mmt. (2002, 07.01.2002). Mobiles Team in Drogenszene? Der Bund, 6.
Abstract: Thun : am 17 januar entscheidet das Thuner Stadtparlament, ob ein mobiles Team mit Sozialarbeitern für ordentlichere Verhältnisse in der Drogenszene sorgen soll. Die Stadt müsste den einjhärigen Versuch selber bezahlen – vom Kanton ist kein Geld zu erwarten.
Keywords: harm reduction; street work; Thun
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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2012). Responding to drug use and related problems in recreational settings. Thematic papers. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).
Abstract: Throughout the year, bars, nightclubs, discotheques and other recreational venues provide young Europeans with opportunities to socialise and dance, often offering entertainment such as concerts and dance parties. In addition, large music festivals that are organised mostly during the summer months attract thousands of visitors. Surveys show that in many recreational venues the use of drugs is more prevalent than in the general population (EMCDDA, 2006).
Keywords: AOD use; AOD associated consequences; public AOD use; policy recommendations; prevalence; Europe
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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2011). Amphetamines and ecstasy. Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Abstract: Three years after the last global assessment of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS), the manufacture and trafficking of these drugs remains a serious and constantly evolving challenge. The 2011 Global ATS Assessment shines a powerful light on ATS helping governments to better understand this important phenomenon. Once viewed as purely a cottage industry, ATS manufacture and trafficking has undergone its own industrial revolution. After cannabis, ATS are the second most widely used drugs across the globe outstripping the use of heroin or cocaine. ATS are now manufactured and marketed with organized crime groups involved throughout the production and supply chain. Until recently, the ATS trade was sometimes ignored in favour of the traditional focus on heroin and cocaine. But there is growing recognition that the expansion of the ATS trade and its high profits threaten security, health and the welfare of populations across the globe. [...]
Keywords: illicit drug; drug market; drug trafficking; addiction; chemical addiction; AOD dependence; AOD consumption; AOD demand; AOD supply; illegal production of drugs; illicit drug industry; amphetamines; ecstasy
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Bitter, S. (2009). Zwei Jahrzehnte im Dienst der Gesundheit. Bern: Schweizer Radio DRS, DRS 2.
Abstract: Thomas Zeltner, Direktor des Bundesamts für Gesundheit, tritt auf Ende Jahr in den Ruhestand. Nach fast zwei Jahrzehnten im Amt zieht er eine Bilanz über die Entwicklung des Gesundheitswesen und seine letzte grosse Herausforderung – die Grippepandemie. In seine Zeit als Direktor fielen viele wichtige Entscheide: Zeltner stellte sich hinter eine staatlich kontrollierte Heroinabgabe. Er kämpfte gegen den Rinderwahn und die Machenschaften der Zigarettenindustrie, verantwortete provokative Präventionsprogramme. Und auch in den letzten Tagen seiner Amtszeit blieb er viel beschäftigt. Die Schweinegrippe forderte ihn und sein Amt. Er kritisierte den Kantönligeist, der den Kampf gegen die Schweinegrippe behindert.
Keywords: other media; compact disc; audio CD; government and politics; public health; history; harm reduction; treatment and maintenance; heroin-assisted treatment; Switzerland; Zeltner, Thomas; interview; radio
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De Leon, G. (2000). The therapeutic community : theory, model, and method. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Abstract: This volume provides a comprehensive review of the essentials of the Therapeutic Community (TC) theory and its practical “whole person” approach to the treatment of substance abuse disorders and related problems. Part 1 outlines the perspective of the traditional views of the substance abuse disorder, the substance abuser, and the basic components of this approach. Part II explains the organizational structure of the TC, its work components, and the role of residents and staff. The chapters in Part III describe the essential activities of TC life that relate most directly to the recovery process and the goals of rehabilitation. The final part outlines how individuals change in the TC behaviorally, cognitively, and emotionally. It is an invaluable resource for all addictions professionals and students. The book describes the contemporary therapeutic community (TC) for addictions as a hybrid, a union of self-help and public support. It is an experiment in progress, reconfiguring the vital healing and teaching ingredients of self-help communities into a systematic methodology for transforming lives. The book’s 25 chapters include data concerning: (1) evolution of the TC and the need for theory; (2) biomedical concepts and the TC perspective; (3) view of the person; (4) physical environment, social organization, work, staff and peers in the TC; (5) program stages; (6) TC models, including privileges and sanctions, surveillance and security, community meetings and the encounter group; (7) individual change, including behaviors, cognitions, emotions, essential experiences and essential perceptions; (8) participation in the change process; (9) internalization and identity; (10) a conceptual framework of the treatment process; and (11) the challenge of evolution in therapeutic communities, including general guidelines for adaptations and modifications. Notes, tables, figures, references, appendixes, indexes
Keywords: treatment and maintenance; inpatient care; AOD dependence; group therapy; treatment program; therapeutic community; treatment model; socialization; peer prevention; treatment outcome
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various. (2000). Reviewing current practice in drug-substitution treatment in the European Union (M. Farrell, S. Howes, A. Verster, M. Davoli, U. Solberg, G. Greenwood, et al., Eds.). Insights, 3. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
Abstract: This volume is the result of an EMCDDA-commissioned study carried out in 1998 and 1999 into one of the most widely discussed drug-related topics in Europe today: substitution treatment. The study was prompted by the lively debate on the issue in the mid-1990s, when Switzerland launched its first heroin trial, France began buprenorphine treatment and methadone programmes expanded rapidly throughout Europe. These initiatives led to an increased focus on substitution treatment and to the trajectories it was to follow in the future. The volume opens with a historical overview of substitution treatment, the development of methadone maintenance and other substitution services and a section on monitoring and evaluation. It closes with a series of country profiles for each of the then 15 EU Member States, all containing an introduction to substitution treatment in the country concerned.
