n° 14, June 2004 : 1 MagnificentMagnificent representationrepresentation ofof ElisadElisad atat thethe TOC The Salis meeting SalisSalis 20042004 annualannual conferenceconference A member: CeSDA Websites stories Hana Sovinova, Czech Institute of public health News Publications Captions: Jorunn Moen, Sirus, and Anne Singer OnlineDocs Agenda

From Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 April, the 26th annual Salis conference took place in the impressive surroundings of the Berkeley City Club. This year’s focus could be characteri- sed using the slogan « Making waves for change ». Salis has successfully crossed the stormy sea and from now on, it is necessary to « make waves » for the benefit of matters such as the very topical situation around ETOH and the efforts done to save it.

range of fields and specialisations tobacco related issues covered. were represented, which allowed She also mentioned the « Lund the current problems of alcohol, case», the story of a smoker who tobacco and other drugs to be sued, without success, the tobac- presented from various points of co industry. view. During the course of nine full sessions, a wide range of The role of information in Czech quality and informed advice was tobacco control.- Hana Sovinova provided. Special negotiations from the Czech National institute were dedicated to the preparation of public health spoke about the of strategies and procedures as to tobacco use both in adult and The conference was held how to effectively proceed in youth, the influence of cigarette at the Berkeley City Club, advertising and promotion and connection with ETOH. originally named «Berke- the important role of information ley Women's City Club». to curb these adverse trends. For the sake of information, I am The club was designed mentioning below the names of by Julia Morgan (1872- the full sessions and individual Alcohol issues, policy, presentations. and resources (part 1) 1957), one of the world's • Who drinks most of the alcohol first female architects, Tobacco issues, and hazardous amounts: the poli- and opened in 1930 as a HE ELISAD representation trends and policy cy implication.- Thomas Green- residence and social club was really impressive this field, director of the Alcohol for professional women. year: more participants • Tobacco prevention: policies, T research, and tobacco industry research group, spoke about the Since 1962, the club is making an appearance from drinking patterns and appropriate open to both women and Europe than from Canada! interference.- Cynthia Hallet, executive director of the Ameri- prevention policies such as men. strengthening of social norms, Were present: delegates from cans for non-smokers’ rights discouraging heavy alcohol Sirus, Norway (Jorunn Moen), foundation spoke about the signi- The City Club was a per- consumption and restricting mar- Toxibase, France (Thomas ficant growth of smoke free fect surrounding for a keting of alcohol beverages focu- Rouault), DrugScope, UK provisions. Despite this, the big group of professionals sed on heavy drinkers. (Christine Goodair), Iada, Israel proportion of the population is like Salis, where - as was (Jaffa Tzubery) and NIPH, not protected from passive smo- New technologies said during the conferen- king. Tobacco companies tactics Czechia (Hana Sovinova). and resources ce - the women are many This represented around 20 % of undermine steadily the public in ATOD Information and strong, and the men the total number of participants. health efforts for smoke free few and handsome ! All participated actively in the environment. • Digitalisation lessons learned meeting. from the tobacco control digital Special thanks to Andrea • Documentation on tobacco in library.- Kirsten Neilsen, project rst The conference programme was Norway.- Jorunn Moen, head of manager, Tobacco control digital Mitchell (1 column) prepared very carefully and with the Sirus library, Norway, presen- library, UC San Francisco, gave Salis executive director, great forethought. In addition to ted the library’s important role in an overview of the project related who did a wonderful job Salis members, a further ten lec- documentation in the AOD field to digitalisation of tobacco indus- in creating a successful turers were invited. Thus a wide and the growing proportion of try documents. Acquired expe- annual meeting. n° 14, June 2004 : 2 new website dedicated to the sub- US data on substance abuse and Center for the study of law and stance abuse and fetal alcohol mental health. enforcement policy, Pacific insti- spectrum disorders (FASD). This tute for research and evaluation, website features a searchable • The invisible internet.- Clare described the NIAAA’s new database of over 3000 items. She Imholtz, librarian, Center for sub- Alcohol policy information system gave some tips for searching, stance abuse research, University website, showed how to navigate research methods and database of Maryland, spoke about the huge it, and discussed its benefits and development. amount of useful resources on the pleas for users. web, which are not accessible by Information science using general search engines such • The many uses of enriched the- TOC and service: as Google. The invisible internet sauri and ontologies in the ATOD The Salis meeting keeping perspective is much bigger than the visible. field.- Dagobert Soergel, College She mentioned the limitations of of information studies, University • Providing information services A member: CeSDA general search engines and the of Maryland, discussed different and reshaping scholarly commu- differences between them. Tools ways of using thesauri and onto- Websites stories nication: current issues and for finding information on the logies. They include not only intersection.- John Ober, director News invisible web were discussed. organisation of bibliographic of Education and strategic inno- databases, but also expert systems Publications vation at the California digital • ATOD information services at for diagnosis and for advising on OnlineDocs library (University of California) the crossroads: maintaining our drug abuse treatment, design of Agenda discussed new trends in collabo- autonomy in a changing world.- prevention programmes, research ration, organisation, infrastructu- Sheila Lacroix, library coordina- etc. Many of these uses can be re, and publishing based on tor of the Centre for addiction facilitated through the Semantic recommendations of the National and mental health, discussed the web. science foundation to finance suf- rience might be useful for libra- changing conditions for the disse- ficiently availability of digital rians who decide to undertake an mination of information. Libraries • Life after ETOH : Nancy Wins- resources. electronic library. are forced to use new technolo- tanley, manager of information gies, share resources, and accept services, CSR Inc., NIAAA library. • GIS: the changing landscape of • SAMHDA: online access to data prevention.- Barbara Seitz de and analysis.- JoAnne McFarland restrictions as regards security. A big issue of this conference Martinez, head librarian and O´Rourke, senior researcher and The autonomy is being chipped was the closing down of ETOH, director of the Geographical archivist from Substance abuse away. the wellknown database run by information system (GIS), Indiana and mental health data archive, Alcohol issues, policy The National Institute on prevention resource center, spoke University of Michigan, gave an and resources (part 2) Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism about benefits of using GIS for overview of resources freely (NIAAA) for more than 30 years. prevention specialists, helping available from the SAMHDA. • Underage drinking and the Stickers with « Save ETOH » them to make better decisions They archive and disseminate alcohol policy information system had been made and were disse- and take strategic actions targeted data files for secondary analysis. (APIs): knowing how to use the minated among the participants. on specific populations on a local She de-monstrated an innovative resource.- James F. Mosher, levels. online data analysis system (DAS), which allows users to • Linking science to service conduct statistical analysis of the Drug policy and through web technology. The SAMHDA data directly on the its discontent (part 1) SAMHSA FASD center for excellen- website. SAMHDA archives major ce.- Samantha Helfert, web/net- • Making sense of student drug work manager, Northrop testing: why educators are saying Grumman IT health, presented the no.- Judith K. Appel, director of legal affairs, Drug policy alliance, spoke about the federal govern- ment effort to implement widely drug testing in schools. Research findings show that a random tes-

