Contemporary Drug Problems articles from September 2006

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from September 2006

Illegal drug-attributable mortality and potential years of life lost in Canada 2002: implications for prevention and policy.
September 22, 2006... Drug use is one of the most important behavioral risk factors for burden of disease in developed countries. (1, 2) Most of this burden is due to premature mortality. (3) Research has identified an overall annual rate of mortality due to...

Priorities in Swedish alcohol and drug treatment: policies, staff views, and competing logics.
September 22, 2006... How a society should direct its resources for treatment of alcohol and drug problems is one of the most difficult and important questions for the treatment system. Should one, for instance, prioritize services to those that have the greatest...

The narrative of evaluations: medically supervised injecting centers.
September 22, 2006... She can't be sure at first if the shade on the footstool is a trick of light or a trick of paralysis--wherein a certain floral slipcover or a love seat or a standing lamp resembles instead her fellow man. There are torsional shadows in her...

Dancing with death: the grey area between suicide related behavior, indifference and risk behaviors of heroin users.(Australia)
September 22, 2006... Suicide and suicide-related behavior (SRB) is a complex and multifaceted behavior. There are a range of behaviors and attitudes which fall under the banner of SRB, not all of which necessarily involve an immediate, explicit intent to kill...

"Stuck nose": experiences and understanding of petrol sniffing in a remote Aboriginal community.(Australia)
September 22, 2006... The prevalence of petrol sniffing in Aboriginal communities, the health consequences of this practice and the policies which have been developed in attempt to stop petrol sniffing have been extensively described (d'Abbs & MacLean, 2000). Less...

Pre-arrest/booking drug control strategies: diversion to treatment, harm reduction and police involvement.
September 22, 2006... The American drug control agenda has long been dominated by policy "hawks," who have argued that harsh criminal penalties are the answer to deterring illegal drug use and related criminality (Reuter, 1992, p. 15). The US incarcerated population...