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D. M. FERGUSSON ; J. M. BODEN ; L. J. HORWOOD | 2009Context: There has been a great deal of research on the comorbidity between alcohol abuse or dependence (AAD) and major depression (MD). However, it is unclear whether AAD increases the risk of MD or vice versa. Objective: To examine the associa[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS Few studies have examined the statistical association between methamphetamine/amphetamine use and acquisitive crime. Both methamphetamine/amphetamine and cannabis use have been implicated by New Zealand Police as factors in acquisitive offe[...]Article : Périodique
C. L. PAUL ; B. BONEVSKI ; H. E. TURON ; J. BRYANT |Introduction and Aims. Despite the persistent socioeconomic gradient associated with smoking, little is known about how to 'close the gap'. There is a debate regarding the implications of directing resources away from general population efforts [...]Livre
As cannabis legalization reforms are underway, there is some concern that non-profit, 'middle ground' options may remain under-researched and thus less visible. This book offers an in-depth account of one of the possible 'middle ground' models f[...]Périodique
KEALL M. D. ; FRITH W. J. ; T. L. PATTERSON | 2005ENGLISH : Many studies show that driving at night is more risky in terms of crash involvements per distance travelled than driving during the day. The reasons for this include the more prevalent use of alcohol by drivers at night, the effects [...]Périodique
SHEERIN I. G. ; F. T. GREEN ; J. D. SELLMAN | 2003ENGLISH : This paper estimates future health service costs of the current practice in New Zealand of not funding treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. Costs are estimated separately for Maori and non-Maori, male and female IDUs. Mar[...]Article : Périodique
The review in this issue of the International Journal of Drug Policy (Grund, Latypov, & Harris, 2013) highlights the disturbing harms caused by the increasing use of 'krokodil' by people who inject drugs (PWID) in Eurasia. The growing use of thi[...]Article : Périodique
S. ALDINGTON ; M. WILLIAMS ; NOWITZ M. ; M. WEATHERALL ; A. PRITCHARD ; MCNAUGHTON A. ; G. ROBINSON ; R. BEASLEY |BACKGROUND: Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug worldwide. Long term use of cannabis is known to cause chronic bronchitis and airflow obstruction, but the prevalence of macroscopic emphysema, the dose-response relationship and the dose[...]Article : Périodique
J. SHERIDAN ; C. Y. DONG ; R. BUTLER ; J. BARNES |Background: The last decade has seen the emergence of a new phenomenon in recreational substance use with the availability of herbal and synthetic, unregulated, psychoactive drugs in the market place; alongside this, international concern has de[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Legal highs containing benzylpiperazine (BZP) were widely sold in New Zealand until BZP was prohibited in 2008. We examined the impact the prohibition had on the availability and price of BZP over following years. Methods: Two nati[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Benzylpiperazine (BZP) is the psychoactive ingredient in a range of ‘legal highs' sold worldwide. BZP was prohibited in New Zealand in 2008. Aim: To investigate the impact of the prohibition of BZP legal highs on the prevalence of [...]Article : Périodique
New Zealand has recently established the world's first regulated legal market for new psychoactive products (NPS) (i.e. ‘legal highs’). While the new regime is currently in a transitional phase, a range of retail restrictions and an interim lice[...]Article : Périodique
Significant changes in the key alcohol policy areas of availability, advertising and taxation have taken place in New Zealand from 1985 to 1991. These changes are described in the context of the social climate which was one of extreme fiscal cri[...]Article : Périodique
C. WILKINS ; J. SHERIDAN ; P. ADAMS ; B. RUSSELL ; S. RAM ; D. NEWCOMBE |The New Zealand government has proposed a new psychoactive substances regime, which will place the onus onto manufacturers to prove that their products pose a low risk of harm, prior to receiving approval which allows the products to be legally [...]Article : Périodique
In New Zealand, awareness of gambling-related problems has increased in association with the legalization of new forms of gambling. This paper presents the methods and selected results from a national survey of gambling and problem gambling comp[...]Périodique
POULSEN H. A. ; G. J. SUTHERLAND | 2000FRANÇAIS : Le pouvoir stupéfiant du chanvre et des produits du chanvre saisis en Nouvelle-Zélande est étudié sur une période de 20 ans. La première partie de l'étude comprend principalement de l'huile et de la résine de chanvre importées et les[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : Piperazine-based 'party pills' containing 1-benzylpiperazine (BZP) and 1-(m-trifluorophenylmethylphenyl)piperazine (TFMPP) have become increasingly popular in New Zealand and many other countries. The aim of this study was to collect[...]Article : Périodique
G. CHRISTIE ; R. MARSH ; J. SHERIDAN ; A. WHEELER ; T. SUAALII-SAUNI ; S. BLACK ; R. BUTLER |AIMS: To describe the development and evaluation of the Substances and Choices Scale (SACS), an adolescent alcohol and other drug (AOD) self-report instrument designed in a similar format to the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). [...]Article : Périodique
Hazardous consumption of alcohol by teenagers is a significant public health problem in New Zealand. Concern about supply of alcohol to minors motivated 'Think before you buy under-18s drink', a campaign to reduce alcohol-related harm by discour[...]Article : Périodique
