Contemporary Drug Problems articles from December 2003

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from December 2003

Making policy in the European Union: the council recommendation on the drinking of alcohol by young people.
December 22, 2003... On 5 June 2001, the health ministers in the European Union (EU) adopted a Council of Ministers recommendation on the drinking of alcohol by young people (Council, 2001a). The member states were invited to take common action to address the...

Organized crime in cannabis cultivation in New Zealand: an economic analysis.
December 22, 2003... The illicit cultivation of cannabis is widespread in a number of rural regions in New Zealand, and there is known to be a large domestic black market for the drug (Walker et al., 1998; Yska, 1990; New Zealand Police Reports, 1991-1998). It has...

Dancing and drugs: a cross-national perspective.
December 22, 2003... The use of Ecstasy (MDMA) and other club drugs has increased dramatically in the United States since 1998. National data from Monitoring the Future, the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, and the Community Epidemiology Work Group indicate...

Perceptions of heavy drinking and alcohol problems among young adults.
December 22, 2003... More alcohol is consumed in Sweden today than at any other time in the past 100 years. Swedes drink over nine liters of 100% alcohol per year, including smuggled and homemade alcohol, an increase of 20% since 1996 (Leifman & Trolldal 2002)....

Understanding how families cope with alcohol problems in the UK West Midlands Sikh Community.
December 22, 2003... Alcohol use is very much a part of modern day Sikh culture, in both Britain and the Punjab, despite restrictions in the Sikh Holy Book such as "Drink makes one forget God, and renders one liable to punishment in the other world. The guru...

Participation in community life by AA and NA members.(Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous)
December 22, 2003... Membership in a 12-step recovery program offers participants a worldwide peer-support network for recovery from substance disorders (Kurtz, 2001; Project Match Research Group, 1997; Makela et al., 1996). Despite its efficacy in maintaining...

Creating the American Junkie: Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control.(Book Review)
December 22, 2003... Creating the American Junkie: Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control, by Caroline Jean Acker (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002), 276 pp., $42 (cloth only). The history of drug use and drug policy,...

From Hunting to Drinking: the Devastating Effects of Alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal Community.(Book Review)
December 22, 2003... From Hunting to Drinking: The Devastating Effects of Alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal Community, by David McKnight (London & New York: Routledge, 2002), 224 p., $27.95. David McKnight, the author of From Hunting to Drinking, is a...