Prevalence
|
| |
| New
Columbia University Report: Marijuana: Rite of Passage or Russian Roulette? [June
2008] |
| Despite reported declines in teen marijuana use, in 2007
almost 11 million teens report having used marijuana. For those using the
drug, four alarming trends are of grave concern for parents and teens.
52-page PDF [CASA, USA] |
| |
| Crystal
Clear: The Social Determinants of Gay Men's Use of Crystal Methamphetamine
in Victoria [May 2008] |
| Australian comparative analysis of crystal methamphetamine
use by gay men. (via Policy
Pointers) 77-page PDF [ARCSHS, Australia] |
| |
| 2007
AIDS epidemic update [April 2008] |
| 2007 edition provides the most recent estimates of the
AIDS epidemic and explores new findings and trends in the epidemic’s
evolution [UNAIDS] |
| |
| 2007
National Drug Strategy Household Survey: first results [April
2008] |
| Comparisons with previous surveys are presented, along
with population estimates of the numbers of consumers of tobacco, alcohol
and illicit drugs. 290KB
PDF without questionnaire [AIHW, Autralia] |
| |
| Drugs
and driving in Australia [April 2008] |
| A survey of community attitudes, experience and understanding.
104-page PDF [Drug Info, Australia] |
| |
| Correlation
(European Network Social Inclusion & Health) Report - Marginalisation,
Social Inclusion and Health [April 2008] |
| This article describes approaches to improve the situation
regarding particular target groups, such as drug users, sex workers, (undocumented)
migrants and youth at risk. 30-page PDF [IDPC] |
| |
| New
Zealand Police, NZ-ADAM Annual Report 2007 [April 2008] |
| New Zealand Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NZ-ADAM)
is a programme which seeks to measure drug and alcohol use among people
who have recently been apprehended by police [NZ-ADAM, New Zealand] |
| |
| Rural,
regional and remote health: indicators of health status and determinants
of health [March 2008] |
| Including a section on alcohol and illicit drugs [AIHW,
Australia] |
| |
| National
Forensic laboratory Information System - Mid-year report 2007 [March
2008] |
| This report provides the results of substances analyzed
by state and local laboratories from January 2007 through June 2007, including
national and regional estimates for the most frequently identified drugs
[DEA, USA] |
| |
|
HB
and its precursor GBL: an emerging trend case study [March
2008]
|
|
Concerns are increasing in the EU about the use of chemicals employed
in the manufacture of the recreational drug GHB. 32-page PDF [EMCDDA]
|
| |
|
Trends
in treatment for problem alcohol use in Ireland, 2004 to 2006 [March
2008]
|
|
Health Research Board publishes preliminary figures. 32-page PDF [Health
Research Board, Ireland]
|
| |
|
EMCDDA Annual report
2007 [2007]
|
|
The report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe presents the
EMCDDA's yearly overview of the drug phenomenon [European Monitoring
Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction]
|
| |
|
Cannabis
in Australia - Use, supply, harms and responses [2007]
|
|
This monograph was written to provide an overview of the cannabis situation
in Australia at the present time, including patterns of use, supply,
harms and legislation. 475KB PDF [Drug Strategy Branch, Australian Government
Department of Health and Ageing, Australia]
|
| |
|
Drug
Consumption in Conflict Zones in Somalia [2007]
|
|
The excessive use of substances for self-medication in conflict zones
may be a form of coping with traumatic memories of atrocities, but the
choice of drug and the patterns of use have not been well studied amongst
former or current combatants in conflict zones in East Africa [PLoS,
USA]
|
| |
|
Illicit
Drug use in Australia: Epidemiology, use patterns and associated harm [2007]
|
|
The Report focusses on the epidemiology, use patterns and harm associated
with heroin, meth/amphetamines, cocaine, cannabis, ecstasy and LSD. It
also examines trends in the use of each of these drugs, including prevalence
of use, the demographic characteristics of users and routes of administration.