Hana Sovinova, National Jorunn Moen, Sirus, Institute of Public Health Norway, Elisad Chair, of the Czech Republic, and Christine Goodair, was the official Elisad DrugScope, Elisad board representative at the member, speaking in the meeting. She spoke very nice environment on the role of information built by this feminist in the Czech tobacco architect. control.

n° 14, June 2004 : 3

TOC The Salis meeting A member: CeSDA Behind Thomas Rouault Websites stories (Toxibase, France, and Elisad treasurer) one can News recognise George Here, we have an evidence-based fact about the Publications Marcelle, drug prevention true nature of Jorunn Moen, our president: she specialist with a focus on OnlineDocs is a nice bird... cinema films. Agenda

ting is not functioning well. On contrary, the extra curricular acti- vities have been shown to be one of the most effective measures to prevent drug use.

The drug scene • Dancing and drugs: a cross- national perspective.- Geoffrey Hunt, senior scientist of Institute of scientific analysis, presented global developments in the use of ecstasy and other clubdrugs in the context in which they occur, and cross-national research related issues and obstacles. Two exam- ples (San Francisco and Hongkong) The conference ended documented the global and local • E-mail newsletters: doing it • Librarians as subversives: truth dimensions of the problem. right.- Eric Helmuth, editorial is the first casualty of drug wars, with a wine tour to beau- director, Join together online, too. - Craig Rainarman, Professor tiful Napa Valley, visiting Disseminating research, University school of public health, of Sociology and legal studies, two wineries: Bouchaine practice and the news: Boston, presented the e-mail University of California, was not Vineyards and Niebaum- keeping it all in check newsletter as a best way to disse- present personally, his message Coppola Winery. was projected using video. • Copyright from the other side of minate information to subscribers and facilitate a feedback. Issues The latter is owned by the pond: the impact of the inter- Conclusion the famous film director net.- Christine Goodair, head of such as spams and overload were Francis Ford Coppola information services, DrugScope, investigated to enable users know Summing up, great attention was UK, spoke about the impact of how to ensure success with using paid above all to new technology (The Goodfather) and the internet upon copyright. She this tool. and the possibility of gaining also houses his film mentioned myths and realities of valid information through the museum. electronic copyright and changes Drug policy and internet. Several lectures were brought by the new EU regula- its discontent (part 2) given concerning this subject and tion in 2003. • Teens, drugs and the media: many links were provided to the action and reaction.- Bob relevant sources of information. In 2005, • Current abstracts on tobacco: Denniston, director of the Natio- At the end, an evaluation of the transferring research.- Diane van the Salis meeting nal youth anti-drug media cam- course and the setting of goals for Abbe, information coordinator, will be hosted paign, White House office of the coming period took place. Ontario tobacco research unit National drug control policy, by Mary O'Brien, (Otru), described a new product: In conclusion, it is possible to say explained the purpose of this Current abstracts on tobacco. that this year’s conference was in Prevention First, campaign, which is to reduce illi- This source brings monthly general a great success, bringing Chicago cit drug use by youth. This year’s recent information on research, much theoretical information and phase - Early intervention initia- publications to the tobacco practical experience as well as For more info: tive - focused on reaching both control specialists. It was evalua- allowing all the participants to teens and their parents. Messages http://www.salis.org ted as the most valuable product cooperate on specific tasks. The used during the campaign were of Otru. Modified version was conference organisor, Andrea posted on www.otru.org begin- presented. Mitchell, deserves a great deal of ning of 2003. merit and thanks for this.

n° 14, June 2004 : 4 An Elisad member:

TOC Addiction department, local health unit ASL 10, Florence The Salis meeting A member: CeSDA Dr.ssa Mariella Orsi, sociologist Websites stories Giuseppina Filippelli, professional educator News Publications OnlineDocs Agenda

HE CENTRE was conceived and set up not only as a Treference point for the collection, management and dis- semination of literature and mate- Through the online news publi- rial concerning addiction and Aids shed weekly, the site allows (books, manuals, magazines, CD- people to be informed about: roms, epidemiological data, reports, currents events, current theses, studies, surveys, projects, research and debates, and also laws, provisions, etc.) which provides an updated calendar of compose the typical services events. usually associated to libraries, but also, and above all, as an interac- tive physical and virtual space: a Networking space where experiences and CeSDA cooperated in the creation needs meet: a brain-storming of Rete Cedro - Rete dei Centri space where design, implementa- di Documentatione sulle Dipen- Mariella Orsi: a face we CeSDA will host the tion and evaluation of psychoso- denze e Aids della regione all, in Elisad, well know, 16th Elisad meeting, cial and health initiatives, studies Toscana (Cedro: network of cen- and appreciate. Email: and research take place. 21-23 October, tres of documentation on addic- [email protected] in Florence, tions and Aids in the Tuscany with the support of the Main activities region) and has been coordinating its activity since 2002. tion against distress, addictions documentation centres Providing training, documenta- and Aids, as well as a large col- tion and permanent updating of of the Italian network, CeSDA is also a member of the lection of « grey literature » various types of users, the centre Acadìa. Rete Acadìa (Italian network of (reports, conference proceedings, is set up as a core organisation centres for the study and docu- graduation theses, bulletins etc.) for the selection and indexing of mentation of alcoholism, abuse material produced at various and dossiers on the activities of behaviours, addictions and Aids) the centre (seminars, meetings levels (locally, nationally, interna- and of Elisad. tionally). It offers professional with authors, conferences, refre- advice and guidance services on The library sher courses, etc.) and press subjects such as: juvenile distress, reviews edited by co-operators of social exclusion and deviance, The Research centre of the addic- the centre. experiences on the prevention of tion department can count on a addiction and HIV infection, orga- wide and well-organised newspa- CeSDA works in a network with nisational analysis of services and per and periodical library, inclu- the main research and documen- evaluation of activities. ding some of the most relevant tation centres and databases that Italian and foreign magazines on exist locally, nationally and inter- The centre publishes a monthly the subject. nationally. newsletter, CeSDAnews contai- ning reviews, news, events and Support is also provided by a his- CeSDA acquired publications. torical and constantly updated Via di San Salvi, 12 library, which is divided into dif- I - 50135 - Firenze Since June 2002, CeSDA has edited ferent subjects, and which has a Tel. +39 055 6263316 a website: www.cesda.net visited computerised catalogue. by about 200 users/day; it reached Fax +39 055 6263306 the highest number of visited The centre also has a video col- Email: [email protected] pages (6143) on 18 May 2004. lection on the subjects of preven- http://www.cesda.net n° 14, June 2004 : 5

