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Estimating cocaine production using a novel dataset based on reported seizures of laboratories in Colombia
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.03.003
Abstract: Background: Data on the cocaine market appear inconsistent, as they tend to show declining prices vis-a-vis steady or increasing demand and a declining supply. This paper proposes an explana...
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Riccardo Leoncini,
Francesco Rentocchini
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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23 May 2012 |
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Reform by subtraction: The path of denunciation of international drug treaties and reaccession with reservations
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.04.001
Abstract: Almost all countries are parties to the international drug conventions of 1961, 1971 and 1988. These strongly bind parties with respect to their domestic regulation of controlled substances,...
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Robin Room
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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21 May 2012 |
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Alcohol consumption patterns and sexual risk behavior among female sex workers in two South Indian communities
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.03.005
Abstract: Background: HIV transmission in India is primarily heterosexual and there is a concentrated HIV epidemic among female sex workers (FSWs). Earlier reports demonstrate that many FSWs consume a...
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Anisa Heravian,
Raja Solomon,
Gopal Krishnan,
C.K. Vasudevan,
A.K. Krishnan,
Thomas Osmand,
Maria L. Ekstrand
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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21 May 2012 |
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The socioeconomic impact of drug-related crimes in Chile
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.03.007
Abstract: Background: Illegal drug use and trafficking are closely connected to crime. This article estimates the socioeconomic impact of this connection in Chile. Methods: Goldstein's tripartite mode...
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Matías Fernández
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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21 May 2012 |
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Getting out of the Game: Desistance from drug trafficking
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.04.002
Abstract: Background: This ethnographic study was conducted along the U.S.-Mexico border, the centre of the western hemispheric illicit drugs trade. It examines factors that encouraged or discouraged ...
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Howard Campbell,
Tobin Hansen
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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14 May 2012 |
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Needle exchange and the HIV epidemic in Vancouver: Lessons learned from 15 years of research
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.03.006
Abstract: During the mid-1990s, Vancouver experienced a well characterized HIV outbreak among injection drug users (IDU) and many questioned how this could occur in the presence of a high volume needl...
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Elaine Hyshka,
Steffanie Strathdee,
Evan Wood,
Thomas Kerr
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Short survey
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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14 May 2012 |
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Drugs as an existential threat: An analysis of the international securitization of drugs
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.03.004
Abstract: The stated intention behind the establishment of the global drug prohibition regime was to protect the world from the dangers of drugs. At different points in history, drug production, use a...
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Emily Crick
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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03 May 2012 |
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Criminal justice outcomes for cannabis use offences in New Zealand, 1991–2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.03.002
Abstract: Background: There have been no changes to the statutory penalties for cannabis use in New Zealand for over 35years and this has attracted some criticism. However, statutory penalties often p...
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Chris Wilkins,
Paul Sweetsur
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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23 April 2012 |
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Measuring research influence on drug policy: A case example of two epidemiological monitoring systems
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.02.005
Abstract: Background: Assessing the extent to which drug research influences and impacts upon policy decision-making needs to go beyond bibliometric analysis of academic citations. Policy makers do no...
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Alison Ritter,
Kari Lancaster
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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16 April 2012 |
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Regulating a novel drug: An evaluation of changes in use of Salvia divinorum in the first year of Florida's ban
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.03.001
Abstract: Background: A plant with dissociative and psychoactive properties began to attract the attention of the media and United States policymakers following a well-publicized suicide in 2006 and r...
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John Stogner,
David N. Khey,
O. Hayden Griffin,
Bryan Lee Miller,
John H. Boman
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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13 April 2012 |
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Mobile safe injecting facilities in Barcelona and Berlin
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.02.006
Safe Injecting Facilities (SIFs) have been operating in various locations across the developed world for over 20years (). Typically physically located in close proximity to established drug market and...
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Paul Dietze,
Rebecca Winter,
Alisa Pedrana,
Astrid Leicht,
Xavier Majó i Roca,
M. Teresa Brugal
et al.
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Editorial
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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05 April 2012 |
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HCV seroconversion among never-injecting heroin users at baseline: No predictors identified other than starting injection
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.02.002
Abstract: Background: Heroin users who do not inject constitute a large pool of drug users with a potentially important impact on public health. We aimed to estimate the incidence of hepatitis C virus...
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María J. Bravo,
Fernando Vallejo,
Gregorio Barrio,
M. Teresa Brugal,
Gemma Molist,
José Pulido,
Luis Sordo,
Luis de la Fuente,
the ITINERE Project Group
et al.
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Short communication
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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15 March 2012 |
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Drug treatment court of Vancouver: An empirical evaluation of recidivism
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.01.011
Abstract: Background: Drug treatment courts (DTCs) have proliferated on the basis of their promise to reduce criminal recidivism among the burgeoning numbers of drug-related offenders. Empirical resea...
