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ENGLISH : Objective: The onset of smoking in adolescence leads to significant health problems in later life and so adolescent smoking prevention is a crucial concern of health psychology. Yet the evidence on smoking prevention in adolescence i[...]Périodique
K. W. CLEMENTS | 2006ENGLISH : In many markets, unit prices decline as the quantity purchased rises, a phenomenon that can be considered part of the economics of packaging. This article reviews the economic foundations of quantity discounts and proposes new ways o[...]Périodique
R. MIDFORD ; G. MUNRO ; N. McBRIDE ; SNOW P. ; LADZINSKI U. | 2002ENGLISH : This study identifies the conceptual underpinnings of effective school-based drug education practice in light of contemporary research evidence and the practical experience of a broad range of drug education stakeholders. The researc[...]Périodique
A. MINO ; B. BALEYDIER | 1995Le texte présenté dans cet article intitulé "Friends and lowers : needle sharing in young people in Western Australia" (Loxley W., Ovenden C., AIDS care, 1995, 7, 3, 337-351) est une étude descriptive et qualitative qui vise à cerner les représe[...]Chapitre
FRANÇAIS : La proportion de séropositifs en prison est en relation directe avec la séropositivité dans la population locale d'injecteurs de drogues, liée surtout à la prévalence des injecteurs parmi les détenus. Il y a une évidente association[...]Article : Périodique
T. BUTLER ; A. KARIMINIA ; M. LEVY ; J. KALDOR |Objective: Determine the incidence of hepatitis C virus antibodies among a cohort of prisoners. Design: Follow-up study of a random sample of prisoners who participated in a cross-sectional survey in 1996. Setting: 29 correctional centres in New[...]Article : Périodique
F. Y. LAI ; R. BRUNO ; W. HALL ; C. GARTNER ; C. ORT ; P. KIRKBRIDE ; J. PRICHARD ; P. K. THAI ; S. CARTER ; J. F. MUELLER |Aims: To examine changes in illicit drug consumption between peak holiday season (23 December-3 January) in Australia and a control period two months later in a coastal urban area, an inland semi-rural area and an island populated predominantly [...]Rapport
This report describes the rationale, methodology and findings of a crossnational multicentre clinical trial of brief intervention procedures designed to reduce the health risks associated with hazardous alcohol use. The study was coordinated by[...]Article : Périodique
AIMAS: The purpose of this article is to review community-based evaluations of street drinking bans, with a view to understanding the effectiveness of these laws in reducing alcohol-related harm and benefiting the community. METHODS: Sixteen ev[...]Congrès
BULL A.D. | 1992FRANÇAIS : L'objectif de la fondation est de promouvoir la prévention contre l'alcoolisme et l'abus de drogues et de réduire les souffrances qui en découlent. 4 de ses actions majeures sont décrites dans cette communication: - "Kangaroo Creek [...]Article : Périodique
G. C. PATTON ; L. BOND ; J. B. CARLIN ; L. THOMAS ; H. BUTLER ; S. GLOVER ; R. CATALANO ; G. BOWES |ENGLISH : OBJECTIVES: We sought to test the efficacy of an intervention that was designed to promote social inclusion and commitment to education, in reducing among students health risk behaviors and improving emotional well-being. METHODS: Th[...]Périodique
B. DENTON ; P. O'MALLEY | 2001FRANÇAIS : L'implication des usagers de drogues dans des délits d'atteintes aux biens de la personne (en général, vols) est souvent expliquée comme une source de revenu permettant de poursuivre l'usage et/ou, plus simplement, comme un à côté p[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : Aims: We aimed to study the prevalence, characteristics and outcomes of patients presenting with non-fatal heroin overdose. Design: Prospective observational study. Setting: Emergency Department (ED). Participants: Patients attending[...]Périodique
B. K. ALEXANDER ; J. Y. TSOU | 2001Medical provision of orally-administered stimulants is a harm reduction technique that could reduce suffering and slow the spread of AIDS among cocaine misusers in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. However, experimentation with stimulant maintenance will[...]Article : Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Ce document, illustré par 2 étude de cas, discute du conflit entre la responsabilité éthique et la responsabilité légale des chercheurs engagés dans des travaux sur l'usage de drogue illicite. La responsabilité éthique première est [...]Article : Périodique