Prohibition of a continuous stream of new psychoactive substances is both difficult and costly. Shakila Rizwan and Andrea Vernall look at New Zealand's attempt to regulate instead. Many countries are experiencing a surge in the recreational u[...]Article : Périodique
Background: There is evidence of associations between tobacco and cannabis use that are consistent with both a classical stepping-stone scenario that posits the transition from tobacco use to cannabis use ('gateway' effect of tobacco) and with t[...]Rapport
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform launches the Report of its Inquiry into New Psychoactive Substances ('legal highs') on the 14th January 2013. The Inquiry began in 2011 and was initiated in response to the rapid developme[...]Article : Périodique
The harm that drugs cause to users and society is the typical rationale for the regulation of illicit drugs and the punishment of drug offenders. However, what factors actually influence people's punishment responses to drug offenses? A sample o[...]Périodique
S. BLACK ; S. CASSWELL | 1992FRANÇAIS : Une enquête a été effectuée sur un échantillon de population générale de 5126 néo-zélandais âgés de 15 à 45 ans, dans deux régions, afin d'évaluer leur consommation d'alcool, tabac, marihuana et autres drogues illicites. Les problèm[...]Rapport
FRANÇAIS : Ce rapport présente en introduction l'abus de solvants de manière générale : produits consommés, type d'usage, histoire, prévalence à travers plusieurs zones géographiques dans le monde, effets sur la santé, enjeux pour la recherche[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : Introduction: The tobacco industry usually keeps its commercial and political communications separate. However, the images of the smoker developed by the two types of communication may contradict one another. This study assesses indu[...]Article : Périodique
K. KYPRI ; T. VATER ; S. J. BOWE ; J. B. SAUNDERS ; J. A. CUNNINGHAM ; N. J. HORTON ; J. McCAMBRIDGE |Importance: Unhealthy alcohol use is a leading contributor to the global burden of disease, particularly among young people. Systematic reviews suggest efficacy of web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention and call for effectiveness tri[...]Article : Périodique
This article presents findings from a study that examined the assistance aspirations of clients attending an outpatient alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment service. Key research questions were as follows: What type(s) of assistance do clients[...]Rapport
What do we know about gambling and problem gambling in New Zealand is the seventh and final report from the New Zealand Gaming Survey. The study provides a synthesis of major findings from the New Zealand Gaming survey and other recent New Zeala[...]Périodique
SHEERIN I. G. ; F. T. GREEN ; J. D. SELLMAN | 2004ENGLISH : The cost-effectiveness of hepatitis C virus (HCV) anti-viral therapy for injecting drug users (IDUs) on methadone maintenance is important because the majority have chronic infections that remain untreated. Cost-effectiveness analysi[...]Article : Périodique
The problem of defining what psychoactive products and substances should be covered by legislation aimed at controlling new psychoactive substances (NPS; 'legal highs') is central to the current debate on designing new legislative responses to N[...]Article : Périodique
R. HEBDEN ; A. C. LYONS ; I. GOODWIN ; T. McCREANOR |University students frequently engage in normalized practices of heavy drinking, and social networking sites are becoming increasingly important in this context. The present study explored the role of Facebook within student drinking cultures by[...]Article : Périodique
Global evidence suggests that experiences of access to Needle Exchange services are gendered and that women who inject drugs (WWID) access needle exchange services differently to men. Despite being a significant proportion of injecting drug user[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS: To examine the associations between working hours and alcohol-related problems during early adulthood. DESIGN AND SETTING: Longitudinal study of a birth cohort born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1977 and studied to age 30. PARTICIPAN[...]Livre
T. DECORTE, Éditeur scientifique ; G. R. POTTER, Éditeur scientifique ; M. BOUCHARD, Éditeur scientifique ; P. REUTER, Préfacier, etc. | Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd | 2011For the majority of its history, the cultivation of cannabis did not stand out, at least compared to the cultivation of other illegal plants. Cannabis plantations, like coca bush or opium poppy plantations, were typically large in size, grown by[...]Article : Périodique
E. SILINS ; L. J. HORWOOD ; G. C. PATTON ; D. M. FERGUSSON ; C. A. OLSSON ; D. M. HUTCHINSON ; E. SPRY ; J. W. TOUMBOUROU ; L. DEGENHARDT ; W. SWIFT ; C. COFFEY ; R. J. TAIT ; P. LETCHER ; J. COPELAND ; R. P. MATTICK ; Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium |Background: Debate continues about the consequences of adolescent cannabis use. Existing data are limited in statistical power to examine rarer outcomes and less common, heavier patterns of cannabis use than those already investigated; furthermo[...]Rapport
Legal background: The Sale of Liquor Amendment Act 1999 introduced a number of major changes that came into effect on 1 December 1999 concerning the minimum age that people may legally drink alcohol. Firstly, the legal minimum drinking age was [...]