TOC The Salis meeting A member: CeSDA Websites stories News WWebsites’ebsites’ storstoryy Publications OnlineDocs Agenda www.internationaldrugpolicy. www.emcdda.eu.int www.clubdrugs.org/ http://laniel.free.fr/ org/ The EMCCDA website has changed New site produced by the Nida DrugSTRAT is a a new and indivi- The Beckley Foundation and Drug- its server and its graphical presen- (National institute on drug abuse, dual website built by a French Scope are pleased to announce tation. It gained much in clarity. USA) providing a collection of well known researcher. It is still the launch of the Drug policy But for the moment, the library articles and links that address under construction, but updated programme website. Both organi- section isn’t available, and recent recent research on club drugs: on a (nearly) daily basis. It is sations have started a partnership documents that were, before, ecstasy, MDMA, GHB, LSD and dedicated to the study of illegal work that aims to promote a easily accessible from the front ketamine. drugs from the points of view of rational and evidence-based ana- page, are now difficult to find as sociology, geopolitics and strate- lysis of the current drug policy they are disseminated in multiple http://said.dol.gov/WhatIsSaid. gic studies. It focuses mostly on dilemmas facing national govern- sections, and many times without asp drug production and trafficking ments, and international bodies publication date. A more perfor- The Working partners substance and on the way(s) in which the such as the United Nations and mant service will be made avai- abuse Information database laws pertaining to these pheno- the European Union. The first lable in the upcoming months. (SAID) provides a bibliographic mena are enforced. The material phase of the project involves the The present inconvenience is that database related to substance available is mainly the result of production of three reports inves- I am not sure wether you will be abuse in the workplace. Some the author's research efforts in tigating the current situation and able to found on the current site full text documents are available. Europe, Africa, and the Americas making recommendations for the all the EMCDDA documents that over the last 10 years, and can be future development of internatio- are mentioned in the OnlineDocs www.ewdts.org/ in any of the three languages the section of this Elisad journal… author works with: English, nal drug policy. Reports and brie- The EWDTS website (European French, and Spanish. Additional fing papers arising from the pro- workplace drug testing society) www.alcoholinformation.isd- resources will include bibliogra- ject are available on the site and provides, for some European scotland.org/ phies, links to other sites (e.g. are presented in the OnlineDocs countries, information on the cur- online libraries), a small medias- section of this Elisad journal. On behalf of the Scottish Execu- rent legislation related to drug tore with a selection of drug-rela- tive, the Information and statistics testing in the worlplace. http://bookshop.eu.int/ division of NHS Scotland laun- ted books, music and films, and a A prototype of the EU bookshop ched, in March 2004, a new web- www.dlib.org/ collection of pics and wallpapers. is been tested. The site allows the site dedicated to the provision of Some recent online articles are D-lib magazine is a monthly onli- mentioned in the OnlineDocs sec- ordering of all books and studies alcohol information. ne magazine about innovation officially published in the frame tion of this Elisad journal www.bip-agencia-antidroga.net and research in digital libraries. of the Union. It is available in 11 The June 2004 issue contains, for www.mentorfoundation.org/ EU languages, and soon in 20. The Agencia antidroga de la example, an article entitled: Each month the Mentor website Search on keywords and various Comunidad de Madrid launched Libraries need to discover the features an online journal types of browsing (including the- a new site providing all preven- academic Internet, by Norbert Prevention perspectives that matic browse) are possible. tion instruments of the EMCDDA Lossau (Bielefeld University contains an article related to the Evaluation instruments bank (EIB) Library, Germany), and another www.mir.es/pnd/publica/html/ prevention of drug misuse. translated into Spanish (BIP: Eva- one on: The use of consortially otras.htm Written by different contributors luación de intervenciones preven- purchased electronic journals by from around the world, they do The site of the Plan nacional tivas). It is hoped that this initia- the CBUC (Consorci de Bibliote- not necessarily reflect Mentor’s sobre drogas has now a publica- tive of translating the EIB into ques Universitaries de views but add to the knowledge tion section containing lots of other languages may set an Catalunya), by Cristóbal Urbano, and enrich the debate within the publications in Spanish: local example for other organisations. Angel Borrego, and Antonio prevention community on funda- publications and translation of Cosculluela (Barcelona mental concerns. The last issue international reports such as University). Tendencias mundiales de las dro- contain an article on: Cannabis: gas ilícitas 2003. the irrelevance of reclassification, by Jeff Lee. n° 14, June 2004 : 6 (Morocco), Commissao nacional drug trafficking. The goal of the encouraging the exchanges of contra a Sida (Portugal), Crips campaign is to emphasise the information and of know-how, (France), Sida-Studi (Spain). importance and effectiveness of the transfer of the competencies Pammy aims to: drug treatment to drug dependent and the search for complementa- rity at a EU level. The site • select, analyse, catalogue infor- individuals and to the general stresses that : mation and prevention materials, public. Additionally, UNODC hopes to diminish the stigma atta- • The EC financing system (by • compare and study languages, ched to drug users by showing single projects) does not enable styles and strategies used, the possibilities for a positive European networks to function. • allow a higher circulation of TOC future. The site offers some mate- Many networks have dissolved at materials and information. rial and documents in various the end of their project because The Salis meeting The site currently provides news languages: the following project was not and a prevention tools database. A member: CeSDA • Success story gallery: firsthand funded. Network co-ordinators Arrival point of the site is the accounts of people who have suc- can’t have a permanent paid Websites stories construction of a real portal cessfully overcome dependence function. And the benefits of their about HIV media education and News through treatment programmes. first project either disappear or prevention strategies, divided into has no updating. Publications three main areas: • Fact sheets: What is treatment? What components contribute to • Funding by single project also OnlineDocs • an archive zone: where the staff poses another problem: before effective treatment? Agenda of the project will upload all the submitting a project, partners materials; • Treatment toolkit: must meet and work together. • a hot zone where each partner - Investing in drug use treatment: This has a cost that only struc- will add new materials, discussion paper for policy makers tures having significant resources www.drugandalcoholfindings. - Contemporary treatment • an interactivity zone, with can afford. org - Drug abuse treatment and reha- forums, chat and mailing. Thanks • It also forces networks to set up bilitation. A practical planning This website presents Findings, to this area it will be possible in projects that are much larger than an online magazine devoted to the future to consider the portal and implementation guide. what is needed. evidence on the effectiveness of as a community of practice for www.efdp.org/ interventions to treat, prevent or experts involved in HIV/Aids edu- Elisad recognises here some of its reduce drug and alcohol problems. cation and prevention activities in The European forum on drug concerns, especially regarding the It is produced by a consortium of different countries. policy (EFDP) is an informal future of its Gateway project, leading national charities (Drug- forum of actors working in the www.elisad.uni-bremen.de, Scope, Alcohol Concern and the www.unodc.org drugs field at an EU level. Its aim and hopes that the EFDP will be National addiction centre). Core « Drugs: treatment works » is is to promote the participation of able to continue its activities by content takes the form of so-cal- the title of a year-long campaign the actors issued from the civil getting further funding. led « Nuggets » or assessments of launched by the UNODC on 26 society in the definition of the the latest evaluation studies selec- June, the International day European drug policy, to optimise ted for their relevance to current against drug abuse and illicit the impact of the local actions by practice and policy priorities. Althought the whole magazine is for sale, a sample issue and some New German prevention portal www.alac.org.nz articles from last edition can be BZgA, German Federal centre The Alcohol advisory council of downloaded on Role reversal for health education (www.bzga. New Zealand (Alac) has launched (prescribing heroin) and Needle de) will launch, next September, its newly restructured website in exchange and hepatitis C. One a German pilot web portal on June. It runs on a content mana- can regularly receive sample AOD prevention. It has been gement system (CMS) and has content by e-mail on demand. initiated in cooperation with the incorporated almost every requi- rement identified by its external European PrevNet network www.pammyproject.org audiences. One of the requests that came through strongly during (www.prevnet.net) with which Pammy (Prevention of Aids via the first stage of the project (audience analysis) was people wan- the media in Mediterranean Elisad is in relation since some ting Alac to provide a facility to « noticeboard » what is happening youth) is a project conceived by time, with the common aim to in their communities, and also find out what's happening elsewhere Gruppo Abele’s documentation promote web-based approaches in the country and who to contact. A couple of sections is now pro- centre (Italy) and implemented by to information management and viding this facility. The project has taken 8 months of work from its an international network of bodies communication. The URL will Information services team. Plans for the coming year include a that have been conducting resear- be: http://www.prevnet.de research directory of all the alcohol-related research in New ch on Aids prevention for years: The project aims to stimulate Zealand, and continuing to flesh out some of the sections and add Aids reference center (Greece), more depth in terms of research findings, statistics and Pacific similar portals in all EU countries. Association de lutte contre le Sida resources. The publication section provides numerous pdf research and studies, as well as a downloadable magazine. Highlights from a librarian's point of view: 1. Routing the library catalogue through the website, 2. Including a database of URLs that Alac staff fid useful (possibly one of the most useful parts of this database will be web links to indigenous organisations, particularly Maori), 3. A database of Alac's publications for public request, 4. Automated notification to subscribed people, letting them know when new items of relevance to them appear on the website. Kristine Keir, Ligs Hoffman, Alac Information services n° 14, June 2004 : 7 NewsNews