A. BARTU ; N. C. FREEMAN ; GAWTHORNE G. S. ; CODDE J. P. ; C. D'ARCY ; HOLMAN J. |ENGLISH : Aims. To determine if amphetamine and opioid users attending a drug treatment service were more likely to be admitted to psychiatric services than users not receiving treatment. Method. Client records from Next Step Specialist Drug a[...]Périodique
M. BRADY | 1991FRANÇAIS : Les aborigènes australiens sont relativement exposés aux problèmes de drogue et d'alcool. Il apparaît que la consommation excessive d'alcool fait quasiment partie des moeurs des aborigènes. Quant à la drogue, les aborigènes consommen[...]Article : Périodique
Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: There is on-going controversy in relation to the efficacy of naltrexone used for the treatment of heroin addiction, and the important covariates of that success. We were also interested to review our experience with two depot forms o[...]Article : Périodique
C. MEURK ; B. PARTRIDGE ; A. CARTER ; W. HALL ; K. MORPHETT ; J. LUCKE |Introduction and Aims: We investigated the Australian public's understandings of addiction to alcohol and heroin and the factors predicting support for the idea that these types of addiction are ‘diseases’ and specifically 'brain diseases'. De[...]Rapport
A. L. BRETTEVILLE-JENSEN ; C. COSTA STORTI ; T. KATTAU ; S. MIKULIC ; F. TRIGUEIROS ; F. PAPAMALIS ; L. PISCOCIU ; S. TSAREV | Lisbon : OEDT / EMCDDA | Joint publications | 2017Evaluating drug policy is an integral part of a cost-efficient approach to tackle illicit drugs. This report takes a first step towards a systematic analysis, by examining a set of representative attempts to estimate public expenditure on supply[...]Article : Périodique
Introduction: Policy should be informed by the people it directly affects; however, the voices of people who use illicit drugs have been marginalised from drug policy debate. In Australia, the majority of survey data regarding attitudes to drug [...]Chapitre
Selon les Etats (en Australie) la législation varie de la prohibition stricte à la libéralisation totale de la consommation de marijuana et les résultats montrent que la prohibition avec décriminalisation est la meilleure solution, et que la lég[...]Périodique
H. H. THEIN ; J. KIMBER ; L. MAHER ; M. MACDONALD ; J. M. KALDOR | 2005Objective:To describe public opinion towards supervised injecting centres (SICs) and the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) before and after the opening of the MSIC. Methods: In 2000 and 2002, telephone interviews were conducted[...]Article : Périodique
M. R. DEKKER ; A. JONES ; P. K. MAULIK ; S. PETTIGREW |Background: Public support for greater alcohol controls is a key consideration in governments' decisions to introduce new alcohol-related regulations, policies, and programs. The aim of this study was to asses public support for a range of recom[...]Article : Périodique
E. SILINS ; A. M. BLEEKER ; J. COPELAND ; P. DILLON ; K. DEVLIN ; F. VAN BAKKUM ; J. NOIJEN |La présente étude a examiné l'importance des qualités des éducateurs de pairs parmi les consommateurs d'ecstasy en Australie et aux Pays-Bas. Une expérience en matière de consommation de drogues illicites, une affinité avec la sous-culture où l'[...]Périodique
J. BELL | 2000FRANÇAIS : Les attitudes négatives de la communauté thérapeutique par rapport aux héroïnomanes et au traitement à la méthadone sont des obstacles majeurs à la délivrance d'un traitement de qualité. La raison en est que les règlements et les pro[...]Article : Périodique
Chez les jeunes la consommation actuelle de cannabis dépasse l'usage récréatif et la dimension toxicomaniaque (usage quotidien) est mise en évidence dans des enquêtes pour 5 à 10% d'entre eux. Les conséquences peuvent être des manifestations man[...]Périodique
L. DEGENHARDT ; L. TOPP ; C. DAY | 2003FRANÇAIS : Dans le présent article, les auteurs traitent de la difficulté de cerner et de démontrer les changements affectant la disponibilité ou l'offre de drogues sur le marché. Ils distinguent entre l'offre et la demande (ou consommation), l[...]Bulletin : Périodique
Bulletin des Stupéfiants, Vol.60, n°1-2 - 2008 - Les questions de mesure dans l'analyse des politiques relatives aux drogues
M. BOUCHARD, Éditeur scientifique | 2008Périodique
T. TUCKER ; A. RITTER ; C. MAHER ; H. JACKSON | 2004ENGLISH : This study evaluated the additional effectiveness of a 12-week manualized group counseling program over a structured naltrexone treatment program. The randomized controlled trial, the first of its kind in Australia, was conducted at [...]Périodique
