‘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.

The Role of Drugs in Workplace Injuries: Is Drug Testing Appropriate?

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 703-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Macdonald
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Workplace Injuries ◽  
The Relationship

In the past decade, many employers have adopted drug-testing programs to reduce workplace injuries. However, little scientific evidence shows that drug use is a significant and substantial cause of total workplace injuries. The purpose of this study was to empirically assess the role of drugs and alcohol in causing workplace injuries. Questionnaires were received from 882 Ontario employees in a household survey. Results showed that many variables were significantly related to job injuries. The variables were ranked according to the relative importance of each variable's contribution to total job injuries. Alcohol problems, licit drug use, and illicit drug use ranked 7, 11, and 12 respectively among a group of 12 significant variables. In order to examine the likelihood that drug use was a cause of job injuries, the relationship between job injuries and alcohol problems, licit drug use, and illicit drug use was examined across categories of third variables. For age, the relationship between drug use and injuries remained strong for the youngest age group, but disappeared for the oldest age group. Logistic regression analysis confirmed the plausibility of noncausal explanations of job injuries for illicit drug use, but not for alcohol problems or licit drug use. Overall, the results indicated that illicit drug use does not appear to be a major cause of job injuries. The implications of these results for drug-testing programs are discussed.

scholarly journals Students Tendency Toward Illicit Drug Use: The Role of Perceived Social Support and Family Function in Iran

2016 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Omid Massah ◽  
Manuchehr Azkhosh ◽  
Yousof Azami ◽  
Ali Akbar Goodiny ◽  
Younes Doostian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Family Function

Illicit drug use among college students: The role of social norms and risk perceptions

2020 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 106289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christy Kollath-Cattano ◽  
Sarah J. Hatteberg ◽  
Anna Kooper
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use

scholarly journals Comparing ‘doctor’ and ‘patient’ beliefs about the role of illicit drug use in gay men’s depression

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christy E. Newman ◽  
Martin Holt ◽  
Joanne Bryant ◽  
Susan C. Kippax ◽  
Dana M. Paquette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Patient Beliefs

The role of general parenting and cannabis-specific parenting practices in adolescent cannabis and other illicit drug use

2015 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 222-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Vermeulen-Smit ◽  
J.E.E. Verdurmen ◽  
R.C.M.E. Engels ◽  
W.A.M. Vollebergh
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
General Parenting

scholarly journals Childhood ADHD Symptoms and Future Illicit Drug Use: The Role of Adolescent Cigarette Use

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chien-Ti Lee ◽  
Francis J McClernon ◽  
Scott H Kollins ◽  
Bernard F Fuemmeler
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Adhd Symptoms ◽  
Childhood Adhd

Opioid Use Disorder and Associated Infectious Disease: The Role of the Laboratory in Addressing Health Disparities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher W Farnsworth ◽  
Matthew Lloyd ◽  
Sophonie Jean
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Laboratory Testing ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Opioid Use Disorder ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Opioid Use

Abstract Background Opioid use disorder, defined as a pattern of problematic opioid use leading to clinically significant impairment, has resulted in considerable morbidity and mortality throughout the world. This is due, at least in part, to the marginalized status of patients with opioid use disorder, limiting their access to appropriate laboratory testing, diagnosis, and treatment. Infections have long been associated with illicit drug use and contribute considerably to morbidity and mortality. However, barriers to testing and negative stigmas associated with opioid use disorder present unique challenges to infectious disease testing in this patient population. Content This review addresses the associations between opioid use disorder and infectious organisms, highlighting the health disparities encountered by patients with opioid use disorder, and the important role of laboratory testing for diagnosing and managing these patients. Summary Infections are among the most frequent and adverse complications among patients with opioid use disorder. As a result of health disparities and systemic biases, patients that misuse opioids are less likely to receive laboratory testing and treatment. However, laboratories play a crucial in identifying patients that use drugs illicitly and infections associated with illicit drug use.

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