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Statement on ayahuasca
29 March 2012
Sixty years ago, the esteemed academic journal Science published a “Statement on Peyote” (), in which a handful of leading researchers, dismayed by the misinformed and demonising drug politics of the ...
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Brian T. Anderson,
Beatriz C. Labate,
Matthew Meyer,
Kenneth W. Tupper,
Paulo C.R. Barbosa,
Charles S. Grob,
Andrew Dawson,
Dennis McKenna
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173-175
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Behavioural interventions for preventing hepatitis C infection in people who inject drugs: A global systematic review
14 October 2011
Abstract: Background: A systematic review was conducted to determine whether behavioural interventions are effective in preventing transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) amongst people who inject dru...
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Rachel Sacks-Davis,
Danielle Horyniak,
Jason Grebely,
Margaret Hellard
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176-184
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A critique of human rights based approaches should demonstrate an understanding of human rights based approaches
15 March 2012
Jia-shin Chen's recent commentary () ‘Beyond human rights and public health: Citizenship issues in harm reduction’ demonstrates little understanding of human rights, undermining its central critique.
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Damon Barrett
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185-186
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Well-written but misplaced: A response to Barrett's comment
15 March 2012
comment criticizes my previously published commentary () for a lack of understanding of human rights based approaches because my paper is seen as “a critique of human rights based approaches”. He the...
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Jia-shin Chen
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187
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“A Costly Turn On”: Patterns of use and perceived consequences of mephedrone based head shop products amongst Irish injectors
20 February 2012
Abstract: Background: Mephedrone injecting has recently been reported in Romania, Slovenia, Guernsey and Ireland. The research reported here aimed to describe the experiences of a group of Irish injec...
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Marie Claire Van Hout,
Tim Bingham
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188-197
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Virtually a drug scare: Mephedrone and the impact of the Internet on drug news transmission
20 February 2012
Abstract: Background: On the 16th April 2010 the drug mephedrone was outlawed in the UK. This followed news media reports of deaths linked to the drug. In many respects the mephedrone scare represente...
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Alasdair J.M. Forsyth
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198-209
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Off the street and into “the cut”: Deterrence and displacement in NYC's quality of life marijuana policing
17 October 2011
Abstract: This paper examines the accounts of NYC marijuana smokers about the information and values underlying decisions about where to smoke. We do so to assess the deterrent value of NYC's “quality...
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Luther Elliott,
Andrew Golub,
Eloise Dunlap
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210-219
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Understanding the drug treatment community's ambivalence towards tobacco use and treatment
27 January 2012
Abstract: Background: Most clients in drug treatment smoke cigarettes, but few facilities provide treatment for tobacco dependence. We identify subjective experiences and social processes that may inf...
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Kimber P. Richter,
Jamie J. Hunt,
A. Paula Cupertino,
Susan Garrett,
Peter D. Friedmann
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220-228
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Harm reduction, students and pleasure: An examination of student responses to a binge drinking campaign
16 November 2011
Abstract: Background: Recent debates about ‘binge drinking’ in New Zealand have positioned alcohol consumption amongst young drinkers as of concern. Research notes that students drink more heavily tha...
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Fiona Hutton
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229-235
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The gendered trouble with alcohol: Young people managing alcohol related violence
16 March 2012
Abstract: Background: Alcohol related violence is a troubling backdrop to the social lives and relationships of many young people in post-industrial societies. The development of the night-time econom...
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Jo Lindsay
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236-241
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Nicotine control: E-cigarettes, smoking and addiction
27 February 2012
Abstract: Background: Over the past year or so, electronic cigarettes, more commonly known as ‘e-cigarettes’, have achieved widespread visibility and growing popularity. These products, which deliver ...
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Kirsten Bell,
Helen Keane
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242-247
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Routine exposure to blood within hostel environments might help to explain elevated levels of hepatitis C amongst homeless drug users: Insights from a qualitative study
06 February 2012
Abstract: Background: Although homelessness is a risk factor for HCV infection, there is a lack of research exploring the relationship between living in a hostel for homeless people and blood-borne vi...
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Joanne Neale,
Caral Stevenson
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248-250
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Understanding the gendered patterns of substance use initiation among adolescents living in rural, central Mexico
15 March 2012
Abstract: Background: Little is known about the age of initiation and gender differences in substance use among adolescents in rural, central Mexico. Methods: The cross-sectional data were collected f...
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Stephanie Ayers,
Flavio Marsiglia,
Steven Hoffman,
Zhyldyz Urbaeva
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251-254
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