T. TUCKER ; C. L. FRY ; N. LINTZERIS ; S. BALDWIN ; A. RITTER ; DONATH S. ; G. WHELAN | 2004ENGLISH : Aim : To develop and evaluate a brief intervention for reducing risk behaviours associated with HCV transmission in injecting drug users (IDU). Design : Randomized controlled trial of an individually tailored brief behavioural interv[...]Périodique
J. COPELAND ; W. SWIFT ; R. ROFFMAN ; R. STEPHENS | 2001The increasing demand for treatment for cannabis dependence in Australia and internationally has led to the identification of significant gaps in knowledge of effective interventions. A randomized controlled trial of brief cognitive-behavioral i[...]Périodique
A. BAKER ; T. G. BOGGS ; T. J. LEWIN | 2001ENGLISH : Aims. To identify whether brief cognitive-behavioural interventions are feasible among regular users of amphetamine, to assess the effectiveness of intervention overall and to pilot two- and four-session interventions. Design. Subjec[...]Article : Périodique
R. HUMENIUK ; R. ALI ; T. F. BABOR ; M. L. SOUZA FORMIGONI ; R. B. DE LACERDA ; W. LING ; B. McREE ; D. NEWCOMBE ; H. PAL ; V. POZNYAK ; S. SIMON ; J. VENDETTI |AIMS: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a brief intervention (BI) for illicit drugs (cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine-type stimulants and opioids) linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Scr[...]Article : Périodique
Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of a telephone-based intervention consisting of four sessions of motivational interviewing (MI) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) designed to assist individuals to reduce their cannabis use and related proble[...]Périodique
A. J. RITTER ; N. LINTZERIS ; N. CLARK ; KUTIN J. J. ; G. BAMMER ; PANJARI M. | 2003FRANÇAIS : Les 93 participants de l'étude ont été recrutés auprès de 29 médecins généralistes et suivis à 3, 6 et 12 mois. La rétention en traitement, l'auto-évalution d'un usage d'héroïne et la survenue d'effets secondaires graves sont les tro[...]Rapport
Le présent rapport analyse successivement les politiques de lutte contre le tabagisme sous différents prismes complémentaires. Il rappelle, dans un premier chapitre, les objectifs de santé publique assignés à la lutte contre le tabagisme dans un[...]Article : Périodique
S. DARKE ; K. L. MILLS ; J. ROSS ; M. TEESSON |The study aimed to determine mortality rates, standardised mortality ratios (SMRs), and correlates of mortality amongst the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS) cohort of 615 heroin users over the period 2001-2009. The cohort was followed f[...]Article : Périodique
E. ZAHRA ; S. DARKE ; L. DEGENHARDT ; G. CAMPBELL |Background: The most commonly used illicit substance worldwide is cannabis. To date, no national level study of cannabis-related death has been undertaken in Australia. The current study aimed to investigate the rates, characteristics and manner[...]Article : Périodique
S. DARKE ; J. DUFLOU ; A. PEACOCK ; A. CHRZANOWSKA ; M. FARRELL ; J. LAPPIN |AIMS: To (i) assess the population mortality rates of cocaine-related deaths in Australia, 2000 to 2021; (ii) determine the circumstances of death and case characteristics; and (iii) determine their toxicological profile. DESIGN: Retrospective [...]Article : Périodique
J. FETHERSTON ; S. CARRUTHERS ; T. BUTLER ; D. WILSON ; N. SINDICICH |Aims: Determine the prevalence and frequency at which injecting drug users (IDU) continue to inject whilst incarcerated and to identify factors associated with in-prison injecting. Design: A nationally coordinated cross-sectional convenience s[...]Article : Périodique
FRANÇAIS : L'échantillon de l'étude a été recruté par des "flyers" dans des cafés, des magasins de vêtements et de musique, et au hasard. 83 personnes qui avaient participé à une soirée rave au cours des 6 mois précédents ont été interrogées. [...]Périodique
A. GIBSON ; L. DEGENHARDT ; C. DAY ; R. McKETIN | 2005ENGLISH : Heroin causes its users and the community a disproportionate amount of harm, and evidence suggests that heroin markets have increased in scale over recent decades. Most of the world's heroin is produced in South West (SW) Asia (Afgha[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : The use of "club drugs" such as MDMA, ketamine, and GHB appears to have increased in Western countries over the last 20 years, and Australia is no exception to that trend. While levels of use appear to be relatively low in the genera[...]Article : Périodique
