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Research problem: Treating opiate-addicted patients by means of substitute-medicines, in Germany two methods compete with each other: The substitution by means of methadone, which is the recognized method, and the substitution by means of codein[...]
In this paper, design and protocol is reviewed of the Dutch heroin experiment that has recently started. Several scientific, ethical and political aspects are considered. The Dutch heroin trial has been presented as a scientifically rigorous exp[...]
Some pilot models of distributing syringes to i.v. drug addicts in prisons have so far been implemented and evaluated in Switzerland, Lower Saxony and Hamburg. Further projects are planned in some German States. Their main purpose is to prevent [...]
Prevalence rates alone are not sufficient to describe drug use in society. They have to be supplemented by indicators of use patterns and by indicators of the social context of drug use. Possible measures of use patterns are duration of use, inc[...]
The promising results of the medical prescription of narcotics have provoked the new discussion about the mechanisms of effects of therapeutic interventions: is the pure fact of the provision of heroin effectful, is the psychosocial care the mos[...]
The presentation is a theoretical one. It focuses on the socio-historical aspects of research on drug use and life style(s) and includes a discussion and an interpretation of the renewed interest in lifestyle studies in the context of Dick Hebdi[...]
Findings from a household survey of England and Wales, the British Crime Survey (BCS), are discussed here. Among other factors, consumption of alcohol is an important marker for drug use. Paradoxically, however, the comparatively limited increas[...]
There are several indications that multiple use of illicit drugs has become a more common behavioural pattern among drug users in Switzerland. Often illicit drugs are combined with legal substances like alcohol, tobacco and medical drugs. This s[...]
There is by now a widespread resistance to the war on drug attitude, while at the same time. UN on its meeting in New York in June 1998 is confirming their "new" strategy to eradicate illegal drugs within the next ten years. Posters with the enc[...]
This paper discusses some key findings from a project entitled Concepts, Practices and Terminology of Outreach Work among Drug Users in the European Union, commissioned by the EMCDDA. Many new drug prevention and intervention methods are now bei[...]
To analyse the relation between quality of life and psychiatric symptoms in drug addicts the life situation of 219 opiate addicts was ascertained with the EuropASI. To assess mental symptoms and disturbances standardised questionnaires such as t[...]
The recently completed Comiskey study of the estimation of the prevalence of opiate users in Dublin was the first such study undertaken in Ireland, Prior to that concentration in research had generally been limited to small scale studies or stud[...]
C. ORTE SOCIAS ; M. X. MARCH CERDA ; UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS, Organisateur de réunion | 2000
CongrèsThe 9th Annual Conference on Drug Use and Drug Policy, organized by the [Departamento de Ciencias de la Education de la Universitat de les Illes Balears] Education Department of the Balearic Islands University and the European Social Science Res[...]
A brief exploration is made into the likely reasons behind the surprising lack of publicity of the Spanish general population surveys in the last decade. The concept of "symbolic capital" seems to be helpful in such inquiry. This first set of re[...]
This paper examines the relationship between drug use and violence among representative samples of students in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada. What makes this examination important is that both drug use and violence peak in the late teenage years,[...]
