itself, and the surround[...]Article : Périodique
R. ALATI ; J. M. NAJMAN ; S. A. KINNER ; MAMUN A. A. ; G. M. WILLIAMS ; M. O'CALLAGHAN ; W. BOR |Few studies have explored early predictors of problem drinking in youth, and fewer still have simultaneously considered the role of biologic, familial, and intrapersonal factors. The present study explored early life course and later life course[...]Périodique
FEDIC F. ; B. FLAHERTY | 1991FRANÇAIS : Rapport préliminaire à l'établissement d'une banque de données sur les tendances de l'usage de drogue en Australie. Ce système permettrait d'adapter plus efficacement les programmes de lutte. Six indicateurs sont relevés : rapport de[...]Périodique
M. ROTILY | 1998FRANÇAIS : L'auteur commente une étude menée en Australie dans une cohorte rétrospective d'usagers de drogues et soulignant le décalage actuel entre le succès - même partiel- des stratégies de prévention de l'infection VIH et l'échec de la prév[...]Livre
Do marijuana users cut back on consumption when the price rises? To what degree is marijuana consumption related to drinking and tobacco usage? What would happen if marijuana were legalised and taxed in the same way as alcohol and tobacco? Is ma[...]Article : Périodique
Aims: People who use heroin are frequently incarcerated multiple times. Reducing re-incarceration of this group is important for reducing both health risks associated with incarceration and the costs of correctional administration. Opioid substi[...]Périodique
C. M. FICHTENBERG ; S. A. GLANTZ | 2002ENGLISH : Objective: To quantify the effects of smoke-free workplaces on smoking in employees and compare these effects to those achieved through tax increases. Design: Systematic review with a random effects meta-analysis. Study selection: 26[...]Article : Périodique
Lowering of the legal minimum drinking age to 18 years in two Australian States significantly increased male juvenile crime by 20-25%. In the case of a third State the limited data available yielded similar results. Particularly as the above inc[...]Article : Périodique
Lowering of the drinking age in three Australian States was found to adversely affect traffic safety. In the case of the South Australian reduction from 20 to 18 years the significant increase in the number of male drivers and motorcyclists inju[...]Article : Périodique
S. CASSWELL ; T. HUCKLE ; K. PARKER ; T. GRAYDON-GUY ; J. LEUNG ; C. PARRY ; P. TORUN ; G. SENGEE ; C. PHAM ; G. GRAY-PHILLIP ; S. CALLINAN ; S. CHAIYASONG ; A. M. MACKINTOSH ; P. MEIER ; S. RANDERSON |BACKGROUND: Alcohol policies stand out among other noncommunicable disease-relevant policies for the lack of uptake. Composite indicators have been developed to measure the effects of alcohol control policy. We investigated whether drinking patt[...]Périodique
R. J. TAIT ; G. K. HULSE ; ROBERSTON S. I. | 2004Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief intervention enhanced by a consistent support person in facilitating attendance for substance use treatment following a hospital alcohol or other drug (AOD) presentation. Participants: We recruite[...]Article : Périodique
S. ROOKE ; J. COPELAND ; M. NORBERG ; D. HINE ; J. McCAMBRIDGE |BACKGROUND: Self-help strategies offer a promising way to address problems with access to and stigma associated with face-to-face drug and alcohol treatment, and the Internet provides an excellent delivery mode for such strategies. To date, no s[...]Article : Périodique
Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of an online school-based prevention program for ecstasy (MDMA) and new psychoactive substances (NPS). Design: Cluster randomized controlled trial with two groups (intervention and control). Setting: Eleven s[...]Article : Périodique
S. CHAPMAN ; M. KING ; B. ANDREWS ; E. McKAY ; P. MARKHAM ; S. WOODWARD |The study aimed to assess rates of illegal cigarette sales to children and the impact on these rates of publicity and a warning letter threatening prosecution. Children aged 12 and 13 made two repeat purchasing attempts, three months apart, at 2[...]Périodique
C. DAY ; L. DEGENHARDT ; S. GILMOUR ; W. HALL | 2004ENGLISH : We found a sustained reduction in the number of needles and syringes distributed in NSW [New South Wales] after a considerable decrease in heroin supply. Given the widespread and easy availability of needles and syringes in NSW, the [...]Périodique
L. DEGENHARDT ; C. DAY ; P. DIETZE ; POINTER S. ; CONROY E. ; L. COLLINS ; W. HALL | 2005ENGLISH : Background: In early 2001 in Australia there was a sudden and dramatic decrease in heroin availability that occurred throughout the country that was evidenced by marked increases in heroin price and decreases in its purity. Aim: This[...]Rapport
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S. BINYET ; R. DE HALLER | 1993ENGLISH : This review is intended to assist those interested in smoking prevention in young people in choosing the most efficient and cost-effective methods. The importance of a critical analysis of the abundant literature available on the top[...]Périodique
N. DOWLING ; D. SMITH ; T. THOMAS | 2005FRANÇAIS : Les machines à sou électroniques sont considérées comme étant la forme la plus addictive du jeu. Pour vérifier cette hypothèse les auteurs étudient le lien entre le jeu électronique et les problèmes de jeu pathologique à travers un [...]Article : Périodique
R. BRUNO ; A. J. MATTHEWS ; M. DUNN ; R. ALATI ; F. McILWRAITH ; S. HICKEY ; L. BURNS ; N. SINDICICH |Background: The past decade has seen the development of an array of emerging psychoactive substances (EPS), however, there is minimal information on the extent of their use outside Europe. This study aimed to determine the extent of use of EPS f[...]Article : Périodique
As in many other societies, Australian states have alcohol licensing laws, which specify who can sell alcoholic beverages and under what conditions. Police commonly have the authority to enforce licensing provisions, but are often distracted fro[...]