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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[...]