Injecting Illicit Drugs
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Injecting Illicit Drugs
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Author : Richard Pates
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15
Injecting Illicit Drugs written by Richard Pates and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Psychology categories.
Injecting drug use is of major concern to both Western and developing nations, causing extensive associated harm at both individual and public health levels. This book provides readers with authoritative and practical information on injecting drug use and the health consequences of this behaviour. Includes topical issues such as needle fixation, transitions to and from injecting, and illicit drug use in prison settings. Documents the relationship between injecting practice and infectious diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis C. Explores harm reduction approaches such as safer injecting and supervised injecting rooms. Reflects international perspectives from expert contributors.
Needle Sharing Among Intravenous Drug Abusers
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Author : Robert Battjes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Needle Sharing Among Intravenous Drug Abusers written by Robert Battjes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with AIDS (Disease) categories.
Early Substance Use Experiences And Trajectories Leading To Injection Drug Use Among Male And Female Current Injection Drug Users In The Mexico Us Border Region
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Early Substance Use Experiences And Trajectories Leading To Injection Drug Use Among Male And Female Current Injection Drug Users In The Mexico Us Border Region written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Background: The research proposed herein investigates factors associated with substance use trajectories leading to injection drug use (injection) and the circumstances surrounding injection within two different populations of injection drug users (IDUs). This study aims to identify factors associated with: (1) initiation of substance use through injection, (2) lifetime and current agua celeste use (an inhalant unique to Northern Mexico), and (3) time to initiation of sex work, and initiation of injection. Methods: Three manuscripts form the basis of this dissertation using existing data from two datasets. Manuscript 1 uses data from IDU from the Proyecto El Cuete phase III dataset, and Manuscript 2 and 3 use data from female sex workers who inject drugs (FSW-IDU) in the Mujer Mas Segura dataset. Results: Manuscript 1 identified a sub-group of IDUs who initiated illicit drug use by injecting the drug ('injection first'). 'Injection first' IDUs were more likely to first inject heroin and inject alone, but were not significantly riskier in their current drug use or sexual behaviors compared to IDUs who used illicit drugs prior to injection. Manuscript 2 found that only FSW-IDUs in Ciudad Juarez reported agua celeste use and prevalence overall (53%) and within the past 6 months (47%) was high. Manuscript 3 identified that early abuse and illicit drug use was associated an accelerated time to initiation of both sex work and injection. Low education and a perceived need to enter sex work to support family were associated with a shorter time to sex work initiation, and geographical migration was found to decelerate time to injection initiation. Having an intimate partner suggest sex work and injecting to deal with feelings of depression accelerated time to both sex work and injection initiation when they occurred at the same age. Conclusions: The unique populations of IDUs studied and novel research questions make the findings within this dissertation valuable to the larger field of research on substance use careers. These findings build on previous literature showing that inhalant use is an important risk factor for subsequent injection and may help identify possible avenues for intervention that can delay or prevent onset of initiation of injection drug use and/or sex work.
Difficult To Reuse Needles For The Prevention Of Hiv Infection Among Injecting Drug Users
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Author : Don Des Jarlais
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Difficult To Reuse Needles For The Prevention Of Hiv Infection Among Injecting Drug Users written by Don Des Jarlais and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Drug addicts categories.
Interventions For Addiction
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Author : Max Hopwood
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Release Date : 2013-05-20
Interventions For Addiction written by Max Hopwood and has been published by Elsevier Inc. Chapters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-20 with Psychology categories.
Male Injecting Drug Users And The Impact Of Imprisonment
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Author : Charlotte Nyala Elizabeth Tompkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Male Injecting Drug Users And The Impact Of Imprisonment written by Charlotte Nyala Elizabeth Tompkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Preventing Hiv Transmission
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Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1995-09-14
Preventing Hiv Transmission written by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-09-14 with Medical categories.
This volume addresses the interface of two major national problems: the epidemic of HIV-AIDS and the widespread use of illegal injection drugs. Should communities have the option of giving drug users sterile needles or bleach for cleaning needs in order to reduce the spread of HIV? Does needle distribution worsen the drug problem, as opponents of such programs argue? Do they reduce the spread of other serious diseases, such as hepatitis? Do they result in more used needles being carelessly discarded in the community? The panel takes a critical look at the available data on needle exchange and bleach distribution programs, reaches conclusions about their efficacy, and offers concrete recommendations for public policy to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. The book includes current knowledge about the epidemiologies of HIV/AIDS and injection drug use; characteristics of needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and views on those programs from diverse community groups; and a discussion of laws designed to control possession of needles, their impact on needle sharing among injection drug users, and their implications for needle exchange programs.
