scholarly journals The perceived risk of illicit drug use and views on drug policy in the general population

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Jenni Savonen ◽  
Pekka Hakkarainen ◽  
Karoliina Karjalainen
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
General Population ◽  
Drug Policy ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use

The epidemiology of illicit and licit drug use in Greece: a nationwide general population survey

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 175-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
MG Madianos ◽  
D Gefou-Madianou ◽  
CN Stefanis
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
General Population ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
General Population Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional

SummaryA cross-sectional home survey on the epidemiology of drug use in Greece, with a nationwide general population sample of 4,291 respondents aged 12 to 64, was carried out. The weighted life prevalence of reported illicit drug use in the total sample was found to be 9% among males and 2.5% among females, with a ratio of 3.6: 1. Six and a half percent of males of all ages had used, at some time, licit psychotropic drugs without a doctor's order, while females presented much higher prevalence rates (14.9%). Young adults reported higher rates of both illicit and licit lifetime and past-year use, compared to the other age groups. Illicit drug use was less common, in females of all ages. Cannabis was the most common illicit drug used. Current as well as lifetime use of pain relievers without a doctor's prescription was found to be highest among all other licit substances. This holds true for all age groups and for both sexes. Tranquillizers were predominantly used by females of all ages. Certain sociodemographic variables, such as sex, educational level, marital status, place of residence and occupational status were found to be related to drug use in Greece.

Illicit drug use in cluster headache patients and in the general population: A comparative cross-sectional survey

Cephalalgia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (14) ◽  
pp. 1031-1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Rossi ◽  
Marta Allena ◽  
Cristina Tassorelli ◽  
Grazia Sances ◽  
Cherubino Di Lorenzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
General Population ◽  
Cluster Headache ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Headache Patients

Sharp Increase in Illicit Drug Use in Greece: Trends from a General Population Survey on Licit and Illicit Drug Use

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kokkevi ◽  
M. Loukadakis ◽  
S. Plagianakou ◽  
K. Politikou ◽  
C. Stefanis
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
General Population ◽  
Sharp Increase ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
General Population Survey

scholarly journals Transitions in Illicit Drug Use Status Over 3 Years: A Prospective Analysis of a General Population Sample

2013 ◽  
Vol 170 (6) ◽  
pp. 660-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilson M. Compton ◽  
Deborah A. Dawson ◽  
Kevin P. Conway ◽  
Marc Brodsky ◽  
Bridget F. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
General Population ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Prospective Analysis ◽  
General Population Sample

‘Headlining Heroin’: Policy Change and Reporting the Heroin Problem

2003 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Watts
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Drug Policy ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The Media

This article explores the role of daily print media in the formation of policies on illicit drug use. It asks how we might think about the rote of the media in making drug policy and how the print media represent the use of heroin. In answering these questions through an examination of the complex process of problem making, the article suggests it may help us to better understand how issues which policy-makers identify as ‘problems’ come to achieve such a status, and how solutions that come to be regarded as ‘realistic’ — or not — reach this point.

Repertoires of distinction

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Measham ◽  
Karenza Moore
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
General Population ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Electronic Dance Music ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

Presented here are the first findings of self report surveys of prevalence of illicit drug use by customers in the night time economy of a large English city. Five random sample surveys conducted with dance club customers and three similar surveys with bar customers identified an association between illicit drug use, entertainment type and venue type. First, club customers were significantly more likely to report lifetime, past month and fieldwork night drug use than bar customers. Second, distinct and prolific polydrug repertoires were associated with the genres of electronic dance music favoured within different clubs, along with evidence of the growing popularity of emergent drugs such as MDMA powder. Such polydrug repertoires support the notion of culturally, spatially and pharmacologically distinct local leisure scenes operating within the contemporary night time economy; rather than the same broad mass of customers choosing different leisure experiences on different occasions, or the more fluid, ‘neo-tribal’ cultural groupings suggested by some. The article concludes by suggesting that prolific and enduring weekend polydrug repertoires within local leisure scenes increasingly polarize such scenes from drug use in the general population, with implications for policing and governance, alongside the need for a more nuanced understanding of the night time economy as an analytical concept in social research.

Past and Current Drug Use among Canadian Correctional Officers

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 977-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence W. Svenson ◽  
George K. Jarvis ◽  
Robert L. Campbell ◽  
Roger W. Holden ◽  
Barbara J. Backs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
General Population ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Current Drug ◽  
Medium Security

Current and past drug use was assessed in a sample of 77 Canadian correctional officers working in two medium-security penitentiaries. 58% of correctional officers indicated past illicit drug use. This compares with 20% of Canadians who indicate illicit drug use. Correctional officers were more likely than the general population to have used marijuana and cocaine.

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