300KB PDF [National Drug Strategy, Australia]
|
| |
|
Latest
figures on smoking, drugs and alcohol consumption among young people
published [August 2007]
|
|
The proportion of secondary schoolchildren who drink or use drugs is
falling according to the full results of a survey published today by
[The Information Centre for Health and Social Care, UK]
|
| |
|
Illicit
Drug use in Australia: Epidemiology, use patterns and associated harm [2007]
|
|
The Report focusses on the epidemiology, use patterns and harm associated
with heroin, meth/amphetamines, cocaine, cannabis, ecstasy and LSD. It
also examines trends in the use of each of these drugs, including prevalence
of use, the demographic characteristics of users and routes of administration.
300KB PDF [National Drug Strategy, Australia]
|
| |
|
Supporting
the families of young people with problematic drug use
|
|
This report investigates the support needs of families who have, as
a family member, a young person who is misusing substances. 131-page
PDF [ANCD, Australia]
|
| |
|
Book
- Drug treatment demand data - Influence on policy and practice (2006) [2006]
|
|
The Pompidou Group has advocated the systematic and routine collection
of information on patients entering treatment for problem drug use (treatment
demand data) since the mid-1980s. Two decades later, the question now
being asked is whether or not this data has been used as evidence in
the development of policies and practices [Council of Europe]
|
| |
|
AIDS
in South Asia: Understanding and Responding to a Heterogeneous Epidemic [2006]
|
|
A 131-page PDF report analyzing South Asia's HIV/AIDS epidemic and offering
recommendations for halting its spread [World Bank, UNODC]
|
| |
|
New
Study on Drug Use among Secondary School Students in South America [2006]
|
|
First Comparative Study of Drug Use in the Secondary School Student
Population in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay,
Peru and Uruguay [Inter-American Observatory on Drugs]
|
| |
|
Annual report
2006: the state of the drugs problem in Europe [2006]
|
|
The full 104 -page PDF report in English via the multilingual downloads page [EMCDDA]
|
| |
|
UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic
Update: December 2006 [2006]
|
|
With maps and regional summaries, the 2006 edition provides the most
recent estimates of the epidemic’s scope and human toll, explores new
trends in the epidemic’s evolution [UNAIDS]
|
| |
|
Australian
trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2006 [2006]
|
|
Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS),
formerly known as the Party Drugs Initiative. Reports by state/territory
are also available [NDARC]
|
| |
|
'Drug
Trends 2006 - Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) [2006]
|
|
The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is an ongoing project funded
by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and conducted
every year in every state and territory. The IDRS is primarily concerned
with four main drug classes: heroin, cocaine, cannabis and methamphetamine
[NDARC]
|
| |
|
National Drug Threat
Assessment 2006 released
|
|
The National Drug Threat Assessment 2006 addresses the status and outlook
of the drug threat to the United States. It covers the trafficking and
abuse patterns associated with cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin,
MDMA, pharmaceutical drugs, and other dangerous drugs [NDIC, USA]
|
| |
|
2006
Report on the global AIDS epidemic: May 2006
|
|
This report includes country, regional and global estimates for the
HIV and AIDS epidemic at the end of 2005 and 2003. It also describes
the evidence, the success stories and the challenges that confront countries
and the international communitiy in responding to the epidemic [UNAIDS]
|
| |
|
Statistics
on drug use in Australia 2006
|
|
This report is the twelfth in a series originally titled Statistics