The Safer Injecting Handbook
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Author : Andrew Preston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Safer Injecting Handbook written by Andrew Preston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Drug addicts categories.
Understanding Injecting Drug Use In Contemporary Australian Settings
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Author : Danielle Rebekah Horyniak
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Understanding Injecting Drug Use In Contemporary Australian Settings written by Danielle Rebekah Horyniak and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Injecting drug use is an important public health issue, causing significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The contemporary drug market setting in Australia is defined by a lower prevalence and frequency of heroin injection among regular people who inject drugs (PWID) compared with in the past, and changing patterns of polydrug use, with some evidence of increasing use of pharmaceutical opioids.Our understanding of patterns of drug use and related risk behaviours among contemporary PWID is limited by the fact that much research has captured samples of predominantly older, long-term PWID, many of whom are on opioid substitution therapy (OST) and may use drugs only infrequently. The aim of the research presented in this thesis was to generate comprehensive information about patterns of drug use and associated risk behaviours among PWID who are active in contemporary settings, including understudied populations such as younger PWID, out-of-treatment PWID and PWID from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.The Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study (MIX) is a prospective cohort of 688 community-recruited regular PWID. The median age of the cohort is 27.6 years and only 35% of participants were prescribed OST at baseline. Over 70% of the cohort completed a follow-up interview at 12 months post-baseline, demonstrating that it is possible to successfully retain a cohort of community-recruited PWID.Despite the uniqueness of this cohort, patterns of drug use by MIX participants were relatively similar to those displayed by sentinel samples of older, longer-term PWID. There were few differences in injecting initiation experiences between MIX participants who initiated injecting in contemporary settings and those who initiated in earlier settings and, although this had some ongoing impact, the relationship was not strongly related to current drug use patterns. Pharmaceutical opioid use was a key component of polydrug use among MIX participants, with 20% of the cohort reporting using illicitly-obtained pharmaceutical opioids in the month preceding baseline interview. Use of pharmaceutical opioids was however not sustained over time. The relationship between age and engagement in risk behaviours was examined using 10 years of data from the Australian Illicit Drug Reporting System, a national repeat cross-sectional survey of regular PWID recruited through needle and syringe programs, drug treatment and community settings. Older age was associated with decreased likelihood of engagement in a range of injecting-related and criminogenic risk behaviours. Injecting drug use among young people of African ethnicity was examined using MIX data and an additional qualitative study. Findings showed that injecting drug use (and substance use more broadly) and mental health are emerging issues among this community.Findings from this body of research inform the provision of harm reduction services which take into the account the key populations and patterns of drug use in the contemporary setting. Priority areas for future research include further research examining pharmaceutical opioid use among PWID, studies of substance use and mental health among resettled refugee youth, research into interventions to reduce injecting-related risk behaviours among younger PWID and additional longitudinal studies of PWID with a broader geographic focus.
Injecting Bodies In More Than Human Worlds
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Author : Fay Dennis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-08
Injecting Bodies In More Than Human Worlds written by Fay Dennis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-08 with Social Science categories.
Drug use is widely understood in terms of its subjects, substances and settings. But what happens when these distinctions start to blur? Injecting Bodies in More-than-Human Worlds moves away from a hierarchical conceptualisation of drug use based on its subjects and their objects, offering unique and fresh insights into the complex world of injecting drugs. Focussing on the Deleuzian notion of bodies-in-process, Dennis proposes a new and timely approach to drugs where agency materialises in relation to others – human and not. Using rich, ethnographic data to demonstrate bodies’ in/capacities to act through their relationality, Dennis carefully maps out where bodies are thought, practised, lived and intervened-with: caught in tension between pleasure and addiction, activity and passivity, ‘becoming-other’ and ‘becoming-blocked’, and making and breaking habits. Arguing for a deeper engagement both with how bodies are enacted and with our collective responsibility to bring them together in healthier ways, this volume offers a unique intervention into the sociology of drugs and, more widely, health and illness. It will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Science and Technology Studies, Sociology and Social Policy, Drugs and Addiction, and Health and Medical Anthropology.