Alcohol and Public Policy
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 177-178, June 2016. < br/ > (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Addiction Trajectories
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 176-177, June 2016. < br/ > (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Using drug courts for drug postmarketing surveillance
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 165-175, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – One of the greatest challenges for drug regulation is valid, comprehensive surveillance of drugs after they reach the pharmaceutical market. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new method of individual and aggregate-level postmarket surveillance using data previously (and continuously) col lected by drug courts, which are in operation in nearly every geographic corner of the USA. Design/methodology/approach – To determine the feasibility of such an undertaki...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Applying the lessons of VSA to new psychoactive substances
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 150-164, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether there are ways in which the preventive strategies used to tackle volatile substance abuse (VSA) can be usefully applied to today’s new psychoactive substances (NPS). Design/methodology/approach – In 2010-2013, with funding from the Big Lott ery, Re-Solv, in partnership with St George’s, University of London, and educari, commissioned a re-analysis of both the mortality data relating to VSA and of the legislative ...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Injecting ATS/NPS use and drug abjection in Romania
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 142-149, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate a group of Romanian injecting substance users “migrating” from heroin to novel psychoactive substances (NPS) as a counterpublic seeking to escape the stigma of drug abjection. Design/methodology/approach – The findings are drawn from intervie w and observational data collected mainly at drug services sites in Bucharest, Romania. Findings – The stimulant powders sold by head shops appealed to experienced drug us...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
School-based drug education and prevention: the impact of inspection and curriculum provision
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 131-141, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the links between school inspection requirements as represented by Ofsted and the provision of drug education programmes in schools. Design/methodology/approach – An examination of relevant guidance from the Department of Education and the school ins pection agency Ofsted; and reference to the research literature and evidence base around drug education. Findings – The provision of drug education programmes in schools i...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Addressing perceptions of opiate-using prisoners to take-home naloxone: findings from one English region
Discussions were recorded using short-hand and the data were subsequently thematically interpreted using visual mapping techniques. Findings – The survey highlighted a high degree of exposure amongst prisoners to overdose either directly (54 per cent) or having wi tnessed another person’s overdose (73 per cent). For prisoners who had overdosed, only a minority (38 per cent) were taken to hospital by an ambulance. In total, 81 per cent of prisoners surveyed also expressed little or no knowledge about THN prior to training. Prisoners were resistant to THN as an intervention resulting from this lack of prior knowledge...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