Regarding the Elisad journal TOC I am sorry for the irregular publi- Penelope Vasiou cation of the Elisad journal: I gave birth to a girl The Salis meeting have currently personal concerns that are consuming much of my She has no name yet A member: CeSDA time. From January 2005, I will because, according to Websites stories be forced to live on a small pen- our orthodox religion, we only give a name during News sion. That’s why I am in the pro- cess to sell my Parisian flat and the baptism. Until then, Publications to look for a place to live in the we call her « baby girl ». wrote Penelope Vasiou, OnlineDocs countryside. Once re-installed, I would be able to regularly edit librarian, EKTPEN, Greece, Agenda the journal again. and Elisad member. Anne Singer

Psychotropes journal Andrea has got an award ! All the best for Marielle In addition to my work for Andrea Mitchell, Salis executive Marielle Zeeman, has left her Elisad, I accepted the editorial director, and Elisad member, is job at TNO’s Alcohol documen- secretariat of a French scientific this year's recipient of the Research tation center, Netherlands, due journal entitled Psychotropes. It society on alcoholism's (RSA) to some restrictive measures. is a peer-reviewed journal that award for distinguished service. publishes research, studies and She was very active since This award is given to an indivi- also accounts of professional years within the Elisad board, dual who has made extraordinary especially as its secretary. She experience from various discipli- contributions to the advancement was also very good in introdu- nes: psychology, psychotherapy, of alcohol research. cing lecturers during our mee- sociology, anthropology, history... tings. When she left, she was She is the first librarian to win Articles are accepted in French pregnant. We all wish her a this award. Elisad members are and in English, and can be sub- very happy start in a new expressing their congratulations mitted to me, in Word, by email. life, with a beautiful baby. to Andrea and agree that she is [email protected] most deserving of this award!

Drugs: pleasures, risks, dependences Artistic expression and drug prevention

In May 2004, the Crips (Regional centre for Aids prevention, Paris) and the MILDT (Interministerial mission for the fight against drugs and addiction, France), with the support of the Regional Council of Paris and Inpes (National institute for pre- vention and health education) launched a new prevention cam- paign through the dissemination of 14 posters and leaflets. Designed by graphic arts students, at an international level, for the 2003 Chaumont poster competition, 14 images were selected among more than 1000 projects. See four of them hereby. Using creativity, these posters aim to provide the general public an opportunity to initiate questions and debates about drug use, effects, pleasure and depen- dence, both at a personal or a social level. To download the documents: http://www.lecrips.net/affiches_ drogues/ For further information, please contact: Crips, email: [email protected] n° 14, June 2004 : 8

