Contemporary Drug Problems articles from September 1997

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from September 1997

Editor's introduction.(Patterns of Drinking and Harm)
September 22, 1997... This is the third of a series of papers from the November 1995 "International Conference on Social and Health Effects of Different Drinking Patterns" in Toronto. Together with the two other series appearing in Addiction (No. 11, 1996; see also...

Public drinking, problems and prevention measures in twelve countries, results of the WHO project on public drinking. (World Health Organization)(Patterns of Drinking and Harm)
September 22, 1997... In collaboration with Michael Beaubrun (Trinidad and Tobago), Marie Mauffret (France), Alberto Minoletti (Chile), Jacek Moskalewicz (Poland), Albert Moukolo (Congo), Nii-K Plange (Fiji), Shekhar Saxena (India), Tim Stockwell (Australia), Pekka...

When at risk? Drinking contexts and heavy drinking in the Montreal adult population.(Patterns of Drinking and Harm)
September 22, 1997... Numerous studies have established the importance of the quantity of alcohol consumed per occasion and of intoxication as predictors of alcohol-related problems, especially of social problems (for a review, see Room, 1993). According to Knupfer...

Effects of drinking patterns and social conditions on incidence and chronicity of alcohol-related problems. (Netherlands) (Patterns of Drinking and Harm)
September 22, 1997... The central issues of this article are the development and persistence of alcohol-related problems. In a nine-year follow-up study, data were analyzed on the association of chronicity and incidence of alcohol-related problems with several aspects...

More than consumption: moderating and independent effects of workplace factors on alcohol problems. (Ontario)(Patterns of Drinking and Harm)
September 22, 1997... What is the relationship between alcohol consumption and problematic life events? Despite long-standing historical interest in this question (Edwards, 1992), studies of "problem drinking" have not always distinguished between alcohol consumption...

Patterns of alcohol consumption and psychiatric disorders among Ontario adults.(Patterns of Drinking and Harm)
September 22, 1997... Although there is considerable evidence that persons with alcohol abuse or dependence are at higher risk for suffering from mental disorders such as antisocial personality disorder, mania, major depression and panic disorder (Heizer and Pryzbeck,...

Drinking patterns and drinking-related benefits, harm and victimization experiences: reports from community-based general population surveys. (Ontario)(Patterns of Drinking and Harm)
September 22, 1997... KEY WORDS: Drinking, problems, benefits, victimization, survey, Ontario. It is widely recognized that the risks of harm from drinking go beyond physical health and casualties (Edwards, Anderson, Babor et al., 1994; Kemm, 1993; Room, Bondy &...

Measurement of lifetime exposure to alcohol: data quality of a self-administered questionnaire and impact on risk assessment. (Netherlands)(Patterns of Drinking and Harm)
September 22, 1997... Reactive changes in drinking, status Benfante et al. (1994) investigated stability of risk factors for heart disease between initial baseline measurement and a 25year follow-up (the so-called Honolulu heart program: Japanese-American men...

Working Sober: The Transformation of an Occupational Drinking Culture.
September 22, 1997... Working Sober: The Transformation of an Occupational Drinking Culture, by William J. Sonnenstuhl (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996), 143 pp., $14.95 (paperback). There may well be, as old Doc Johnson used to insist, nothing quite like...

In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio.
September 22, 1997... In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio, by Phillipe Bourgois (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), 392 pp., $24.95 (cloth). In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio, an ethnographic study of sellers of crack cocaine,...