Introduction and Aims: Binge drinking is elevated among recreational drug users, but it is not clear whether this elevation is related to intoxication with recreational drugs. We examined whether stimulant intoxication and cannabis intoxication [...]Périodique
A. R. EVANS ; R. TAIT ; P. HARVEY ; J. NEWBURY | 2005ENGLISH : A study of recreational drug use among workers in the Port Lincoln mariculture and seafood industries was conducted by self report questionnaire. High rates of cannabis and alcohol use were revealed during the shore based fish farmin[...]Rapport
L. RABINOVICH ; TIESSEN J. ; JANTA B. ; CONKLIN A. ; KRAPELS J. ; VAN STOLK C. | Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation | Technical Reports | 2008The National Audit Office (NAO) is undertaking a value for money (VfM) study to examine alcohol-harm prevention and treatment services that are supported by the Department of Health and the NHS in England, focusing specifically on NHS services f[...]Rapport
L. JONES ; A. ATKINSON ; K. HUGHES ; G. WHELAN ; M. A. BELLIS | Liverpool : Centre for Public Health | 2010Techniques used to reduce harm in drinking environments range from rigorous police enforcement of licensing and other legislation to cooperative approaches that seek to train staff in licensed premises and engage nightlife industries in socially[...]Périodique
W. HALL | 2001FRANÇAIS : Le débat politique autour du cannabis tourne autour de deux axes : les conséquences sur les usages et la société et les conséquences de la prohibition. Les incidences les plus probables de l'usage de cannabis sont, selon les données[...]Périodique
W. HALL | 1999FRANÇAIS : Dans la population australienne âgée de 15 à 44 ans, le nombre de décès par overdose d'opiacés est passé de 6 à 600 entre 1964 et 1997, ce qui représente une augmentation du taux de mortalité de 0,1% à 7, 3%. On peut attribuer ce phé[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS: This study investigated the association between alcohol consumption and health status using cross-sectional national survey data. MEASUREMENTS AND DESIGN: This study relied upon self-report data collected by the 2004 and 2007 Australian Na[...]Rapport
CCLAT-CCSA ; A. C. OGBORNE ; V. CARVER ; J. WIEBE | Ottawa, ON : Santé Canada ; Health Canada | 2001Objectifs : Notre projet avait pour but d'étudier, dans différents pays, (1) les contextes politiques entourant l'élaboration et la mise en œuvre de politiques et de programmes de réduction des méfaits, (2) la situation actuelle de certaines in[...]Article : Périodique
Introduction: Country legislation to introduce plain packaging of tobacco products has been vigorously attacked by the tobacco industry claiming that there is no measurable impact on smoking rates on the basis of two industry-funded working pape[...]Périodique
J. SHAW | 1988FRANÇAIS : Les conditions qui entourent la fabrication et la mise sur le marché pharmaceutique d'un médicament en AustralieArticle : Périodique
Workplace drug testing in Europe is governed by a patchwork of legislation - or lack of it. Other difficulties are caused by language, currency and a host of other factors, including the difficulty in defining 'safety critical'. The European Wor[...]Article : Périodique
L. MAFFINA ; F. P. DEANE ; G. C. LYONS ; T. P. CROWE ; P. J. KELLY |This study collected data on drug and alcohol workers' (n = 55) and clients' (n = 139) perspectives on what constitutes a "recovery" from substance use disorder. Data were collected during 2010 from four residential faith-based treatment program[...]Périodique
S. CHATTERJI ; J. B. SAUNDERS ; VRASTI R. ; B. F. GRANT ; D. HASIN ; D. MAGER | 1997FRANÇAIS : La fiabilité de l'AUDADIS-ADR, instrument de diagnostic psychiatrique, a été testée par double interviews dans 3 sites : Bangalore en Inde, Jebel en Roumanie et Sydney en Australie. Les résultats sont les suivants : la fiabilité tota[...]Périodique
E. LANG ; M. ENGELANDER ; T. BROOKE | 2000FRANÇAIS : Même si de nombreuses stratégies ont été utilisées dans d'autres pays pour traiter la dépendance au cannabis, jusqu'à récemment, peu de traitements étaient disponibles en Australie. Cet article discute de la mise au point et de l'év[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Cet article rend compte de travaux du Comité NACAIDS (en Fevrier 1988) à Sydney. 60 participants représentaient tous les états et territoires australiens. Les travaux étaient divisés en trois sections: prévention, traitement, éducati[...]Article : Périodique
INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: The news media is often touted as an important, yet inaccurate source of information about drug issues for the general public. This paper investigates the accuracy of reporting in the Australian media regarding the value o[...]Article : Périodique
Contemporary research in the drugs field has demonstrated a number of gender differences in patterns and experiences of substance use, and the design and provision of gender-responsive interventions has been identified as an important policy iss[...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
Highlights: We compared cannabis growers from online purposive and probability survey modes. Age, education, employment and some drug use indicators were similar. Digital methods increase the representativeness of research with hidden populat[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : Hepatitis C is now the most commonly reported infectious disease in Australia and more than 90% of all infections are the result of injecting drug use. Efforts in Australia to reduce the transmission of this virus among injecting pop[...]Article : Périodique
FRANÇAIS : L'auteur souligne l'importance de mener des recherches dans le domaine de la réduction des risques liés à l'usage de l'ensemble des substances psychoactives (licites et illicites), afin de faire évoluer la politique et les pratiques.[...]Article : Périodique
M. S. ODELL ; M. Y. FREI ; D. GEROSTAMOULOS ; M. CHU ; D. I. LUBMAN |An understanding of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) kinetics and residual levels after cannabis use is essential in interpreting toxicology tests in body fluids from live subjects, particularly when used in forensic settings for drug abuse, traffic a[...]Article : Périodique
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a relatively new form of sampling hidden populations. RDS has the ability to produce valid population estimates, provided that certain assumptions are met. This study examined whether an RDS survey of people w[...]Périodique
SKINNER N. ; A. M. ROCHE ; T. FREEMAN ; D. ADDY | 2005ENGLISH : Aims: This study examined the antecedents of health professionals motivation and satisfaction in responding to alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues. Building on Shaw and colleagues seminal work, the study examined the influence of edu[...]Article : Périodique
D. TUTT ; L. BAUER ; J. R. DiFRANZA |To examine the impact of enforcement of age-restricted tobacco sales on adolescent tobacco purchasing and smoking, we compared the Central Coast intervention area to the rest of New South Wales (NSW) and Australia. We collected data on students [...]Article : Périodique
Introduction and Aims. The study aimed to ascertain the association between baseline client characteristics, drug use and psychopathology on length of stay, treatment completion and early separation in drug free therapeutic communities. Design[...]Article : Périodique
Une étude à long terme a été effectuée sur un échantillon de 307 héroïnomanes admis dans un programme de maintenance à haute dose de méthadone, en Australie, dans les années 70. Utilisant les données cliniques, les registres officiels de décès e[...]Rapport
University of New South Wales (UNSW) ; National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research | Australian Government | 2009This project aimed to: 1. Estimate the population benefits of needle and syringe programs (NSPs) on HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) related outcomes among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Australia and in each State and Territory over the period [...]Rapport
Health Outcomes International PTY Ltd ; National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research ; M. DRUMMOND | Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia | 2002In 2000, the Department of Health and Ageing engaged Health Outcomes International Pty Ltd (HOI) in association with the National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) to undertake a study into the economic effectiveness (or[...]Rapport