on Drug Abuse in Australia. The report provides a comprehensive summary
of major drug use statistical collections, with references to sources
of more detailed information [AIHW, Australia]
|
| |
|
Illicit
Drug Data Report 2005 - 2006
|
|
2.6Mb PDF [Australian Crime Commission]
|
| |
Monograph
#12 Popular culture and the prevention of illicit drug use: A pilot
study of popular music and the acceptability of drugs [December
2005]
|
| This Monograph (No. 12) describes the work of the team at ANU in exploring
the relationship between popular music and drug use. Popular culture has
significant potential to influence drug prevention efforts. Popular culture
represents and can create the norms and cultural milieu that can either
encourage or discourage drug use. To date, there has been little systematic
endeavour to study the relationships between popular culture and the milieu
it creates around drugs. This pilot study concentrated on one aspect of
popular culture – music. The team interviewed a small group of young
people and people from the music industry to begin to explore the complex
set of potential associations between music and drug use. |
| |
Monograph
# 10 Data sources on illicit drug use and harm in Australia [December
2005]
|
This Monograph (No. 10) provides a description and review of the routinely-collected
data
sources available in Australia that capture information on illicit drug use
and related harms. Based on work undertaken at the National Drug and Alcohol
Research Centre and Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, it is intended
as a reference document to provide interested persons with a guide to the
type and nature of the information available in Australia. It reviews available
data across four main domains; patterns and prevalence of use, health consequences,
market characteristics and drug crime. For a review of information available
on the economic aspects of illicit drug use and harm see Monograph 09 of
this series. |
| |
Monograph
#3 Estimating the prevalence of problematic heroin use in Melbourne [December
2005]
|
| This monograph (No. 03) reports on work that tested new methods for estimating
the prevalence of problematic heroin use in Melbourne. Using the non-fatal
heroin overdose data, three different capture-recapture methods were employed.
Estimates were derived for the year 2000 and the year 2003/2004. The lack
of plausibility of some estimates coupled with the poor ‘goodness-of-fit’ of
some models points to the need to continue to develop new methods for estimating
problematic heroin use. |
| |
|
11th Biennial California
Student Survey (CSS), 2005-06
|
|
The California Student Survey (CSS) is a mandated statewide project,
conducted since 1985. Every two years, the CSS presents a snapshot of
students’ risky and health-related behaviors, including drug, alcohol
and tobacco use; resilience and perception of school violence [SafeState,
USA]
|
| |
|
Cannabis
in Australia - Use, supply, harms and responses
|
|
This monograph was written to provide an overview of the cannabis situation
in Australia at the present time, including patterns of use, supply,
harms and legislation. 475KB PDF [Drug Strategy Branch, Australian Government
Department of Health and Ageing, Australia]
|
| |
|
Hallucinogenic mushrooms:
an emerging trend case study
|
|
Many young Europeans are experimenting with hallucinogenic (‘magic’)
mushrooms. The phenomenon may be driven by a broader consumer trend for
young people to actively seek out intense experiences and ‘natural highs’ and
by an increasing interest in organic products [EMCDDA]
|
| |
|
Consuming Passions
|
|
The ninth analysis of gay men’s HIV risk behaviours. 72-page PDF [Sigma
Research, UK]
|
| |
|
Occasional and
controlled heroin use - Not a problem?
|
|
This report explores the patterns of heroin use among a population of
non-dependent and controlled dependent heroin users who saw their use
as relatively problem-free.
