Recently added articles from Contemporary Drug Problems:
The effects of perceived availability of different alcoholic beverages on young people's drinking in Europe: A comparative exploration
Dec 01, 2007; ... This study considers several topics: The perceived availability of alcoholic beverages, the purchase of alcoholic beverages, prevalence of drinking and prevalence of intoxication. All these variables are analyzed at the individual level. Because most European societies have some minimum legal ...
EDITORS' INTRODUCTION: International perspectives on alcohol policy effect studies, policy opinion, and policy formation
Dec 01, 2007; ... In recent decades there have been dramatic international changes in alcohol policy initiatives, access to alcohol, level of consumption, drinking patterns, and damage associated with alcohol consumption. A number of studies have shown strong associations among drinking levels, drinking patterns ...
Alcohol policy opinions in the United States over a 15-year period of dynamic per capita consumption changes: Implications for today's public health practice
Dec 01, 2007; ... We examine 1989-2005 trends in United States (US) public opinion using 11 alcohol policy items (seven national telephone surveys) during a dynamic drop in per capita intake until the mid-1990s, followed by the first sustained upturn seen since 1980. In the 2000 U.S. National Alcohol Survey (NAS) ...
Recommendations on alcohol consumption: An international comparison
Dec 01, 2007; ... Public health policy on alcohol is changing in many countries. This article reviews public health messages with regard to alcohol in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) and highlights the common as well as the different messages delineated. The messages from ...
The use of economic tools to develop a consensus on alcohol policies within and between jurisdictions
Dec 01, 2007; ... Alcohol policies encounter major problems because of the lack of consensus within and between jurisdictions. Tools that economists have developed in other contexts may be of use in addressing these problems. The consensus between neighboring jurisdictions can be facilitated when a ...
The need for policy alternatives to address alcohol and other drug problems: Developing a behavioral risk insurance model
Dec 01, 2007; ... Current approaches to funding addictions are critiqued as being fundamentally flawed and inadequate, in spite of the fact that disproportionate amounts of revenues come from the most vulnerable users of alcohol and other drugs. A new approach is proposed, constructing alcohol and other drug use ...
Consequences of an increase in availability due to an eroded national alcohol policy: A study of changes in consumption patterns and experienced alcohol-related harm among 17- to 18-year-olds in southern Sweden, 2003-2005
Dec 01, 2007; ... The national Swedish policy on alcohol has been eroded since the country joined the European Union (EU) in 1996, leading to a steep increase in the private import of alcohol. We investigate the impact on drinking patterns of the greater availability of alcohol among adolescents. Two ...
The effects of privatization of alcohol sales in Alberta on suicide mortality rates
Dec 01, 2007; ... We examine the impact of privatization of retail sale of alcohol in Alberta, Canada, between 1985 and 1995 on mortality rates from suicide. Privatization took place in three stages: The opening of privately owned wine stores in 1985, the opening of privately owned cold beer stores and the ...
EDITORS' INTRODUCTION: International perspectives on drinking and damage based on population surveys and epidemiological studies
Oct 01, 2007; ... In recent decades there have been dramatic international changes in alcohol policy initiatives, access to alcohol, level of consumption, drinking patterns and damage associated with alcohol consumption. A number of studies have shown strong associations among drinking levels, drinking patterns ...
Alcohol use and alcohol use disorders in Mexico
Oct 01, 2007; ... We provide information on prevalence rates of alcohol use and alcohol use disorders, as well as service utilization among persons that present with alcohol abuse or dependence in Mexico. The data were collected in 2001 and 2002 in the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey. The sample design was ...
Women in prison with alcohol problems: Why gender-responsive policies matter
Oct 01, 2007; ... The aim of this article is to show the results of alcohol consumption in a sample of female inmates and to reflect on the gaps existing regarding the issue of women with alcohol problems from a public policy and gender perspective in Mexico. A descriptive retrospective study was carried ...
Gender differences in heavy alcohol use: A general population survey (The Genacis Project) of São Paulo City, Brazil
Oct 01, 2007; ... The article examines patterns of alcohol consumption in a community sample from São Paulo City, Brazil. A household survey was carried out with a representative urban sample, stratified by clusters. The GENACIS questionnaire was used in 1473 face-to-face interviews. There was a predominance of ...
Advances in the determination of alcohol and other drug consumption during pregnancy: A study of 900 births in Montevideo, Uruguay
Oct 01, 2007; ... A study was performed in Uruguay to estimate the prevalence of drug consumption during pregnancy. The study consisted of a survey and biological samples to validate the responses and investigate information concerning risks involved in drug consumption during pregnancy. The survey consisted of ...
Population-level cohort studies on alcohol and health harm: What we know and what we don't know
Oct 01, 2007; ... Many population-level studies have documented a "health-protective effect" of alcohol use against coronary heart disease and mortality from all causes. This finding has generally been absorbed into the public consciousness as good news. Tempering the public enthusiasm, alcohol investigators have ...
US time series evidence regarding alcohol-related risk of oral cancers and protection against stomach cancers: Are higher concentration beverages different?
Oct 01, 2007; ... Autoregressive integrated moving average modeling procedures are utilized on population-level mortality rates for oral and stomach cancers in relation to per capita consumption of total alcohol, beer, wine, spirits and cigarettes to estimate long-term population-level relationships between ...
Alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality in the United States, 1950-2002
Oct 01, 2007; ... The aim of the study was to estimate the relationship between per capita alcohol consumption and male all-cause mortality in the United States (U.S.) for the period 1950-2002. Alcohol sales (in litres of 100% alcohol) were used as proxy for per capita consumption. The data were analyzed using ...
Poor Man's Smack: A qualitative study of buprenorphine injecting in Melbourne, Australia
Oct 01, 2007; ... Cross-sectional studies indicate that diversion and injection of buprenorphine intended for oral use is an emerging health issue for Victorian injecting drug users (IDUs). Between June and September 2006 we conducted in-depth interviews with 23 IDUs from Melbourne, Australia, exploring their ...