F. MATTHEW-SIMMONS ; S. LOVE ; A. RITTER | Sydney : NDARC (National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre) | Drug Policy Modelling Program Monograph Series | 2008Public opinion can be an important determinant of social policy - governments are more likely to pursue policy options when they perceive public opinion to be supportive. In the illicit drugs area public opinion may be a more important factor in[...]Rapport
Y. McGRATH ; H. SUMNALL ; K. EDMONDS ; J. McVEIGH ; M. A. BELLIS ; National Collaborating Centre for Drug Prevention | London : NHS, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence | 2006FRANÇAIS : Ce rapport fait une revue de la littérature grise sur la prévention de l'usage de drogues chez les jeunes dans l'objectif de renforcer et compléter les connaissances sur l'efficacité de la prévention mises en évidence par les revues [...]Rapport
SUTTON A. ; E. McMILLAN | Canberra : Department of Health and Aged Care, Drug and Alcohol Services Council, South Australia | 1998FRANÇAIS : Cette étude évalue essentiellement les mesures de police et autres pratiques de justice criminelle menées dans le cadre du système de procédures pénales concernant le cannabis. A la suite d'interviews menées auprès de professionnels[...]Rapport
ENGLISH : This report summarizes the existing evidence on methadone maintenance treatment for opioid dependent persons, in order to provide a knowledge base for the development of practice guidelines development. The Swiss Federal Office of Pu[...]Article : Périodique
T. EVANS-WHIPP ; J. M. BEYERS ; S. LLOYD ; A. N. LAFAZIA ; J. W. TOUMBOUROU ; M. W. ARTHUR ; R. F. CATALANO |Youth substance use is an important social and health problem in the United States, Australia and other Western nations. Schools are recognized as important sites for prevention efforts and school substance use policies are a key component of he[...]Périodique
B. WHITE ; L. DEGENHARDT ; C. BREEN ; R. BRUNO ; J. NEWMAN ; P. PROUDFOOT | 2006ENGLISH : A cross-sectional survey of 372 regular ecstasy users was conducted to examine the benefits and risks perceived to be associated with the use of party drugs. A wide range of benefits and risks were reported across six drug types with[...]Rapport
C. TRELOAR ; J. ABELSON ; J. CRAWFORD ; KIPPAX S. ; J. HOWARD ; I. VAN BEEK ; J. COPELAND ; WEATHERALL A. M. ; A. MADDEN | Sydney : National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSR) | 2003This project, funded by NHMRC and NSW Health, aimed to investigate and report on a number of aspects of initiation and transition to injecting drug use among young people. The report focuses on issues of: - transition to injecting what drugs we[...]Article : Périodique
This paper reassesses the origins of what has been referred to as the Australian heroin drought. It looks at the theories that circulated in drug policy circles immediately after the supply shortage was discovered in 2001. It concludes that ther[...]Périodique
C. DUFF ; B. ROWLAND | 2006ENGLISH : The paper reports the findings of survey research recently completed in Melbourne, Australia, among a sample of 455 club and rave festival patrons. This research aims to provide a clearer account of the prevalence of drug driving wit[...]Périodique
R. S. BROADHEAD ; T. H. KERR ; J. P. C. GRUND ; F. L. ALTICE | 2002The continuing threat posed by HIV, HCV, drug overdose, and other injection-related health problems in both the United States and Canada indicates the need for further development of innovative interventions for drug injectors, for reducing dise[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Cryptomarkets are digital platforms that use anonymising software (e.g. Tor) and cryptocurrencies (e.g. Bitcoin) to facilitate trade of goods and services, most notably illicit drugs. Cryptomarkets may reduce systemic violence compar[...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
Aims Decisions on whether and how to 'schedule' drugs (i.e. to determine their legal status and penalties to be applied for sale or possession) are often heavily criticized. We sought to assess more comprehensively the results of such decisions [...]Article : Périodique
C. SPAN ; B. FARAH ; N. IVETIC ; O. STRONACH |Background: Discourses around MDMA are often predominantly concerned with identifying risk and characterizing harm. Reluctance from Australian governments to reform drug policy and implement harm reduction services has created a policy and servi[...]Périodique
BRADSHAW C. S. ; L. I. PIERCE ; TABRIZI S. N. ; FAIRLEY C. K. ; S. M. GARLAND | 2005ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: Injecting drug users (IDUs) are a marginalised population, who infrequently access health services for screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBVs), and are at high risk of these inf[...]Rapport