|
|
Hamish Warburton, Paul J. Turnbull and Mike Hough
|
| |
|
High and Low
Frequency Oscillations in Drug Epidemics
|
|
We extend the two-dimensional model of drug use introduced in Behrens
et al. [1999, 2000, 2002] by introducing two additional states that model
in more detail newly initiated (“light”) users’ response to the drug
experience. Those who dislike the drug quickly “quit” and briefly suppress
initiation by others. Those who like the drug progress to ongoing (“moderate”)
use, from which they may or may not escalate to “heavy” or dependent
use. Initiation is spread contagiously by light and moderate users, but
is moderated by the drug’s reputation, which is a function of the number
of unhappy users (recent quitters + heavy users)
|
|
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Gustav Feichtinger, Alessandra Gragnani, GernotTragler
Carnegie Mellon, Heinz School 2005-5, May 2005
|
| |
|
The NSDUH Report: Demographic
and Geographic Variations in Injection Drug Use
|
|
Based on SAMHSA's 2002 to 2005 National Surveys on Drug Use & Health
[SAMHSA, USA]
|
| |
|
Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance—United States, 2005
|
|
Since 1991, the prevalence of many health-risk behaviors among high
school students nationwide has decreased. However, many high school students
continue to engage in behaviors that place them at risk for the leading
causes of mortality and morbidity. The prevalence of many health-risk
behaviors varies across cities and states 112-page PDF [CDC, USA]
|
| |
|
National Drug Threat
Assessment 2005
|
|
This assessment addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat
to the United States. It covers the trafficking and abuse patterns associated
with cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, MDMA, pharmaceutical
drugs, and other dangerous drugs
|
|
National Drug Inteligence Center USA
Product No. 2005-Q0317-003
|
| |
|
The DASIS Report: Heroin
- - Changes in How It Is Used, 1995-2005
|
|
Based on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), annual admissions
to substance abuse treatment for primary heroin abuse increased from
228,000 in 1995 to 254,000 in 2005. However, the proportion of primary
heroin admissions remained steady at about 14% to 15% of all substance
abuse treatment admissions [SAMHSA, USA]
|
| |
|
Annual
report 2005: the state of the drugs problem in Europe
|
|
Overview of the European drugs phenomenon in 29 countries [EMCDDA]
|
| |
|
National
reports
|
|
Commissioned each year by the EMCCDA and produced by the National focal
points of the Reitox network, the National reports draw an overall picture
of the drug phenomenon at national level in each EU Member state
|
| |
|
Annual
report 2005: the state of the drugs problem in Europe IO
|
|
Overview of the European drugs phenomenon in 29 countries [EMCDDA]
|
| |
|
Global Illicit
Drug Trends
|
|
First released in 1999, these reports are now prepared annually by the
Research Section of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme
[United Nations]
|
| |
|
State Estimates of Substance
Use from the 2004-2005 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health
|
|
This report presents State estimates for 23 measures of substance use
or mental health problems based on the 2004 and 2005 National Surveys
on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs). Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), NSDUH is an ongoing survey
of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States
aged 12 years or older [SAMHSA, USA]
|
| |
|
National Survey on Drug
Use and Health: Summary of Methodological Studies, 1971–2005
|
|
This report provides a comprehensive summary of methodological research
conducted on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. 144-page PDF
[SAMHSA, USA]
|
| |
|
Meth and Child Welfare:
Promising Solutions for Children, Their Parents and Grandparents
|
|
A 45-page US report that chronicles the harmful effects of methamphetamine
on children and their families [Policy Pointers, USA]
|
| |
|
A
Key to Methamphetamine-Related Literature
|
|
This document is a comprehensive, thematic index of methamphetamine-related
journal articles. (210-page PDF) [AIDS Institute, New York State Department
of Health, USA]
|
| |
An overview of the nature
and extent of illicit drug use amongst the Traveller community
|
|
An exploratory study 111-page PDF [National Advisory Committee on Drugs,
Ireland]
|
| |
|
Drug Misuse Declared
|
|
Findings from the 2005/06 British Crime Survey, England and Wales. 99-page
PDF [Home office, UK]
|
| |
|
World Drug Report
2005
|
|
This year's World Drug Report estimates that 200 million people, or
5% of the global population age 15-64, have consumed illicit drugs at
least once in the last 12 months [United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime]
|
| |
Enhanced Surveillance
of Risk Behaviours among Injecting Drug Users in Canada
|
|
Phase I of the surveillance system was undertaken in Edmonton, Regina,
Sudbury, Toronto, Victoria, and Winnipeg and was linked with a separate
study (by the SurvUDI group) at sites in Ottawa and in the province of
Quebec. This report presents the findings of the surveys undertaken between
2003 and 2005 at selected sites[Public Health Agency, Canada]
|
| |
|
The Ecstasy Industry
Exploring the Global Market
|
|
Ecstasy has become a popular drug over the past 15 years. Its rise was
closely connected to a new youth culture, which began at the end of the
1980s. National and international drug control agencies responded to
ecstasy's growing popularity in their traditional manner: they prohibited
the substance
|
|
Crime and Globalisation Programme TNI Briefing Paper 9, December 2004
[Transnational Institute]
|
| |
|
Drug Use Monitoring
in Australia : 2004 annual report on drug use among police detainees
|
|
The Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) project has been in operation
since 1999. Over the years it has provided police, policy-makers, criminal
justice practitioners and other professionals with systematic empirical
data on illegal drug use among people detained and brought to a police
station or watchhouse.
