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AIMS: To examine differences in alcohol-related mortality risk between areas, while adjusting for the characteristics of the individuals living within these areas. DESIGN: A 5-year longitudinal study of individual and area characteristics of tho[...]Livre
D. J. KORF | Lengerich : Pabst Science Publishers | European Society for Social Drug Research (ESSD) Series | 2008After its re-introduction in the 1960s, cannabis has become the most widely used illicit drug in Europe. Along with the spread of cannabis use, its social meaning has changed over time. Today old paradigms are having renewed appeal, in particula[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS: The past several years have seen changes and additions to drug policy in the UK; however, the opinion and attitude of those who use the drug is rarely discussed. The aim of this article is to examine attitudes to cannabis policy among adul[...]Périodique
ENGLISH : During 1995 a survey of illicit drug use was conducted among teenagers in Europe. The United Kingdom and 22 other countries participated. British teenagers reported the highest rates of drug use. The survey was repeated in 1999. The [...]Rapport
This bulletin provides a comprehensive overview of many different aspects of cannabis use in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It presents data gathered in the All-Ireland Drug Prevalence Survey 2006/2007 relating to cannabis use on a lifetime (ever[...]Document texte divers
European Network for Smoking Prevention | Bruxelles : European Network for Smoking Prevention (ENSP) | 2006Tableau récapitulatif de la législation en cours ou des propositions encore en discussion concernant la consommation de tabac dans les lieux publics ou sur les lieux de travail dans 27 pays européens (pour le Royaume Uni, distinction entre l'Ang[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND Drug scenes within several countries have changed in recent years to incorporate a range of licit psychoactive products, collectively known as "legal highs." Hundreds of different legal high products have been described in the literat[...]Périodique
K. MAC ELRATH ; K. MAC EVOY | 2001FRANÇAIS : L'ecstasy est l'une des drogues les plus utilisées à travers le monde et surtout depuis les années 80. L'objectif de l'étude est d'explorer le mythe et le folklore qui se sont développés autour de la consommation de cette drogue. La[...]Article : Périodique
B. ROONEY ; P. SOBIECKA ; K. ROCK ; C. COPELAND |Background: The UK, as the 'cocaine capital of Europe', currently accounts for ~75% of all cocaine-related hospital admissions in Europe. This study aims to analyse trends in cocaine-related deaths in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland over 20[...]Article : Périodique
A. BOYD ; S. VAN DE VELDE ; M. PIVETTE ; M. TEN HAVE ; S. FLORESCU ; S. O’NEILL ; J. M. CALDAS-DE-ALMEIDA ; G. VILAGUT ; J. M. HARO ; J. ALONSO ; V. KOVESS-MASFETY |Background: In many epidemiological studies, women have been observed to consume psychotropic medication more often than men. However, the consistency of this relationship across Europe, with differences in mental health care (MHC) resources and[...]Article : Périodique
There is a need to ensure public health policies are robustly evaluated to establish their benefits and harms on the population and subgroups. We aimed to assess the comparability of Northern Ireland (NI) and Republic of Ireland (RoI) alcohol-re[...]Article : Périodique
A. CAMPBELL ; N. O NEILL ; K. HIGGINS |Background: The EU Early Warning System currently monitors more than 560 new psychoactive substances, far outweighing the total number of illicit drugs under international control. Due to the recent emergence of NPS and rapidly changing nature o[...]NouveautéLivre
J. STRANG ; M. GOSSOP ; V. BERRIDGE ; T. BEWLEY ; BURR A. ; M. GILMAN ; P. GRIFFITHS ; R. LART ; R. LEWIS ; P. McDERMOTT ; H. PARKER ; D. PATTERSON ; G. PEARSON ; RATHOD N. H. ; R. ROBERTSON ; B. SPEAR ; G. STIMSON ; D. TURNER ; T. WALLER | London : Routledge | 2005FRANÇAIS : Depuis un demi siècle le système britannique de gestion de l'addiction aux opiacés est connu pour sa souplesse et sa capacité d'adaptation aux changements du contexte environnant. C'est la raison pour laquelle il a suscité un intérêt[...]Rapport
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S. ALLWRIGHT ; G. PAUL ; B. GREINER ; MULLALLY B. J. ; PURSELL L. ; A. KELLY ; B. BONNER ; D'EATH M. ; B. McCONNELL ; J. P. McLAUGHLIN ; D. O'DONOVAN ; E. O'KANE ; I. J. PERRY | 2005ENGLISH : Objectives: To compare exposure to secondhand smoke and respiratory health in bar staff in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland before and after the introduction of legislation for smoke-free workplaces in the Republic. Desig[...]Article : Périodique
N. O'NEILL ; Complexity: Researching alcohol and other drugs in a multiple world (August 21-23, 2013; Aarhus, Denmark) |Around 2009, mephedrone, as well as an array of other novel psychoactive substances, emerged on some "recreational" drug scenes across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, United States (US), and Asia, reportedly bringing with them a host of original[...]Article : Périodique
New psychoactives within polydrug use trajectories - Evidence from a mixed-method longitudinal study
K. HIGGINS ; N. O'NEILL ; L. O'HARA ; J. A. JORDAN ; M. McCANN ; T. O'NEILL ; M. CLARKE ; T. O'NEILL ; G. KELLY ; A. CAMPBELL |AIMS: To provide public health-related research evidence on types and usage patterns of new psychoactive substances (NPS), developmental pathways into NPS and decision-making factors for, and associated harms of, NPS use. DESIGN: Three-phase mi[...]Article : Périodique
This study focuses on individuals' preferences for mephedrone, a new psychoactive substance that has emerged in several countries. We examine the reasons for mephedrone preferences, and describe the positive and negative effects of the drug expe[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS: The aim of the study was to assess whether alcohol-related mortality data in the UK should be extended to include contributory as well as underlying cause of death. METHODS: A total of 101,320 deaths registered in Northern Ireland between [...]Périodique
K. MAC ELRATH | 2001ENGLISH : Compared to elsewhere in the United Kingdom, drug policy in Northern Ireland has for the most part failed to incorporate harm reduction strategies. In light of the conservative drug policies, the purpose of this study was to investig[...]Rapport
The report suggests that homeless people who inject drugs are more likely to share needles and syringes: One in four IDUs who reported being homeless said that they had shared needles and syringes in the last month, compared with one in six who [...]Périodique
R. COOMBER ; K. MOORE ; S. MILES ; N. SOUTH ; J. WITTON ; J. STRANG ; D. BEST ; T. BESWICK ; M. GOSSOP ; S. REES ; T. MAY ; M. HOUGH ; G. PEARSON ; D. HOBBS ; MC ELRATH K. | 2004Article : Périodique
D. LEWER ; S. CROXFORD ; M. DESAI ; E. EMANUEL ; V. D. HOPE ; A. McAULEY ; E. PHIPPS ; E. J. TWEED |BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Mortality and drug treatment data suggest that the median age of people who inject drugs is increasing. We aimed to describe changes in the characteristics of people injecting drugs in the United Kingdom (UK). DESIGN: Repea[...]Article : Périodique
C. O'HALLORAN ; K. CULLEN ; J. NJOROGE ; L. JESSOP ; J. SMITH ; V. HOPE ; F. NCUBE |Background: Overdose is a major cause of death among PWID, and for opioid overdoses naloxone administration can reduce harm. However, globally there is limited national level data on the extent of non-fatal overdose and naloxone uptake. The firs[...]Nouveauté