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dc.contributor.author | Delás, Jordi | cat |
dc.contributor.author | Adan, Elena | cat |
dc.contributor.author | Diaz, Olga | cat |
dc.contributor.author | Aguas Compaired, M. (Margarita) | cat |
dc.contributor.author | Pons, Montserrat | cat |
dc.contributor.author | Fuertes, Ricardo | cat |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-13T10:38:31Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-13T10:38:31Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010-11-09 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1477-7517 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/15222 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The main objectives of this study are to describe the smoked cocaine user's profile in socially-depressed areas and their needs from a harm-reduction perspective, to investigate their use of smoking crack and compare the acute effects between injecting and smoking consumption. Methods: The study took place in SAPS, Barcelona, Spain. Two focus group sessions were undertaken with a total of 8 drug users. Secondly, the 8 participants answered a structured questionnaire and in the course of the sessions, as a snowball activity, were trained to survey 6 other crack smokers. Results: We obtained 56 questionnaires. The majority of participants were from non-European Community countries (62.69%), 70.2% of participants referred to sharing the smoking equipment. The most frequent symptoms reported during smoked cocaine were mydriasis (83.33%)), perspiration (72.92%) and compulsive object search (70.83%) During the group sessions, participants said that smoked cocaine is much more addictive than injected cocaine and causes more anxiety. Participants also reported the difficulty of changing from injected use to smoked use, due to the larger amount of cocaine needed to reach the same effects as when having injected. Conclusions We can conclude that the research, focused on achieving greater knowledge of the smoked cocaine user's profile, their usage of smoking crack, consumption patterns and acute effects, should be incorporated into substance misuse interventions. | eng |
dc.format.extent | 4 p. | - |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | eng |
dc.relation.isformatof | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-7-27 | cat |
dc.relation.ispartof | Harm Reduction Journal 2010, 7:27 | - |
dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-7-27 | - |
dc.rights | cc-by, (c) Delas et al.; 2010 | - |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 | - |
dc.source | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) | - |
dc.subject.classification | Cocaïna | cat |
dc.subject.classification | Marginació social | cat |
dc.subject.other | Cocaine | eng |
dc.subject.other | Social marginality | eng |
dc.title | Smoked cocaine in socially-depressed areas | eng |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | eng |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | - |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 21059272 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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