PublicationsPublications TOC The Salis meeting A member: CeSDA Websites stories News Publications the war on drugs and terrorism? Which policies are working? Should illegal OnlineDocs drugs be legalised? Agenda Roleff Tamara L - Greenhaven, 2004, 224p. - ISBN: 0737722843 http://www.galegroup.com/ Drug war crimes Les drogues. Les coûts A analysis of the costs, benefits and cachés de la prohibition consequences of drug prohibition. The (The hidden costs of prohibition) author argues that prohibition’s effects Is the war against drugs justified by its on drug use have been modest and that results on public health? No: it increa- it has undesirable side effects. Prohibi- ses attraction of youth for drugs that tion is shown to directly increase vio- are only available in the street market lent crime. The analysis leads to this whithout any quality control.To under- Federal drug control.The evo- finding: the more resources given to stand what maintains prohibition the fight against drugs, the greater the althou-ght it generates a public health lution of policy and practice homicide rate. The costs and benefits disaster, the author explains the history of several alternatives to the war on The book presents an overview of the of prohibition in the US and Canada in key issues and key individuals respon- drugs are examined. The conclusion order to show the economical and April 2004, 190p. - ISBN: 2707142352 states that any of the discussed alterna- sible for the creation of the US efforts political interests of the States to http://www.editionsladecouverte.fr/ to control illegal drugs from 1875 to tives is likely to be a substantial maintain this black market which is Abstract in English of all the papers improvement over current policy. 2001. It focuses on legislation that discretly supported by the secrets ser- can be found online at: DrugSTRAT: constructed the federal drug regulatory Miron JA - Indep. Pub. Group, 2004, vices. It allows the prosperity of an http://laniel.free.fr machinery and on Court cases that 130p. - ISBN: 0945999909 important undergroung economy that interpreted the laws. Experts examine http://www.ipgbook.com/ threats democracy and perpetuates Géopolitique et nouvelles the historic turning points, trace the North-South inequalities. Why don’t criminalités internationales tensions between factions favoring Drug wars. The political citizens react to this situation? To ans- medicalisation and criminalisation, economy of narcotics wer this question, the author identifies Proceedings of a coloquium on the subject. A long introduction of and look at the choices that continue the main messengers of the prohibition to be made. The US response to illicit In this book, cultural critic Marez exa- and analyses their discourses. She Armand de Decker (president of the mines 200 years of writings, films and Belgium Senate) is available online in drugs use has remained the same for demonstates how some administrations 125 years. What could now be done? music that both demonise and celebra- and industries (and not only criminal French, as well as another longer text te drugs, providing an interdisciplinary from Giuseppe Muti, in Italian. Should the government rely on educa- organisations) get benefits from prohi- tional and treatment programmes? exploration of drugs in popular minds. bition and why people do accept to be http://www.irri-kiib.be/ Jonathon Erlen, Joseph Spillane - Ranging from Freud’s writings to pro- controlled by this industry of repres- Haworth Press, April 2004, 251p. - drug Mexican music, the book moves sion, detection programmes, and pre- Drugs, addiction and the law: ISBN: 0789018918 from the realities of the opium wars to vention based on fear. Conclusion: It is policy, politics & public health the long history of drug prohibition. It urgent to get out from this prohibition http://www.haworthpress.com/ juxtaposes official drug policy and The book discusses some of the legal, system, for both for public health and ethical, and policy considerations that Controlling illegal drugs propaganda with subversive images. democracy. Despite the state's efforts to use the society faces when dealing with drug A comparative study media to obscure hypocrisies and fai- Beauchesne Line, Lanctot, 2004, 344p. abuse. Covers: differences and simila- lures of its drug policies, marginalised ISBN: 2894852444 rities between legal and scientific rea- Interlinking case studies, the book pre- groups have consistently opposed the http://www.lanctotediteur.qc.ca/ soning; the science of drug dependen- sents and compares the drug policies State power that drug traffic has histo- ce; balancing the rights for individual of the US, Sweden, and Italy. The rically supported. Géopolitique freedom with the needs of society; the focus is on limiting the use/abuse of des drogues illicites role of criminalisation in attempting to narcotics (marijuana, cocaine, heroin, Marez Curtis - Univ. Minnesota Press, control what many believe to be a amphetamines) and on suppressing the (The geopolitics of illicit drugs) April 2004, 384p. - ISBN: 0816640602 medical problem; the application of traffic in these drugs. The objective of http://www.upress.umn.edu Issue of a French journal, Hérodote, disability law to substance abuse; the this study was theoretical: to evaluate dedicated to geopolitics of illicit drugs. The war on drugs use of marijuana for medical purposes; by means of a comparative method, Ten articles cover the multiple stakes the concept that if substance abuse is a the respective level of success of the Opposing viewpoints in the production, prohibition, US public health issue, it should be ame- policies. The aim of this comparison drug war, traffic, consumption in the Every year there are US budgets of nable to therapy similarly to other between the Swedish drug policies (a whole world in the frame of an origi- millions of dollars for the war on medical situations and should receive positive case) and the American and nal geopotlitical approach including drugs but there is no consensus on parity in regulation, treatment and Italian (negative cases) was to evaluate geography (territories), strategy (war), whether the fight to combat illegal research. their effect on drug consumption. sociology (social control) and history. drug use is a success or a failure. Peter Cohen - Carolina Academic Press, Sandro Segre - Aldine de Gruyter, Chapters include: Is the war on drugs Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy, Laurent Laniel 2004, 396p. - ISBN: 089089227X 2004, 42p. - ISBN: 0202307174 succeeding? Is there a link between et al - La Découverte: Hérodote 112, http://www.cap-press.com/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/ n° 14, June 2004 : 9 Le cadrage politique that the phenomenon will not be igno- Caribbean drugs: from crimi- de la drogue red or minored any longer by govern- nalization to harm reduction ments that should face it seriously. (The political framing of the drug In the Caribbean islands, the policy Raufer X. - Lattès 2003, 318p. in issue) responses to ganja and crack use have French - ISBN: 2709624028 triggered a social disaster. Under the Fourty years after the publication of http://www.amazon.fr/ Howard Becker’s book Outsiders, a US pressure, they have adopted a meeting was organised at the Sorbonne