The role of legal coercion in the treatment of offenders with alcohol and heroin problems
Resource Type:
NDARC Technical Report No. 44 (1997)
Abstract
heroin
Swiss scientific studies of medically prescribed narcotics; and the effectiveness of other opioid replacement therapies: LAAM, heroin, buprenorphine and naltrexone
Resource Type:
NDARC Technical Report No. 43 (1997)
Transitions between routes of administrations among caucasian and indochinese heroin users in South-West Sydney
Resource Type:
NDARC Technical Report No. 42 (1997)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Toxicological findings and circumstances of heroin related deaths in South Western Sydney, 1995
Resource Type:
NDARC Technical Report No. 40 (1997)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A comparison of blood toxicology of heroin-related deaths and current heroin users in South Western Sydney
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NDARC Technical Report No. 39 (1996)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Benzodiazepine use among heroin users in Sydney: Transitions between routes of administration
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NDARC Technical Report No. 35 (1996)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Benzodiazepine use among heroin users in Sydney: Patterns, availability and preferences
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NDARC Technical Report No. 27 (1995)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Contexts and correlates of non-fatal overdose among heroin users in Sydney
Resource Type:
NDARC Monograph No. 20 (1994)
INTRODUCTION
The toxicology of heroin-related death: estimating survival times
The rapidity of overdose and death is of major clinical importance. Essentially, is there time to intervene, or are such deaths typically so rapid as to preclude meaningful intervention? The presence of 6-monoacetly-morphine (6MAM) is indicative of a rapid death following heroin administration.
Project Status:
Completed
Crystal methamphetamine use increases by six per cent among people who inject drugs but remains stable among ecstasy users
Date Published:
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Ice use increases by six per cent among people who inject drugs but remains stable among ecstasy users