Contemporary Drug Problems articles from September 1998

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from September 1998

Linking injury prevention and alcohol policy: seeking a common agenda.
September 22, 1998... The links between alcohol policy and injury prevention Alcohol availability has been shown to be an important contributor to rates of drinking-related problems. Policies that dramatically increase access to alcoholic beverages are likely to...

The cost of alcohol-attributable injuries and poisonings in Canada, 1992.
September 22, 1998... Injuries comprise a major portion of the cost of all medical conditions in the population. In the most recent federal government study looking at the cost of all illnesses (author unknown, 1997), the costs associated with the Injuries &...

Surveillance of alcohol-related injuries in two Canadian emergency department settings: an analysis and commentary.
September 22, 1998... The use and abuse of alcohol are known risk factors for the occurrence of injury. In 1994 the Ontario Trauma Registry documented alcohol as a contributing factor in 33% of fatal motor vehicle crashes, in 34% of deaths due to drowning or...

Screening for alcohol problems in emergency department patients with minor injury: results and recommendations for practice and policy.
September 22, 1998... A number of studies have explored the relationship between alcohol and injury (e.g., Waller et al., 1986; Cherpitel, 1993b; Poole, 1993; Myers et al., 1990; Goodman et al., 1986). Most of these have focused on the most serious injuries and...

Prevention of alcohol-related violence.
September 22, 1998... Public opinion surveys show that violence is viewed as a prime social problem in many countries. Partly in response to this concern there has been in the last few years a growth in the number of prevention projects aimed at reducing violence....

Reducing violence in licensed venues through community safety action projects: the Queensland experience.
September 22, 1998... The level of violence in the community is a cause of serious concern in most Western countries. Australia appears to have had stable levels of criminal violence for most of the 20th century (Indermaur, 1996), but there are signs that this...

Programs and policies for reducing alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths and injuries.
September 22, 1998... In Canada, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among persons under 45 years of age (Statistics Canada, 1996) and the second most prominent cause of potential years of life lost to age 75 (Wilkins and Mark, 1991). Alcohol is a...

Are trade agreements and economic co-operatives compatible with alcohol control policies and injury prevention?
September 22, 1998... All nations have historically viewed trade as the key mechanism by which to improve the wealth and well-being of their citizens (External Affairs, Canada, 1983). Indeed, the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) makes specific reference...

Crack in America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice.(Review)
September 22, 1998... Crack in America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice, edited by Craig Reinarman and Harry G. Levine (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997), xvi + 388 pp., $48.00 cloth, $17.95 paper. "Clearly, both cocaine and crack have the potential...

The New Temperance: The American Obsession with Sin and Vice.(Review)
September 22, 1998... The New Temperance: The American Obsession with Sin and Vice, by David Wagner (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1997), $16 paper, $60 cloth. The study of drug use was preoccupied with deviance until the realization that deviance was a moving target...

Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior, and Swearing in American History.(Review)
September 22, 1998... Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior, and Swearing in American History, by John Burnham (New York: New York University Press, 1993), $19.50 paper. The study of drug use was preoccupied with deviance...