Drug use region-wide policy of criminalisation. university of Paris, bringing together, The book examines the experiences of around Becker, policy-makers, resear- The book presents a collection of facts Caribbean countries since they adop- chers and journalists from various EU and information about the major issues ted this approach. It describes the dif- TOC countries. The aim was to define in that drive the world's never-ending ficulties faced by drug rehabilitation which contexts the drugs issue was drug problem. An examination of five centres, and explores the harm reduc- The Salis meeting framed by politicians. This collection substances (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, tion alternative approach. There are A member: CeSDA of lectures provides an understanding heroin and cocaine) presents facts valuable policy lessons to be learned of ways policy-makers, in different about their relationship to politics, for other countries, including those Websites stories times and countries, did manage the policies, big business, and war. with large Caribbean populations such News issue: by ignoring it, by emphasising Biographies profile key players related as the US and UK. its political side, by considering it as a to the substance use problem, and Axel Klein, Marcus Day, Anthony Publications health issue, or as a social security reports on drug use in the US and Harriott - Zed Books, July 2004, 288p. OnlineDocs one, or as a matter of delinquency. At selected countries are viewed with a - ISBN: 1842774999 a time where the French drug law is worldwide perspective, offering a http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/ Agenda been reconsidered, this text offers thought-provoking exploration of drug some ideas for a constructive debate. use, its problems and policies. Dangerous harvest. Becker H, Castro M, Dudouet FX, Richard E. Isralowitz - Abc-Clio, Drug plants and the transforma- Gerding R, Gerstle J, Ghehioue-che F, 2004, 300p. - ISBN: 157607708X tion of indigenous landscapes Pollien A, Romero JL, Perseil S, http://www.abc-clio.com/ The book offers a global overview of Sansoy P, et al - Éd. Pepper, April indigenous peoples' relations with 2004, 150p. - ISBN: 2915584001 Unreasonable searches and drugs. It presents case studies from http://www.editionspepper.com seizures. Rights and liberties various cultural landscapes involved in under the law Chilling out drug plant production and use. It The book explores the development of continues with coverage of eradication What are the interconnections between the US Fourth Amendment from the efforts and the environmental impact drug war politics, drug prevention and late XVIIIth century to the present. It of drug plant production. In its final popular culture? What are the contra- explains complex legal questions and chapter, it forecasts future directions dictions, assumptions and silences pivotal judicial decisions, illustrating of crop substitution programmes and within the moral arguments of drug the controversial nature of the amend- eradication efforts. policy-makers? Why drug-related ment and differentiating between rea- Paul J Woodruff, MK Steinberg, et al - representations play a major role sonable and unreasonable searches and Oxford Univ. Press, 2004, 352p - within the economy? This book criti- seizures. Presenting a wealth of cases, ISBN: 0195143205 cally examines the assumptions under- it analyses developments, such as the http://www.amazon.co.uk/ lying drug prohibition and explores impact of the Supreme Court's deci- the contradictions of drug prevention sion prohibiting federal courts from From witches to crack moms: policies. It combines an exploration of admitting evidence obtained in viola- Women, drug law, and policy the political and historical context with tion of the amendment, the expansion a detailed focus on youth culture. It of the amendment protections in the Like the witches of old times, women brings together work on drugs as a 60s, the apparent weakening of rights suspected of using illegal drugs today source of political state repression and in the 70s, and the contraction of the are persecuted. The book offers a cri- regulation of morality through medical exclusionary rule in response to the tique of drug law and policy and its discourse, work on drugs as cultural war on drugs and the war on terror. impact on women in the US, and des- commodities in film, music, adverti- cribes similarities and differences in Stephens Otis - Abc-Clio, Dec. 2004, sing and tourism, work on « drug nor- Britain and Canada. From a feminist 325p. - ISBN: 1851095039 malisation » and subcultural deviance. sociological perspective, the author http://www.abc-clio.com/ It argues for an holistic understanding shows how drug policy is racialised of drugs in society as a basis for a Ceremonial chemistry and gender-biased, how drug laws more coherent approach to drug shape social service and medical poli- control. The ritual persecution of cy, and how the war on drugs and the drugs, addicts and pushers regulation of reproduction intersect. Shane Blackman - Open Univ. Press, Maternal drug use and neonatal absti- July 2004 - ISBN: 0335200729 In this polemical response to the con- nence syndrome are covered. She also http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/ troversy about drug use criminalisa- explores how colonisation was accom- tion, the author suggests that govern- panied by the condemnation of plants Le grand réveil des mafias ments have overstepped their bounds used in spiritual healing by indigenous in prohibiting certain drugs and incar- (The big awakening of the mafia) peoples. She shows how the war on cerating addicts in order to cure them. drugs, the war on terrorism and the The book uncovers the terrific sprec- By analysing the state-sponsored per- war on crime are law enforcement ini- trum of the organised crime, qualified secution of certain rule-breaking beha- tiatives that have become global in here to be the worldwide danger num- viour (illicit drug use) and similarities their reach. She concludes that women ber one. The first part describes what a between cultural and religious have plenty to fear from moral regula- mafia is and how it implements and demands for mood-altering substances, tion, criminal justice and corporate develops. The second part covers the the book provides a new philosophical attempts to erode democracy to further incomprehensible occultation of the and medical understanding of human their interests. She closes by stating authorities regarding the danger emer- behaviour and of the institutionalised that social justice, rather than criminal ging from mafia (e.g. the Turkish war against human responsibility. mafia, the US tropism for mafia), as justice, is the goal to work toward, and well as the solid and long-lasting dig- Szasz Thomas, Syracuse Univ. Press, that one strategy to achieve this is the ging in of the phenomenon and its Nov 2003, 320p. - ISBN: 0815607687 ending of the war on drugs. relationship with the porno industry. http://www.amazon.co.uk Susan Boyd - Carolina Acad. Press, The conclusion sounds like « a cry in Online, in Hungarian, at: 2004, 392p. - ISBN: 0890891273 the desert » and expresses the hope http://kiado.xpg.net/Cer-Chem/ http://www.cap-press.com/ n° 14, June 2004 : 10

