Drugs: the complete collection
 Drugs: the complete collection

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Drugs: the complete collection

All Effectiveness Bank analyses to date of documents related to use and problem use of illegal drugs starting with the analyses most recently added or updated, totalling today 815 documents.

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STUDY 1999 PDF file 223Kb
Treatment staff matter as much as the drug

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Three US studies prove there is more to methadone maintenance than the drug. The individual counsellor and whether they respond constructively to patient problems can dramatically affect retention and drug use outcomes.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 217Kb
Buprenorphine safer than methadone for less dependent patients

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Two European studies suggest that compared to methadone, more patients drop out if buprenorphine is used to maintain opiate addicts but also that a substantial proportion are retained and sustain abstinence from illegal opiates.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 228Kb
Shared care encourages GPs to treat addiction

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
In London access to good quality primary care opiate addiction treatment was expanded by a mixture of support from a local specialist GP, training, peer support, financial reimbursements, and shared care guidelines and protocols.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 224Kb
Coerced arrest referral as early intervention

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
UK studies show that 'incentive' schemes (diversion from prosecution for offenders who address their drug use) may intercept the careers of young, casual drug users and avoid costly proceedings but are not applicable to criminally active, dependent users.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 634Kb
Deviant drug use susceptible to education

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
California pupils refused entry to normal secondary schools (many used drugs and/or were high risk) substantially reduced their hard drug use in special schools allocated to a three-week curriculum tailored to their needs.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 334Kb
Community mobilisation cuts drinking and drug use, but implementation complex and costly

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Two major US studies found that a programme which involves community mobilisation as well as school-based activities can delay the onset of alcohol and drug use among younger adolescents, and one reported a lasting impact on later drug problems.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 178Kb
Some counselling maximises methadone cost-effectiveness

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Suggests that increasing availability of counselling modestly (to three times a week, uptake in practice under one a week) buys more abstinence per dollar than offering daily access plus other services.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 217Kb
Major national treatment study suggests British drug services deliver net cost savings

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Influential results from the national English drug treatment evaluation included a cut in the crime rate to a third of pre-treatment levels, leading to an estimate that every extra £1 spent on treatment saved over £3 in the costs of crime alone.

IN PRACTICE 1999 PDF file 292Kb
Are we right to spend more?

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Commissioners in London wanted to know if they were getting value for money from extending residential and day care stays for substance dependent clients. To find out they trialed the Christo Inventory, a new quick and simple monitoring tool.

STUDY 1999 PDF file 182Kb
Heroin prescribing can help methadone's failures

in the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine
Studies in UK and Switzerland show that many opiate-dependent patients failed by oral methadone, or seeking treatment but unwilling to give up heroin, do better if prescribed heroin in terms of crime, illicit opiate use and psychological wellbeing.


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