Australian Crime Commission
Carmen Schulte, Jenny Mouzos, Toni Makkai 2005 ISBN 0 642 53880 8 ;
ISSN 1326-6004
|
| |
|
Drugs
situation in southern Caucasus, 2004
|
|
48-page PDF [Programme of Assistance for the Prevention of Drug Abuse
and Drug Trafficking in the Southern Caucasus - SCAD Programme]
|
| |
|
The 2004 National
Drug Strategy Household Survey - Australia
|
|
Data collected in Australia's most comprehensive national survey on
drug issues [Australian Institute of Health and Welfare]
|
| |
|
Young
people and drugs - Flash Eurobarometer 2004
|
|
The European Commission's "Justice and Home Affairs" Directorate
General did a Special Standard Eurobarometer survey in 2002 with 7,687
people aged between 15 and 24, representative of the European Union.
To study the evolution of the attitude of the target group with regard
to drugs, DG Justice and Home Affairs decided to carry out the study
again two years later using the Flash Eurobarometer with the same questionnaire
and a similar interview methodology The objective of the report is to
present the main results obtained from this survey and particularly to
compare them with the results observed previously at the European Union
level
|
|
Realised by EOS Gallup Europe upon the request of the European Commission
|
| |
|
Drug Misuse Declared:
Findings from the 2003/04 British Crime Survey
|
|
This statistical bulletin considers the extent of illicit drug use among
16 to 59 year olds in England and Wales in 2003/04 and trends in drug
use since 1996, based on data from the British Crime Survey. It particularly
focuses on young people and changes since 1998, which marks the beginning
of the Governments’ Drugs Strategy. These data are used for monitoring
the Home Office PSA (Public Sector Agreement) target
|
|
NataliaChivite-Matthews, Anna Richardson, Joanne O'Shea, Jane Becker,
Natalie Owen, Stephen Roe and Joanne Condon
Home Office Statistical Bulletin
|
| |
|
2002-2004 SubState Report
of Substance Use & Serious Psychological Distress
|
|
The new subState report uses the new treatment planning area definitions
provided by each State [SAMHSA, USA]
|
| |
|
Situational
analysis of illicit drug issues and responses in the Asia-Pacific region
|
|
The body of this report provides a brief summary of the current illicit
drug use situation, country responses to illicit drug issues, and Australian
and international involvement in relation to illicit drugs for each country
[Australian Policy Online]
|
| |
|
Injecting drug
users in Europe
|
|
It has been estimated that there are now 800,000 active drug injecters
living in the European Union. Drug injecting, which causes AIDS, is commonly
practised among the drug abusers in this part of the world, where it
quickly triggered a full-scale endemic of AIDS, HBV and HCV The various
member-countries have responded in different ways. But the rates of infection
are still alarmingly high everywhere: they are often above 50%, and in
some groups, 90% of the drug abusers have been contaminated with the
hepatitis C virus
|
|
Lucas Wiessing
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Lisbon
2001
|
| |
|
Illicit Drug
Data Report 2003 - 2004
|
|
This report is produced by the Australian Crime Commission (ACC). The
data contained in this report provides law enforcement, decision-makers,
National Illicit Drug Strategy stakeholders and research bodies with
a national overview of the illicit drug situation in Australia for the
2003–04 financial year
|
|
Australian CriameCommision
|
| |
|
Drug Abuse
Warning Network, 2003: Interim National Estimates of Drug-Related Emergency
Department Visits
|
|
DAWN data and estimates for 2003 are not comparable to those for any
prior years. Therefore, no trends are presented. 2003 was a period of
transition between “old” and “new” DAWN. The transition to the new sample
of hospitals began in 2003, but is not yet complete. As a result, the
estimates in this publication are based on data from 260 hospitals and
apply only to the coterminous U.S. No estimates will be published for
metropolitan areas for 2003.
