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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[...]Article : Périodique
Non-drinkers report experiencing stigma, which can act as a barrier to non-drinking. Two studies were undertaken to develop and test a new scale to measure attitudes towards non-drinkers. In Study 1, 29 items were presented to 426 Australian dri[...]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 [...]