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Julian M. Somers,
Lauren Currie,
Akm Moniruzzaman,
Faith Eiboff,
Michelle Patterson
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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15 March 2012 |
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Examination of the risk of reinfection with hepatitis C among injecting drug users who have been tested in Glasgow
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.02.003
Abstract: Background: Unsafe injecting practices put injecting drug users (IDUs) at repeat exposure to infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It has not yet been determined if spontaneously clear...
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Scott A. McDonald,
Sharon J. Hutchinson,
Sheila O. Cameron,
Hamish A. Innes,
Allan McLeod,
David J. Goldberg
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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15 March 2012 |
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“I’m not afraid of those ones just ‘cause they’ve been prescribed”: Perceptions of risk among illicit users of pharmaceutical opioids
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.01.012
Abstract: Background: There has been a rise in the illicit use of pharmaceutical opioids (“pain pills”) in the United States. Conducted with young adult non-medical users of pharmaceutical opioids, th...
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Raminta Daniulaityte,
Russel Falck,
Robert G. Carlson
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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15 March 2012 |
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Global Fund investments in harm reduction from 2002 to 2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.01.013
Abstract: Background: Injecting drug use has been documented in 158 countries and is a major contributor to HIV epidemics. People who inject drugs have poor and inequitable access to HIV services. The...
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Jamie Bridge,
Benjamin M. Hunter,
Rifat Atun,
Jeffrey V. Lazarus
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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15 March 2012 |
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Needle exchange and the geography of survival in the South Bronx
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.01.010
Abstract: This paper explores the position of needle exchange programmes (NEPs) in the “geography of survival” in the South Bronx neighbourhood of New York City. Stemming the spread of HIV through the...
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Katherine McLean
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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14 March 2012 |
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Retrospective accounts of injection initiation in intimate partnerships
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.01.009
Abstract: Background: The influence of family members, peers and sexual partners on initiation to injection drug use is well established. Furthermore, research on gender differences in injection initi...
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Janie Simmons,
Sonali Rajan,
James M. McMahon
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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09 March 2012 |
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The drugs industry and peasant self-defence in a Peruvian cocaine enclave
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.01.007
Abstract: This article gives a detailed account of the cocaine industry and the related violence in the Peruvian Upper Huallaga. It is argued that in this cocaine producing region violence increased d...
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Mirella van Dun
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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02 March 2012 |
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A harm reduction paradox: Comparing China's policies on needle and syringe exchange and methadone maintenance
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.09.010
Abstract: Background: China has launched methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and needle and syringe exchange programmes (NSEP) as part of the country's HIV prevention strategy amongst injection drug...
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Kumi Smith,
Nicholas Bartlett,
Ning Wang
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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01 March 2012 |
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“Subutex is safe”: Perceptions of risk in using illicit drugs during pregnancy
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.01.004
Abstract: Background: The dominant biomedical discourse stresses the physiological risks to the foetus or newborn posed by the prenatal use of illicit drugs. There is also a strong moral incentive for...
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Anna Leppo
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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27 February 2012 |
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An examination of injection drug use trends in Victoria and Vancouver, BC after the closure of Victoria's only fixed-site needle and syringe programme
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.11.004
Abstract: Background: Needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) have been established as effective harm reduction initiatives to reduce injection drug use (IDU)-related risk behaviours, including sharing n...
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Andrew Ivsins,
Clifton Chow,
Scott Macdonald,
Tim Stockwell,
Kate Vallance,
David C. Marsh,
Warren Michelow,
Cameron Duff
et al.
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Short communication
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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27 January 2012 |
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Drug policy in Vietnam: A decade of change?
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.11.005
Abstract: Background: Driven by the rapid spread of HIV, Vietnam's response to drug use has undergone significant transformation in the past decade. This paper seeks to identify and analyse factors th...
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Thu Vuong,
Robert Ali,
Simon Baldwin,
Stephen Mills
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Full-length article
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30 December 2011 |
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HIV prevalence amongst injecting drug users in Iran: A systematic review of studies conducted during the decade 1998–2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.09.002
Abstract: Background and objectives: Iran is a country with low HIV prevalence in the general population and concentrated prevalence amongst injecting drug users (IDUs). Various studies have been carr...
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Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar,
Masoumeh Amin-Esmaeili,
Ali-akbar Haghdoost,
Behnam Sadeghirad,
Minoo Mohraz
et al.
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Short survey
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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17 October 2011 |
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Transition to injection amongst opioid users in Iran: Implications for harm reduction
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.09.001
Abstract: Driven by opioid use, HIV prevalence is high (15–27%) amongst injection drug users (IDU) in Iran. Harm reduction programmes are associated with a reduction in high risk injecting behaviours;...
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Mohsen Malekinejad,
Mohsen Vazirian
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Full-length article
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14 October 2011 |