|
|
DAWN Series D-26, DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 04-3972, Rockville, MD,
2004
|
| |
|
The Dynamic Character
of Drug Problems
|
|
This paper makes three points. (1) Drug-related measures, such as the
number of users, have changed rapidly over time, suggesting that they
are not merely symptoms of underlying trends in the economy, demographics,
or other aggregates that change more slowly. (2) Drug markets are subject
to a wide range of feedback effects that can induce non-linearity into
dynamic behavior. (3) There are at least five classes of epidemic models
that reflect such non-linear dynamic behavior. Some of those classes
tend to be optimistic about the ability of drug control interventions
to reduce use; others are pessimistic. It is hoped that this discussion
and, in particular, the typology, can inform and elevate the debate about
drug policy, but it is unlikely to resolve that debate because of the
inability to demonstrate empirically which class(es) are most accurate
|
|
Jonathan P. Caulkins
Carnegie Mellon, Heinz School 2002-13, Jan 2002
|
| |
|
HIV/AIDS
in prisons in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
|
|
This info sheet reviews what is known about HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C
in prisons, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe and the former
Soviet Union. (28-page PDF) [Aidslaw, Canada]
|
| |
|
Licit and illicit drug
use in the Netherlands 2001
|
|
The results of our second national drug use survey and a detailed description
of the methodologies we used to reach these results
|
|
[Manja D. Abraham, Hendrien L. Kaal & Peter D.A. Cohen. CEDRO]
|
| |
|
The impact of urban
residency and lifestyle on illicit drug use in the Netherlands
|
|
National drug use prevalence figures represent average rates of use
among the general population. It is argued here that these numbers mask
interesting and important differences between local areas
|
|
[Manja D. Abraham. 1999. CEDRO]
|
| |
|
Licit and illicit
drug use in Amsterdam III
|
|
Developments in drug use 1987 - 1997
|
|
[Manja D. Abraham, Peter D.A. Cohen, Roelf-Jan van Til, and Marieke
P.S. Langemeijer. CEDRO]
|
| |
|
Rapid
situation assessment of Malaysia
|
|
This situation assessment of Malaysia, examining drug issues from a
public health and public security perspective, shows the complexity,
challenges and responses of drug use and HIV/AIDS. This report has been
produced on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Malaya
Medical Centre, with assistance of the Burnet Institute, The Centre for
Harm Reduction
|
|
Burnet Institute
|
| |
|
The
Hidden Epidemic
|
|
In August 1997, the UNAIDS Asia Pacific Inter-Country Team commissioned
the Asian Harm Reduction Network to carry out a situation assessment
into Drug Use and HIV Vulnerability in South East and East Asia. This
report details the findings from the situation assessment
|
|
Burnet Institute
|
| |
|
Revisiting
the Hidden Epidemic
|
|
The follow up to The Hidden Epidemic Revisited, carried out four years
later and broadened to cover the whole Asian region including south Asia,
found enormous changes in many areas
|
|
Burnet Institute
|
| |
|
Drugs
in a Multicultural Community: An Assessment of Involvement
|
|
Drugs in a Multicultural Community: An Assessment of Involvement has
been a program of research into the involvement of ethnic communities
in Victoria with illicit drugs. The research was carried out for the
Victorian Government The current research is considered to represent
the most comprehensive study in this area to have been undertaken in
Australia
|
|
Burnet Institute
|
| |
|
Injecting Drug
Use and Blood-Borne Viruses: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Victoria,
1990-1995
|
|
Most studies of injecting drug users (IDUs) have included only urban
IDUs; information about rural IDUs is scarce. Recognizing this, the Victorian
Injecting Drug Users Cohort Study (VICS) recruited IDUs from rural Victoria
as well as Melbourne, capital city of the state of Victoria, Australia.
