Abstract:
:Economics is the study of choice among alternatives under conditions of scarcity. Drug policy is manifestly an "economic" problem in the sense that these policies are developed under conditions of scarcity: there are not enough police, treatment facilities, and social services to solve the drug problem, however it is defined. This paper argues that a harms reduction approach to drug policy can be characterized as pragmatic cost-effective drug control which attempts to achieve efficient drug policy. Economic aspects of drug enforcement are discussed which reveal that these policies do not necessarily reduce drug problems and can generate unintended consequences. Enforcement remains the dominant drug policy in the United States despite evidence that it is overused, in part because both federal and state asset forfeiture laws and budget processes offer police agencies incentives to focus on enforcement rather than other policy alternatives. An efficiency-based harms reduction approach may be one way to effectively advocate a rational approach to drug issues in the often strident and ideological drug policy debates. [Translations are provided in the International Abstracts Section of this issue.]
journal_name
Subst Use Misusejournal_title
Substance use & misuseauthors
Rasmussen DW,Benson BLdoi
10.3109/10826089909035635subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-01-01 00:00:00pages
49-67issue
1eissn
1082-6084issn
1532-2491journal_volume
34pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The present study examined the role of distress tolerance (DT) and race in relation to cigarette smoking. For this study, between 2008 and 2010, 153 women (62.1% White, 37.9% African American) from the Washington, DC metropolitan area completed a computerized behavioral DT task and self-reported smoking history. Resul...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2013.863346
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::In recent decades, methamphetamine developed a peculiar geographic distribution in the United States, with limited diffusion in the Northeast. While use within gay clubs received attention, methamphetamine in club subcultures more broadly remains less clear. Using quantitative and qualitative data, we provide a descri...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2013.808217
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a single drug, i.e., alcohol, against a multiple drug preventive intervention. METHODS:A controlled trial was conducted with 448 8th grade students (mean age = 13 years old) from an inner-city middle school (n = 216) and a rural junior high school (n = ...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1081/JA-200030814
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Few studies examine whether early sexual experience is associated with subsequent illegal drug use among adolescents. A sample of 7,372 African American students who had not used illegal drugs before the age of 14 were identified in the dataset of the 2001 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Substance ...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2010.509853
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This note first presents a summary of four main behavioral models that are used to explain behavioral motivation and change. Three models are based on psychosocial theory. They are: 1) the Theory of Reasoned Action, 2) the Theory of Planned Behavior, and 3) the Theory of Stages-of-Change. The fourth model is based on ...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826080009147700
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this investigation, secondary analyses were performed on an extensive database for 473 biological and 128 adoptive families. These data, which were gathered as part of the Vancouver Family Survey, were used to examine the prevalence and predictors of "heavy" marijuana use in a Canadian youth sample aged 14-25. Resu...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10826080500318558
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This qualitative research implemented in France between 2004 and 2007 is based on 30 in-depth interviews carried out with individuals who consumed hallucinogenic plants or mushrooms at least six times during the year preceding the interview. The interviews were recorded, retranscribed, and an analysis of their content...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10826080802490170
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tobacco consumption is high amongst the people of Xxx. This study was carried out in 2011 in a rural community of Xxx, to compare pathological parameters associated with tobacco use in relation to nicotine metabolism between smokers, chewers, and a control group. A total of 216 volunteers provided blood and urine samp...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2014.880483
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study describes, through ethnographic interviews, the treatment experiences of Puerto Rican long-term heroin users who are at extremely high risk for HIV infection and the barriers they perceive to drug treatment. On the basis of this information we suggest policy recommendations for increasing drug treatment acc...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826089909039434
更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Blood doping has been defined as the misuse of substances or certain techniques to optimize oxygen delivery to muscles with the aim to increase performance in sports activities. It includes blood transfusion, administration of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents or blood substitutes, and gene manipulations. The main rea...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2014.903754
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper presents Polish methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) against the background of the dominant therapeutic community approach. The perspectives of various stakeholders-supporters and opponents-are examined as well as the barriers, facilitators, ideological conflicts, and financial interests influencing MMT po...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2013.797836
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Alcohol use (and adverse consequences due to alcohol use) among college student-athletes is a common occurrence and consequently garners attention as a health concern within athletic departments and the NCAA. One of the strongest predictors of alcohol use in athletes is motivation to drink. However, not much ...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10826084.2018.1512624
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Despite evidence of a strong association between stress and level of drinking in adolescent populations, the role of stress in accounting for changes in drinking behavior throughout the adolescent years is unclear. This study uses a linear growth curve analysis to examine the determinants of within-individual changes ...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826080009148415
