Drug and Alcohol Review

Over 280 000 people who use drugs are detained in some 1000 compulsory centres in East and South East Asia. In the May issue of Drug and Alcohol Review, Drs Tomás-Rosselló and Bergenstrom from the United Office on Drugs and Crime discuss recent political efforts to persuade governments in the region to move more toward providing voluntary evidence-based treatment for illicit drug use.

Read the ‘Extra Issue’ from Drug and Alcohol Review – supported by APSAD.

Read the July 2012 Special Issue of Drug and Alcohol Review to find out why it is time we took action on tobacco smoking among socially disadvantaged groups.

Key papers from the issue include:

The balancing act: Experts' opinions about the relative resourcing of tobacco control efforts for the general population versus disadvantaged populations

Banning retail tobacco sales: Time to start the discussion

Anti-tobacco mass media and socially disadvantaged groups: A systematic and methodological review

Read coverage on the issue:
Should we set a date for a tobacco-free Australia?

In this virtual issue we have brought you our most recent papers on the topic of pharmaceutical misuse from the journal. The issue includes recent data on growing fentanyl-related deaths in Australia, overdoses from the atypical antipsychotic agent quetiapine, prescription drug use among youth, pharmaceutical opioid use in South Asia , and a description of the prescription drug epidemic in the United States. Also included are popular papers from our 2012 special issue on pharmaceutical misuse.

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