Recently added articles from Contemporary Drug Problems:
EDITORS' INTRODUCTION: International perspectives on drinking and damage based on population surveys and epidemiological studies
Oct 01, 2007; Giesbrecht, Norman; Ahlström, Salme; Parker, Robert Nash; Pinksy, Ilana ... 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; Borges, Guilherme; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Lara, Carmen; Zambrano, Joaquín; Benjet, Corina; Fleiss, Clara ... 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; Mendoza, Martha Romero ... 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; Lima, Maria C P; Kerr-Corrêa, Florence; Tucci, Adriana M; Simao, Maria O; Oliveira, Janaina B; Cavariani, Mariana B; Fantazia, Miriam M ... 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; Magri, Raquel; Hutson, Janine; Míguez, Hugo; Suarez, Héctor; Menendez, Adriana; Parodi, Verónica; Koren, Gideon; Bustos, Raul ... 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; Murray, Robert P ... 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; Kerr, William C; Ye, Yu ... 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; Norström, Thor ... 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; Horyniak, Danielle; Armstrong, Stuart; Higgs, Peter; Wain, David; Aitken, Campbell ... 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 ...