TOC The Salis meeting Griffith Edwards - Allen Lane Science, 2004, 224p. - ISBN: A member: CeSDA 0713996897 Websites stories http://www.amazon.co.uk/ News From science to action? Publications 110 years later Alcohol policies revisited OnlineDocs The past century has witnessed funda- Agenda mental changes in dealing with alco- This comparative study on legal, poli- hol problems. Contribu-tions of this tical, and social conflicts over tobacco book aim to give an overview of a 100 control tells how scientific evidence, years of alcohol polices. They shed global health advocacy, and govern- Cannabis use and dependence some light on the way in which policy mental inte-rests intersect in the craf- Public health and public policy issues have changed in this period. By ting of tobacco policy. providing a state of the art in alcohol This book explores the relationship Feldman Eric A, Bayer Ronald - policy from different perspectives, between health policy, public health Harvard University Press, June 2004, covering both science/re-search/treat- and the law regarding cannabis use. 404p. - ISBN: 0674013344 ment and prevention practice, the It assesses the impact of illegality in http://www.hup.harvard.edu/ volume is relevant to both scientists drug use and relates this to contempo- and policy-makers. rary policy analysis in Australia, the Tobacco: science, policy and UK, the US and other countries. It Richard Muller, Harald Klinge-mann - public health evaluates current debates about safe Kluwer Publishers, Feb 2004, 200p. - The book pulls together the aetiology use and harm minimisation approaches, ISBN: 1402018010 and burden of tobacco related diseases examines the experiences of various http://www.wkap.nl/ prevention, treatment and education with the successes and failures of policies. Alcohol tobacco control policies. It looks at The world's favorite drug lessons learnt to help set health policy Hall W, Pacula RL - Cambridge Univ. for reducing tobacco related diseases. Press 2003, 298p. - ISBN: 0521800242 Alcohol can be an item of diet, a It also deals with the international http://uk.cambridge.org/ medicine, sometimes an element in public health policy issues which bear religious ritual. It is a valued object Cannabis culture on control of tobacco use and which for the connoisseur and a symbol of vary between continents. Contributors In the UK, the use of cannabis has national pride (wine in France, whisky are world experts drawn from various now been decriminalised and many in Scotland). But, at another level, it is clinical fields. just a molecule, which is an instru- younger people see it as no more Peter Boyle - Oxford Univ. Press, controversial than alcohol or tobacco, ment both of pleasure and of destruc- 2004, 496p. - ISBN: 0198526873 but what do we really know about it? tion. The range of social and medical http://www.oup.co.uk/ Does it kill off brain cells? Is there problems associated with alcohol and the history of related treatment really a cannabis culture in Britain Dictionnaire des drogues today? The author unravels the com- methods (including the temperance plexities of the plant and meets scien- movement, prohibition, AA and et des dépendances tists, connoisseurs, criminals and culti- contemporary approaches) are consi- (Dictionary on drugs & dependencies) Les drogues. Approche sociolo- dered. The author identifies what can vators on a journey that takes him Nowadays, addictive behaviours are be learned so as to set more rational gique, économique et politique through 3000 years of history. briming over the frame that was only and effective policies in the future. (Drugs. Sociological, economical Patrick Matthews - Bloomsbury, 2004, centering them on narcotic abuse: the and political approaches) 276p. - ISBN: 0747566143 Griffith Edwards, St Martin's Press evolution of the representation of the http://www.bloomsbury.com 2003, 240p. - ISBN: 0312302363 dependent person brings a new reflec- Drug use is for many people a matter http://www.stmartins.com/ tion on a matter that is more than ever of concern: for some it induces fear, Matters of substance. Drugs and for others, fascination. In the past, Unfiltered actual. This dictionary covers informa- and why everyone’s a user tion on drugs in various disciplines: drug use was only existing in marginal Conflicts over tobacco policy history, sociology, pharmacologie, groups like artists, but today it reaches Why did cannabis become illegal in and public health medecine, legislation and culture. But the whole society. This book tries to the XXth century? How effective will this new edition also covers numerous analyse this complex phenomenon changes to licensing laws be in chan- The book tells the story of how anti- other subjects that are nowadays also from the political, sociological and eco- ging our drinking habits? What do smoking advocates, public health pro- considered as addictions. It provides nomical points of views. What are the opium and LSD use have in common? fessionals, bureaucrats, and tobacco elements for a constructive reflection substances used? By whom? What are The book presents a radical approach corporations have clashed over smo- on all addictive behaviours and an the drug legislation & regulations? to the much-debated question of drug king regulation. Many nations How is the market organised at the control. Arguing for a consideration of (Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, inventory of all our dependencies: can- nabis, heroin, tobacco, prescription local level? At the international level? all drugs (from valium to crack), the Germany, Japan, the UK and the US) What policies have been implemented author expands the idea that the effect restrict tobacco advertising, tax tobac- drugs, and game, computer screen, sex of a drug is not only biological, but co products, and limit smoking areas. addictions… regarding drug abusers? also depends on the social setting, his- Each is struggling to shape a tobacco Denis Richard, Jean-Louis Senon, Marie Jauffret Roustide - La Docu- torical legacy and the psychology of policy that ensures corporate accounta- Marc Valleur - Larousse, June 2004, mentation française, 2004, 160 p. - the individual. An interesting contribu- bility, protects individual liberty, and 626p. - ISBN: 2035054311 ISBN: 00294004 tion to future debates on drugs. asserts the state's public health power. http://www.larousse.fr/ http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr n° 14, June 2004 : 11 They are the questions that parents, changing differences between indivi- tains this conceptual theory with friends, partners and drug professio- duals in their potential for violence. numerous case studies and provides nals asked the author during individual For many of the sample members that some clinical models. and family psychotherapy sessions, in engaged in violence, chronic metham- Sylvie & Pierre Angel - Armand Colin, prevention interventions and public phetamine use had a disorganising 2003 - ISBN: 2200262515 debates. In the author’s opinion, such effect on their cognitive functions http://www.centre-monceau.com questions focus on very crucial needs, which lead to distorted interpretations that can no more be set aside. of behavior. Violence is not an inevi- Modération et sobriété Paolo Rigliano - Feltrinelli 2004, table outcome of even chronic amphe- Études sur les usages sociaux tamine use. 184p. in Italian - ISBN: 880781790X de l'alcool http://www.feltrinelli.it/ Ira B Sommers, Deborah R. Baskin - TOC Edwin Mellen Press, March 2004 - (Moderation and sobriety: studies The Salis meeting La société cancérigène. Lutte-t- ISBN: 0773465693 on the social use of alcohol) on vraiment contre le cancer ? http://www.amazon.co.uk/ Collection of five studies that look at A member: CeSDA the social « connoisseur drinking (The cancerigen society. Are we Anthropo-logiques Websites stories really fighting cancer?) knowledge », its meaning, its rules, d’un travailleur social the competence it needs, the culture it News The book focusses on the causes of Passeur, passages, passants claims to belong to, and its ethical cancer, especially on those that are foundation. Subjects covered : the (Anthropo-logics of a social wor- Publications kept hidden. All prevention campaigns wine cultural representations, the eco- OnlineDocs against tobacco create the idea that ker. Passeur, passages, passers-by) nomical and political realities of the tobacco is the main cause of cancer. The author is a at the same time a spe- industrial lobbies, the alcohol connois- Agenda In France, 1/3 of the cancers are said cialised educator, a drug preventor, a seur culture, and the difficult recovery « related » (not caused) to tobacco. trainer and a researcher. The book pro- of the addicts. Statistics include pulmonary, mouth pose an anthropological approach of Ludovic Gaussot, L’Harmattan 2004, and œsophagian cancers that can have the social workers’ world. These wor- 136p - ISBN: 2747558576 The American drug scene been caused by others means than kers are seen as borderline professio- http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/ Collection of articles on the changing tobacco: professional environment, air nals acting at society borders (among patterns and policies of both legal and pollution, food additives, electro- excluded populations) and not always L'alcool en fête magnetic fields... Although smoking is illicit drug use. It focuses on the social in congruency with the repressive poli- Manières de boire de context in which drug use and drug tremendly decreasing, the WHO is fore- cies. Based on his experiences, the policies occur. Other topics include: seing an increasse of 50% of the num- author considers that youth is in la nouvelle jeunesse étudiante sexual identity and drug use, the sym- ber of cancers in the next 20 years. default of cultural heirs and in need of (Festive alcohol: students’ new bolic meaning of drug taking, Aids The fight against cancer only focussed « passages » rituals (like initiation was ways of drinking) related to injecting use, treatment on tobacco has failed. Cancer is also a in traditional societies). In this perpec- The book looks at the new drinking issues, recovery without treatment, market: prices of anti-cancer medi- tive, the social worker is situated at behaviours of students in festive relationship between drugs and violen- cines increased by 500% in 10 years. the threshold, helping people to pass places. Based on an ethnographical ce, and policy issues such as the lega- Geneviève Barbier, Armand Farrchi - into society: he is a passeur providing th survey that included 200 qualitative lisation debate. This 4 edition La Martinière 2004, 180p. - ISBN: the passage. The three functions of the face-to-face consultations, and obser- includes new articles covering recent 284675103X rituals are prevention, passage, and vations done in various places, this patterns of use: ecstasy, medical mari- http://www.lamartiniere.fr/ transgression. book provides a good picture of alco- juana, ketamine, and policy debates: Thierry Goguel d’Allondans - Téraèdre hol use among young adults. the role of clubs in promoting harm The social consequences 2003, 176p. - ISBN: 2912868114 Jacqueline Freyssinet-Dominjon, reduction.Discussion questions, desi- of methamphetamine use http://www.teraedre-publishing.com/ gned to encourage critical thinking, Anne-Catherine Wagner - L’Harmattan, follow each article. This study analyses the pharmacologi- Les toxicomanes 2004, 274p. - ISBN: 2747556131 cal effects, situational contexts and http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/ James A Inciardi, Karen McElrath - processual dynamics of methampheta- et leurs familles Roxbury 2004, 390p. - ISBN: mine use and violence, using inter- 193171908X (Drug addicts and their families) views. Evidence supports previous http://www.roxbury.net/ Based on 15 years of psychotherapy research that suggests continuity from practice with addicts, the book focuses youth aggression to adult violence. Understanding drugs on a systemic approach of the relation- Findings indicate that long-term ship between the addicted person and and behaviour influences (family, peers) lead to the his family as a major tool for unders- development of fairly stable, slowly This collection of contributions des- tanding and treating the addiction. cribes how the main psychoactive Psychologi-cal work on family inter- drugs can alter brain chemistry and actions allows the change of its mem- modify behaviour: effects on mood, bers’ behaviour and the reconstruction cognition, sensation, awareness, health of the relationships that were des- and well-being. Are covered: alcohol, troyed by the addiction. The book sus- nicotine, cannabis, LSD, ecstacy, opiates, stimulants and medications. Andrew Parrott, Alun Morinan, Mark Moss, Andrew Scholey - Wiley 2004, 320p. - ISBN: 0470850590 http://www.wileyeurope.com/ Piaceri drogati. Psicologia del consumo di droghe (Drug pleasures. Psychology of drug use) This book presents an essential reflec- tion on the use, abuse and addiction of old and new, legal and illegal drugs. It develops like a talk between an ideal reader - who just asks those questions that all individuals concerned with the drug problem ask themselves - and the author, who tries to answer them. n° 14, June 2004 : 12