Examination of data collected from IDUs living in Melbourne and the Western
District revealed numerous differences in behaviour and serology
|
|
Burnet Institute
|
| |
|
Drugs
and poverty: A literature review
|
|
A report produced by the Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) on behalf of the
Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams. key literature
review areas include deprivation, the causes of problem drug use, communities,
crime and social exclusion, employability and future policy implications
[SDF, UK]
|
| |
|
A
Key to Methamphetamine-Related Literature
|
|
This document is a comprehensive, thematic index of methamphetamine-related
journal articles. In its electronic format, it contains links from cited
articles to PubMed, a resource of the National Library of Medicine maintained
by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. 448-page PDF [Mark
R. Hammer, Divison of HIV Prevention, AIDS Institute, New York State
Department of Health, USA]
|
| |
|
Crystal
methamphetamine use in New South Wales
|
|
This paper provides an overview of crystal methamphetamine and its effects,
supply and distribution, and the characteristics of crystal methamphetamine
users [Parliament of New South Wales, Australia]
|
| |
|
Health
Research Board reviews levels of blood-borne viruses among injecting
drug users in Ireland
|
|
The number of injecting drug users with HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis
C is higher now than in early nineties according to a new report from
the Health Research Board. 105-page PDF [National
Documentation Centre, Ireland]
|
| |
|
A
European Manual of the Early Information Function for Emerging Drug
Phenomena
|
|
This summary presents the main results of a European collaborative work
on how to identify and understand early changes in drug use or new drugs
more quickly than by using standard monitoring systems.
|
|
November 2003
|
| |
|
Estimating the
Relative Efficiency of Various Forms of Prevention at Different Stages
of a Drug Epidemic
|
|
Drug use and problems change dramatically over time in ways that are
often described as reflecting an epidemic cycle. We use simulation of
a model of drug epidemics to investigate how the relative effectiveness
of different types of prevention varies over the course of such an epidemic.
Doris A. Behrens, Jonathan P. Caulkins, GernotTragler, Doris Winkler
Carnegie Mellon, Heinz School 2002-9, Jul 2002
|
| |
|
The Dynamic Character
of Drug Problems
|
|
This paper makes three points. (1) Drug-related measures, such as the
number of users, have changed rapidly over time, suggesting that they
are not merely symptoms of underlying trends in the economy, demographics,
or other aggregates that change more slowly. (2) Drug markets are subject
to a wide range of feedback effects that can induce non-linearity into
dynamic behavior. (3) There are at least five classes of epidemic models
that reflect such non-linear dynamic behavior. Some of those classes
tend to be optimistic about the ability of drug control interventions
to reduce use; others are pessimistic. It is hoped that this discussion
and, in particular, the typology, can inform and elevate the debate about
drug policy, but it is unlikely to resolve that debate because of the
inability to demonstrate empirically which class(es) are most accurate
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Jonathan P. Caulkins
Carnegie Mellon, Heinz School 2002-13, Jan 2002
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Prevalence of substance
use, serious mental illness, related problems, and treatment in the
U.S.
