GHB suspected in Vauxhall disco death
GHB suspected in Vauxhall disco death
G seems to have struck again. Take it home, says Stewart Who?
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GHB suspected in Vauxhall disco death
G seems to have struck again. Take it home, says Stewart Who?
Online early issue.
ABSTRACT Objectives To describe the circumstances and draft a typology of drug-related overdose deaths. Setting London, 2003. Methods An audit of 148 drug overdose deaths (involving heroin, methadone, dihydrocodeine, cocaine, amphetamine or MDMA) inves...
Ethnic Disparities In Alcohol Services
* Researchers have confirmed a significant interaction between alcohol-problem severity and ethnicity. * Hispanics and blacks with higher-severity alcohol problems appear to utilize services at lower rates than whites with similar problems. * For Hispanics especially, this may be due in part to financial and logistical barriers to obtaining care. Prior research has had mixed findings regarding ethnic disparities in alcohol services. [click link for full article]
Binge Drinking, Gender And Clinical Depression
* Alcohol consumption and depression have a complicated relationship. * New findings indicate that depression is primarily related to binge drinking. * The relationship between major clinical depression and alcohol consumption appears to be stronger for women than it is for men. * However, men and women do not differ in the relationship between alcohol use and depression when depression is measured as recent feelings of depression or unhappiness. [click link for full article]
Multiple viral hepatitis in injection drug users and associated risk factors
Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 80-85, Jan 2007.
Abstract Background: While infections due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been well-studied in injection drug users (IDUs), hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection and coinfection with multiple hepatitis viruses have received less a...
Volume 102, Issue 1, Page 41-50, Jan 2007.
ABSTRACT Aim Through a complex combination of direct (face-valid) and indirect (subtle) subscales, the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI) is purported to detect substance use disorders with a high degree of validity regardless of responde...
Volume 102, Issue 1, Page 169-169, Jan 2007.
Violence from young women involuntarily admitted for severe drug abuse
Volume 115, Issue 1, Page 66-72, Jan 2007.
Palmstierna T, Olsson D. Violence from young women involuntarily admitted for severe drug abuse.Objective: To simultaneously evaluate actuarial and dynamic predictors of severe in-patient violence among women involuntarily admitted for severe drug abuse.Me...
A sample of addictions agencies' staff in Ontario were interviewed by telephone to assess attitudes toward, anticipated internal and external barriers to implementing, and expected benefits of four harm reduction strategies: needle exchange, moderate drinking goals, methadone treatment, and provision of free condoms to clients. Respondents were also asked to define harm reduction, list its most important elements, and describe what they find most troubling and most appealing about harm reduction. Attitudes toward harm reduction in general and the services provided at each agency were also assessed. Results indicated that the service providers surveyed had positive attitudes toward each of the four harm reduction strategies and harm reduction in general, and the majority of respondents were aware of the benefits associated with each strategy. Almost all of the agencies surveyed allowed for moderate drinking outcomes in the treatment of alcohol problems, and most agencies provided free condoms to clients. In terms of barriers, anticipated negative community reaction to needle exchange, methadone treatment, and free condoms was a major concern for the majority of respondents. Lack of staff, of funding, or anticipated staff resistance were also cited as potential barriers to introducing these strategies. In the case of methadone maintenance, the unavailability of a qualified physician was listed as the primary constraint. Implications for future efforts directed at encouraging the adoption of these strategies are discussed.
Australian report examining the links between cannabis and mental illness. Keywords: cannabis, mental health, mental illness.
Readiness for change and drug use outcomes after treatment
Online early issue.
ABSTRACT Aims The present study represents the first large-scale test of the capacity to predict illicit drug treatment outcomes of an instrument [Stages of Change and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES)] purporting to measure processes underlying stage...
Cocaine Replaces Ideology as Driver of Colombian War
Colombia's decades-long struggle between left-wing rebels and right-wing paramilitaries and the government has devolved into a fight primarily motivated by drug money.
