Titre : | Cocaine/crack cocaine consumption, treatment demand, seizures, related offences, prices, average purity levels and deaths in the UK (1990-2004) (2008) |
Titre traduit : | (Consommation de cocaïne ou de crack, demandes de traitement, saisies, délits associés, prix, taux de pureté moyens et décès au Royaume-Uni (1990-2004)) |
Auteurs : | F. SCHIFANO ; J. CORKERY |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Journal of Psychopharmacology (Vol.22, n°1, 2008) |
Article en page(s) : | 71-79 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ROYAUME-UNIThésaurus mots-clés CRACK ; COCAINE ; CONSOMMATION ; EVOLUTION ; SAISIE ; ADULTERANT ; DELIT ; PRIX ; MORTALITE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE |
Résumé : | A recent trend of escalating use of cocaine/crack cocaine was observed in the UK. The number of mentions on death certificates; last year use of cocaine; treatment demand, number of drug offenders, seizures, prices and average purity levels were the indicators used for this descriptive and correlational study. Figures (1990-2004) were taken from official UK sources. A total of 1022 cocaine/crack cocaine death mentions (i.e. deaths from any cause where the presence of cocaine/ crack cocaine was also detected) were identified, with cocaine/ crack cocaine being the sole drug mentioned in 36% of cases. The number of cocaine/ crack cocaine death mentions showed a year-on-year increase and correlated positively with the following cocaine (powder) figures: last year use (p |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : |
Pharmacy and Postgraduate Medical Schools, School of Pharmacy, University of Hertfordshire. Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1302445 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | A03575 |
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