Self-exclusion programs are an essential part of any harm-minimisation strategy offered by a gaming operator or jurisdictional regulator. Although self-exclusion programs have been in use since 1996, there are remarkably few comprehensive evalua[...]Article : Périodique
Self-reported ecstasy use: the impact of assessment method on dosage estimates in recreational users
While research has associated recreational ecstasy use with negative outcomes, there remain a number of methodological limitations of human studies. The present study examined the impact of self-report methodology on lifetime ecstasy dosage figu[...]Chapitre
J. FITZGERALD | 2000FRANÇAIS : L'auteur retrace l'histoire de l'utilisation de la recherche qualitative en Australie, les thèmes abordés et la difficulté de son impact sur la politique anti-drogue de ce pays. ENGLISH : John Fitzgerald comments on the relatio[...]Périodique
Serious adverse events in the Australian National Evaluation of Pharmacotherapies for Opioid (NEPOD)
E. DIGIUSTO ; A. SHAKESHAFT ; A. RITTER ; S. O'BRIEN ; R. P. MATTICK ; NEPOD RESEARCH GROUP | 2004ENGLISH : Aims : The study estimated serious adverse event (SAE) rates among entrants to pharmacotherapies for opioid dependence, during treatment and after leaving treatment. Design : A longitudinal study based on data from 12 trials included[...]Article : Périodique
F. L. SHAND ; L. DEGENHARDT ; T. SLADE ; E. C. NELSON |Introduction and aims To examine differences in the characteristics and histories of male and female dependent heroin users, and in the clinical characteristics associated with multiple substance dependence diagnoses. Design and methods 1513 h[...]Périodique
E. DIGIUSTO ; N. LINTZERIS ; C. BREEN ; J. KIMBER ; R. P. MATTICK ; J. BELL ; R. ALI ; J. B. SAUNDERS | 2005ENGLISH : This study included 380 participants in five heroin detoxification trials whose data were pooled to enable direct comparison of five detoxification methods in the Australian National Evaluation of Pharmacotherapies for Opioid Depende[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Very few countries regulate maximum cigarette pack size. Larger, non-standard sizes are increasingly being introduced by the tobacco industry. Larger portion sizes increase food consumption; larger cigarette packs may similarly incre[...]Périodique
D. C. DES JARLAIS | 1998ENGLISH : Providing single-use injection equipment to persons who inject illicit drugs would appear to be an effective method for reducing HIV transmission. However, interviews with manufacturers, syringe exchange program staff, and drug users[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : L'utilisation de la méthadone dans le traitement de la toxicomanie a provoqué nombre de controverse. Il existe de considérables variations entre les programmes à la méthadone et d'autre part leur organisation et leur fonctionnement s[...]Rapport
R. P. MATTICK ; J. KIMBER ; J. KALDOR ; M. MACDONALD ; D. WEATHERBURN ; H. LAPSLEY | Sydney : NDARC (National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre) | Technical Reports | 2001• During the first six months of operation, 1503 individuals were assessed and registered to use the services at the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre. • Registered clients made 11,237 visits to the MSIC during which their injection of drug[...]Article : Périodique
K. A. KASZA ; S. A. McKEE ; C. RIVARD ; A. J. HYLAND |Background: Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption are positively correlated, and the concurrent use of tobacco and alcohol exacerbates the health risks associated with the singular use of either product. Indoor smoke-free policies have been [...]Article : Périodique
H. WEBB ; B. M. JONES ; K. MCNEILL ; L. LIM ; A. J. FRAIN ; K. J. O'BRIEN ; D. P. SKORICH ; P. HOFFMANN ; T. CRUWYS |This study tests a social identity based mechanism for the effectiveness of plain tobacco packaging legislation, introduced in Australia in December 2012, to reduce cigarette smoking. 178 Australian smokers rated their sense of identification wi[...]Article : Périodique
Support for plain cigarette packaging increased significantly among Australian smokers after legislation came into force, researchers have shown. Australia brought in plain packaging of tobacco products on 1 December 2012. The new law prohibite[...]