Was an increase in cocaine use among injecting drug users in New South Wales, Australia, accompanied by an increase in violent crime?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Degenhardt, Louisa ^a   Day, Carolyn ^b   Hall, Wayne ^c   Conroy, Elizabeth ^a   Gilmour, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUSTRALIA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CRIME; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLICE; VIOLENCE; WEAPON; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG CONTROL; FIREARM; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FIREARMS; HEROIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW YORK CITY; PUBLIC POLICY; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 21544460948     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-40     Document Type: Article

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