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2003 National Survey on Drug Use & Health [formerly called the National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)] SAMHSA
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Estimates and Projections
of the Hepatitis C Virus Epidemic in Australia 2002
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[Australian National Council on AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases]
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The
2001 National Drug Strategy Household Survey - Australia
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The survey questions were in the context of reducing problems associated
with the use of alcohol, tobacco and heroin [Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare]
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Cannabis:
answers to your questions
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This 23 page summary review of the current research and clinical literature
is based on the ANCD report Evidence-based answers to cannabis questions:
a review of the literature [Australian Policy Online]
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Evidence-based
answers to cannabis questions: a review of the literature
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This brief review of the evidence answering key questions in relation
to cannabis was commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs
for an audience including media, politicians and their advisers, the
alcohol and other drugs sector, and interested members of the community
[Australian Policy Online]
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Inventory
of HIV Incidence and Prevalence Studies in Canada
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The purpose of the inventory is to present studies in a manner that
allows for easy comparison and to encourage and facilitate a more timely
sharing of information [Public Health Agency of Canada]
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Substance
Misuse Research: Co-morbid Mental Health and Substance Misuse in Scotland
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The research project investigated the nature, scope and impact of existing
service provision in Scotland for people with co-existing mental health
and substance misuse problems [Scottish Executive, UK]
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Drug use statistics
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ABS publication reports on a range of national data sources, covering
prevalence and patterns of use, law and order, health, family and community
issues and economics [Australian Institute of Criminology]
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Young
people and drugs
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Media reports and official publications have frequently portrayed drug
takers as lacking self-esteem, unable to resist peer pressure, seeking
oblivion, rejecting traditional norms, anti-social and willing to violate
laws. This research by a team at Demos tested these impressions by examining
young people's attitudes, through quantitative re-analysis of a survey
of 854 young people (respondents - divided into those who had tried and
had not tried illicit drugs) and a qualitative study of 110 young people
(interviewees - classified as non-users, recreational users and problem
users).
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation Social Policy Research 133 - November 1997
ISBN 1 85935 038 0 Perri 6, Ben Jupp, Helen Perry and Kristen Lasky
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Trends in Methamphetamine
/ Amphetamine Admissions to Treatment, 1993-2003
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47 of the 50 States distinguish between methamphetamines and amphetamines
as primary substances of abuse in their reporting to TEDS. In these 47
States, methamphetamine was the primary drug in 86% of the combined methamphetamine/
amphetamine treatment admissions in 2003 [SAMHSA, USA]
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The
Next Big Thing? Methamphetamine in the United States
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A 44-page report examining the extent of methamphetamine abuse in the
United States and contrasts the facts with media coverage [Policy Pointers,
USA]
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National Threat Assessments
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NDIC's annual National Drug Threat Assessment gives policymakers and
counterdrug executives a timely, predictive report on the threat of drugs,
gangs, and violence. We synthesize the views of local, state, regional,
and federal agencies to produce a comprehensive picture of this threat.
U S Department of Justice
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ANCD
research paper 1—Heroin overdose: prevalence, correlates, consequences
and interventions
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85 pages Australian National Council on Drugs
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ANCD
research paper 2—Structural determinants of youth drug use
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91 pages Australian National Council on Drugs
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ACT
Trends in Ecstasy and Related Drug Markets 2004: Findings from the
Party Drugs Initiative (PDI)
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The IDRS is a study that acts as a strategic early warning system for
trends and issues emerging from illicit drug markets in Australia.
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Proudfoot, P., Ward, J., Buckingham, K. & Sparks, R.
NDARC Technical Report No. 227
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Comparative
Study of National Drug Use Student Surveys in 7 Countries
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This report contains the main findings of nationwide surveys on drug
use carried out in 2003 in seven countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. It also offers comparisons
of some of those findings. All of the surveys were carried out using
the methodology of the Inter-American Drug Use Data System (SIDUC)
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Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
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Statistics
on Drug Use in Australia 2000
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Statistics on Drug Use in Australia 2000 is the ninth in a series originally
titled Statistics on Drug Abuse in Australia [AIHW]
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Federal Drug Offenders,
1999 with Trends, 1984-99
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Describes offenders investigated for and charged with Federal drug offenses
during 1999. This report includes statistics describing type of drug
involved in the offense, criminal history of defendants charged, demographic
characteristics of defendants charged, defendants' role in the drug conspiracy,
and sentences imposed
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Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Global Illicit
Drug Trends
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First released in 1999, this report is now prepared annually by the
Research Section of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme.
Available here 1999 to 2003 [United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]
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