Contemporary Drug Problems articles from September 2001

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from September 2001

Alcohol and all-cause mortality: a pooled analysis.
September 22, 2001... 1. Introduction There is substantial evidence that alcohol can be detrimental to health and to social life (for overviews see Edwards et al., 1994; Single et al., 1999a; US Department of Health and Human Services, 1997, 2000; Klingemann &...

From sin to disease: differences and similarities between past and current conceptions of chronic drunkenness.
September 22, 2001... The history of how Westerners perceive substance abuse has not been studied as thoroughly as that of related areas such as insanity and crime. In 1978 Harry Levine published an article, "The Discovery of Addiction," arguing that alcohol...

Italian alcohol advertising: a qualitative content analysis.(television commercials)
September 22, 2001... From among the many social and cultural factors that can influence opinions, attitudes and behavior with regard to alcohol--factors such as family context and peer groups--this study intends to evaluate only one key instrument for representing...

Drinking in tango lyrics: an approach to myths and meanings of drinking in Argentinian culture.
September 22, 2001... Bitter glass from which I drink delighted seeking in your bottom pleasure and emotion why don't you kill me, since you have not healed all my sadness, all my sorrow? (Glass of bitterness) The relationship between...

"I'm okay. You're drunk!" Self-other differences in the perceived effects of alcohol in real-life incidents of aggression.(Ontario)
September 22, 2001... About 50% of violent crimes involve an offender and/or a victim who has been drinking (Murdoch, Pihl & Ross, 1990), although this proportion varies considerably across different cultures. Accordingly, many in the general population believe that...

Sexual coercion and substance use among drug-using women: an event analysis.
September 22, 2001... Violence perpetrated against women is a serious problem in the United States, with many public health ramifications (Clark, Biddle & Martin, 1999). Psychological and verbal abuse may cause a woman to experience many deleterious consequences,...

A cultural impact of needle exchange: the role of safer-injection mentors.
September 22, 2001... There is disagreement over the role and efficacy of harm-reduction education generally, and of needle-exchange programs in particular, within the field of HIV studies. Considerable evidence shows that (a) injection drug users (IDUs) actively...

Youths' social sources of cigarettes: the limits of youth-access policies.
September 22, 2001... Most smokers begin to smoke at an early age and are smoking regularly by age 18 (USDHHS, 1994, 2000). Furthermore, although youth smoking rates have declined in the last two years, the proportion of young people who smoke has increased over the...