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objective: Although the rapid increase in opioid use disorders (OUD) and concurrent increase in Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the United States is well-documented, little is known about HCV testing among high-risk populations. We examine patterns of HCV testing across OUD treatment settings for individuals with OUD in Ne...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10826084.2020.1858106
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although young people attending raves have been most visibly associated with the use of ecstasy and other "club drugs" in the United States, there is reason to believe that they are not a homogenous group in terms of their drug use practices. The purpose of this article is to begin developing a typology of young adult...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1081/JA-200066830
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The relationship between psychosocial status and alcohol and drug use at 12-month follow-up was evaluated for clients of two addictions treatment programs (90 treated for alcohol; 51 for drugs or drugs and alcohol). Psychosocial status at follow-up was mostly unrelated to alcohol use among clients who were not using d...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826089909039405
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Prior research suggests that both posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol abuse affect behavioral healthcare utilization among combat-exposed military populations. However, their interactive effect is not well documented, especially after experiencing psychological trauma. OBJECTIVE:This study exam...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2015.1133644
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Background: Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) collect controlled substance prescriptions dispensed within a state. Many PDMP programs perform targeted outreach (i.e., "unsolicited reporting") for patients who exceed numerical thresholds, however, the degree to which patients at highest risk of fatal opioid...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10826084.2020.1868520
更新日期:2021-01-15 00:00:00
abstract::The comorbidity, separately, of alcohol dependence and consequences of drinking with illicit drug use is compared between Mexicans and Mexicans Americans, using data from the 1995 and 2000 U.S. National Alcohol Surveys (n = 830) and the 1998 Mexico National Household Survey on Addictions (n = 3313). Among drinkers, co...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10826080701209085
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Despite the availability of clinical tools and evidence-based screening recommendations, there has been little discussion regarding screening of prenatal alcohol exposure in community-based settings, including adoption and implementation. This study's aim is to evaluate and validate--through surveys and focus groups--...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2014.880484
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many community-based intervention studies experience problems with collaboration between researchers and practitioners. A preferred strategy appears to be to form community coalitions to carry out the proposed interventions in the community, but doing so risks shifting the focus from intervention objectives to coaliti...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826080902864985
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Attention must be focused on needed changes to the current United States law that restricts physicians who prescribe buprenorphine for the detoxification or treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, to accepting no more than 100 patients. The current system does not provide comprehensive treatment as defined by the American S...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10826084.2016.1200097
更新日期:2016-10-14 00:00:00
abstract::This paper presents a qualitative investigation of peer mentoring among HIV seropositive injection drug users in a randomized controlled trial, the INSPIRE study. Qualitative analyses of 68 in-depth open-ended interviews conducted in 2005 in Baltimore, New York, Miami, and San Francisco revealed that these individuals...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2012.644122
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::This commentary reviews two manuscripts about big event empirical data exploring concepts and pathways of drug use and health-related events. Using basic concepts and tools, it proposes a focused framework in order to help comprehension of the multifactorial and multilevel components between macrosocial determinants o...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2015.1042289
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is substantial empirical evidence that negative mood triggers smoking behavior, and less support for the similar effect of positive mood. However, the relationship between the intensity of mood and smoking remains relatively under-researched. OBJECTIVES:The present study explored the association betwe...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10826084.2016.1245334
更新日期:2017-03-21 00:00:00
abstract::The first drug treatment court began in Miami, Florida in 1989, in direct response to the backlog of court cases for drug possession and trafficking. By mid-2001, there were 700 operational drug treatment courts and 400 more in the planning stages in the United States. In addition to providing an overview of the growt...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1081/ja-120014418
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The population of adults accessing opioid treatment is growing older, but exact estimates vary widely, and little is known about the characteristics of the aging treatment population. Further, there has been little research regarding the epidemiology, healt h status, and functional impairments in this popula...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826084.2015.1027929
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Background: Temporary abstinence from alcohol as a challenge could support self-knowledge, self-care, and health consciousness in several ways. Objectives: The present study explored Dry November participants' personal experiences and coping strategies during a one-month abstinence period. The research is embedded in ...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10826084.2019.1705861
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We used an ecological paradigm and multilevel analytic techniques to analyze gender-specific relationships of cohabitation (versus marriage) to drinking in 19 countries (n = 32,922) and to "heavy episodic drinking" (HED) in 17 countries (n = 24,525) in surveys (1996-2004) from Gender, Alcohol, and Culture: An Internat...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/10826081003692106
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::This systematic review analyzes the role of gender in the association between childhood maltreatment and substance use outcomes, among longitudinal papers published between 1995 and 2011. Ten papers examined gender as a moderating variable. Results on gender differences were mixed. When studies that found no gender ef...
journal_title:Substance use & misuse
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/10826084.2013.800115
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00