Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 15 Issue 2
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“Take home” naloxone: what does the evidence base tell us?
Josefien J. F. Breedvelt, Derek K. Tracy, Emily C. Dickenson, Lucy V. DeanOpiod users are at high risk of suffering from drug overdoses. Naloxone has been used for decades in emergency treatment settings to reverse the symptoms of opioid overdose. Pilot…
Negative expectancies measured with the Substance Use Beliefs Questionnaire can differentiate controls from those in treatment for alcohol dependence
Christos Kouimtsidis, Daniel Stahl, Robert West, Colin DrummondThe purpose of this paper is to test the discriminative validity of the Substance Use Beliefs Questionnaire (SUBQ) with alcohol dependent users, by assessing if the new tool can…
Evaluating the service provision for ethnic minorities in Islington in the treatment of substance misuse
Jeff FernandezThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate how local drug services use their senior staff to respond to emerging ethnic groups presenting to treatment using flexible thinking and…
Survey of knowledge of legal highs (novel psychoactive substances) amongst London pharmacists
Amira Guirguis, John M. Corkery, Jacqueline L. Stair, Stewart Kirton, Mire Zloh, Christine M. Goodair, Fabrizio Schifano, Colin Davidson– The purpose of this paper is to determine pharmacists’ knowledge of legal highs (novel psychoactive substances (NPS)).
Public responses to a comprehensive smoking ban
Howard P. GreenwaldThe purpose of this paper is to report public reactions to a total workplace smoking ban, including smoking behavior, attendance at bars and clubs, and attitudes toward a broader…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedEditors:
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- Mr Blaine Stothard
- Dr Aysel Sultan