Drug use and initiation in prison: Results from a national prison survey in England and Wales

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1551-1560

  Boys, A ^a   Farrell, Michael ^a   Bebbington, P ^b   Brugha, T ^c   Coid, J ^d   Jenkins, R ^a   Lewis, G ^e   Marsden, J ^a   Meltzer, H ^f   Singleton, N ^f   Taylor, C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cocaine; Heroin; Initiation; Prisons; Psychiatric comorbidity

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WALES;

EID: 0036914054     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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