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Benjamin, D., Grant, E. R., & Pohorecky, L. A. (1993). Naltrexone reverses ethanol-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens in a\vake, freely moving rats. Brain research, 621(1; 03.09.1993), 137–140.
Keywords: alcohol; naltrexone; brain; serotonin; dopamine; study; research; journal article
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Aguirre, J. C., Del Arbol, J. L., Raya, J., Ruiz-Requena, M. E., & Rico Irles, J. (1990). Plasma β-endorphin levels in chronic alcoholics. Alcohol, 7, 409–412.
Abstract: In order to test the possible relationship between the chronic consumption of alcohol and the opioid system, we have measured the plasmalevels of β-endorphin in a group of 31 alcoholic patients and compared the results with those of a control group of 16 subjects. Our results show that chronic consumption of alcohol induces a significant decrease in β-endorphin (β-end) plasmalevels regardless of either the disease suffered by the alcoholic patient or of the time of abstinence studied (one month maximum). Thus we believe that the β-end decrease may well be due to the patients’ alcoholism and that it might be mediated by the tetrahydroisoquinoline system, or be a cause of alcoholism rather than a consequence.
Keywords: AOD dependence; addiction; chemical addiction; alcohol; alcohol dependence; chronic drug effect; research; research chemical; journal article
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Shaw, M., Brabbins, C., & Ruben, S. (1994). Misuse of benzodiazepines : specify the formulation when prescribing. British medical journal, 308(25.06.1994), 1709–1710.
Keywords: addiction; AOD dependence; chemical addiction; benzodiazepines; letter to the editor
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Naysmith, P. (1989). Laing on ecstasy. International journal of drug policy, 1(3), 14–15.
Keywords: addiction; AOD dependence; chemical addiction; ecstasy
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Werner, M. (2009). What is good HIV/AIDS prevention? Spectra : prevention and health promotion, (72; 01/2009), 4.
Keywords: prevention; HIV infection; Aids; quality control; conference; international area; Switzerland
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Estermann, T. (2009). Experts recommend regulation rather than repression : 2008 cannabis report. Spectra : prevention and health promotion, (72; 01/2009), 2.
Keywords: legal regulation; government and politics; AOD use; cannabis; Switzerland
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Staub, R. (2008). Homosexuals increasingly disregarding safer sex. Spectra : prevention and health promotion, (69; 06/2008), 4.
Abstract: GaySurvey 2007. The survey of gays conducted last year for the eighth time shows that men who have sex with men (MSM) are increasingly dispensing with protection against HIV/AIDS. In particular, they are not systematically using condoms in casual sexual encounters.
Keywords: homosexual; sex; risk-taking behavior; HIV infection; Aids; survey; Switzerland
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Schwendener, N. (2008). For the sexiest games ever. Spectra : prevention and health promotion, (69; 06/2008), 4.
Abstract: Rules for sex workers’ clients at EURO 2008. With support from the LOVE LIFE STOP AIDS campaign, the Swiss AIDS Federation and ProCoRe are launching a special «Don Juan» project to coincide with EURO 2008: they’ve drawn up five rules for sex workers’ clients which promote «fair play in paid sex».
Keywords: prevention campaign; prostitution; Switzerland
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Kammer, A. (2008). There's something in the air : smoke-free is becoming the order of the day in Switzerland. Spectra : prevention and health promotion, (69; 06/2008), 3.
Abstract: Tobacco control. The beginning of May saw the launch of the Federal Office of Public Health’s new tobacco prevention campaign under the banner «Less smoke, better lives». With a touch of humour, the campaign presents the many life-affirming facets of living without cigarettes and, like its predecessor campaign «Bravo», aims to promote the view of a non-smoking society as the norm.
Keywords: health promotion; prevention; AOD use, abuse, and dependence; tobacco in any form; Switzerland
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Halkitis, P. N., & Palamar, J. J. (2008). Multivariate modeling of club drug use initiation among gay and bisexual men. Substance use and misuse, 43(7), 871–879.
Abstract: This paper documents patterns and sequence of initiation of club drug use in a sample of 450 gay and bisexual men in New York City. Quantitative and qualitative baseline data from a yearlong longitudinal investigation conducted between 2001 and 2005 were analyzed. The study focused on the use of five club drugs – cocaine, GHB, ketamine, ecstasy, and methamphetamine – using self-reported indications of use for a period of 4 months prior to assessment. Patterns of club drug use among gay and bisexual demonstrated that poly-club-drug use is common, and that patterns of use can be differentiated along the lines of age, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation, with those who are older, Black, and bisexual, reporting less club drug use. The majority of the men initiated use of the five club drugs as follows: (a) cocaine, (b) ecstasy, (c) ketamine, (d) methamphetamine, and (e) GHB. Variations in patterns were related to both age and level of poly-club-drug use. The sequencing and/or patterns of club drug use may be better explained by socialization processes in the gay community than by Gateway Theory, which has been traditionally used to explain patterns of drug use in the population. Future research should more closely examine the synergy of drug use combinations with an emphasis on measuring the extent to which the drugs are taken in synchronicity.
Keywords: methamphetamines; designer drug; research chemical; cocaine; ecstasy; ketamine; gamma-hydroxybutyric acid; gay male; bisexual; AOD use initiation; New York City
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