"I inject less as I have easier access to pipes". Injecting, and sharing of crack-smoking materials, decline as safer crack-smoking resources are distributed

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-264

  Leonard, Lynne ^a   DeRubeis, Emily ^a   Pelude, Linda ^a   Medd, Emily ^a   Birkett, Nick ^a   Seto, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crack smoking; Harm reduction; Injection drug use; Safer crack use intervention; Transitioning

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUBE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CRACK COCAINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HARM REDUCTION; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 43849089569     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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