Keywords: treatment and maintenance; drug substitution therapy; methadone maintenance; buprenorphine maintenance; heroin-assisted treatment; Switzerland; Europe; European Union
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Riley, D. (Ed.). (1999). Injection drug use and HIV/AIDS : legal and ethical issues. Background Papers. Montréal: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network.
Abstract: This volume contains the final version of the three background papers. It should be read together with HIV/AIDS and Injection Drug Use: Legal and Ethical Issues, the report on phases I and II of the project, which contains a summary of the analysis of the seven priority issues, and the recommendations developed by the workshop participants. The report is based on the background papers in this volume and the comments made by workshop participants at the three workshops held between November 1997 and March 1999.
Keywords: AOD use, abuse, and dependence; intravenous injection; HIV infection; Aids; laws and regulations; ethics; Canada
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Riley, D. (1999). Syringe exchange and methadone maintenance treatment. In Injection drug use and HIV/AIDS : legal and ethical issues (pp. C52–C66). Background Papers. Montréal: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network.
Abstract: This volume contains the final version of the three background papers. It should be read together with HIV/AIDS and Injection Drug Use: Legal and Ethical Issues, the report on phases I and II of the project, which contains a summary of the analysis of the seven priority issues, and the recommendations developed by the workshop participants. The report is based on the background papers in this volume and the comments made by workshop participants at the three workshops held between November 1997 and March 1999.
Keywords: treatment and maintenance; methadone maintenance; needle distribution and exchange; intravenous drug user; HIV infection; Aids; viral hepatitis; harm reduction; public policy; public health; Canada; United States; Europe; Australia; international area; drug substitution therapy
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various. (2012). Driving under the influence of drugs, alcohol and medicines in Europe – findings from the DRUID project (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Ed.). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Abstract: This Thematic paper presents the key findings of the European Union’s research project on Driving Under the Influence of Drugs, alcohol and Medicines, known as the DRUID project. The project looked at experimental studies, epidemiological studies, enforcement, classification of medicines, driver rehabilitation, withdrawal of driving licence, and dissemination and guidelines. Over 5 years of work across 18 countries, the project has produced some 50 reports, each one contributing key evidence to road safety policy. The thematic paper therefore aims to summarise the findings of one of the biggest research projects ever carried out in the EU on drugs and driving.
Keywords: AOD use and driving; illicit drug; licit drug; psychoactive substances; alcohol; AOD effects and AODR problems; AODR accident mortality; public policy on AOD; law enforcement; cost-benefit analysis; statistical data; Europe; European Union
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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2013). Drug prevention interventions targeting minority ethnic populations : issues raised by 33 case studies (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Ed.). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Abstract: This Thematic paper contains the results of a study that examined drug prevention interventions for minority ethnic populations in 29 European countries. A total of 33 interventions were reported to the study and the issues they raise are presented and discussed in the paper. The results will inform the EMCDDA’s plans for 2013-15 in terms of monitoring drug prevention interventions particularly in three areas: data collection, design and quality, and the dissemination of knowledge.
Keywords: AOD use, abuse, and dependence; intervention (persuasion to treatment); prevention; migration; ethnic group; minority; monitoring; study; international area; Norway; Europe; European Union
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