ledge on these substances. Public, aca- demic, government, and peer-reviewed research studies are emphasised. Abstracts describe the information available to date and guidance is given on how to obtain free-of-charge prima- ry research results via the Internet. TOC Health Publica - Icon Group Intern. 2003, 148 p - ISBN: 0597835829 The Salis meeting http://www.amazon.com A member: CeSDA Mass spectra Websites stories of designer drugs News Compiled by mass spectral experts at Publications the regional departments of criminal investigation in Kiel, Ham-burg and OnlineDocs Weisbaden, Germany, this database (CD-Rom ) includes: 1400 chemical Agenda compounds and 1700 mass spectra + 100 chemical warfare agents, added due to recent interest in security + data Histoire du dopage taken from both the legal and the Drug abuse underground literature. et des conduites dopantes Each title in this series introduces a (History of doping and of doping Peter Roesner - Wiley & Sons, CD- controversial social issue. Each title behaviours) Rom, 2003 - ISBN: 0471473561 puts forward different points of view, http://www.wileyeurope.com/ includes a glossary and an index. Covers: the history of doping substan- Readers can weigh up opposing ideas ces use, the various doping practices, Prévenir les toxicomanies from a position of knowledge and the future doping techniques (genetics, (Preventing drug abuse) come to their own conclusions. cloning), the history of regulation poli- cies in the field and the recent measu- Preventing drug abuse is a political Emma Haughton - Franklin Watts, res taken to fight it, as well as an priority since decades and generated 2004, 32p. - ISBN: 0749656115 approach of the key-role of the public lots of campaigns and actions. http://www.countrybookshop.co.uk/ representation on doping. Meanwhile, this abuse has never been so high while some confusion exists Illegal drugs. A complete guide Patrick Laure - Vuibert, 2004, 224p. - among concepts. There is a need to ISBN: 2711771288 to their history, chemistry, http://www.vuibert.com/ understand why actions weren’t suc- use and abuse cessful, and to make them more cohe- Solvents Dictionnaire du dopage rent and efficient. The authors try to Covers all aspects of illegal substance find new prevention ways. They look use of 178 drugs outlawed in the US. Part of a series designed to help chil- (Dictionnary on doping) at the ethical roots of the prevention From medieval witchcraft to the latest dren understand key health topics, this Offers a synthetic description of about concept that aims to stop or control club drugs, this overview of illegal volume focuses on the misuse of sol- 100 doping substances or means. Each individual behaviours, and examine drugs includes the role of drugs in the vents and the effects they have on the entry covers the pharmacological some prevention models. A guide for workplace, the psychology of addic- body's physiological and psychologi- aspects, the effects expected, the kinds professionals who want to think about tion, the war on drugs, and the biolo- cal systems. Covers: the types of sol- ot sport concerned, and the regulation. and try innovative approaches. gical effect of drugs on the brain. vents, the law, the risks of misuse, and Includes historical and documented how to help abusers overcome their A. Morel, G. Tonnelet, F. Hervé, et al - Paul M. Gahlinger - Plume Books, cases stories. addiction. Dunod 2004, 336p. in French - ISBN: Dec 2003, 480p - ISBN: 0452285054 Jean-Pierre de Mondenard - Masson, 210 0071610 http://www.amazon.com Fitzhugh Karla - Hodder & Stoughton 2003, 64p - ISBN: 0750243740 2004, 1264p. - ISBN: 229400714X http://www.dunod.com http://www.amazon.fr/ Alcohol. Opposing viewpoints http://www.hodderheadline.co.uk/ Drugs: the straight facts The effect of alcohol on society and Drugs and sports: Cannabis et santé the individual is explored in this revi- (Cannabis and health) Collection of a dozen of books, all sed edition. Whether alcoholism is an For 10-13 year olds. Why do athletes This book documents, as precisely as written by David Triggle and publi- addiction or a character flaw, the most take drugs? What is being done to stop possible, the effects and harm caused shed by Chelsea House Pub. in effective treatments, legal and medical that? This title looks at the history of by cannabis use, as well as the mar- April 2004, all of 112 pages. Each ramifications, and the effect of alcoho- drug-taking in athletics. It surveys the king and evaluation means, the social book examines the use of a specific lism on families are included. drugs taken and examines their effects, ways of consumption and the treat- psychoactive substances throughout Balkin Karen - Greenhaven June 2004 both positive and negative. It also ment possibilities. its history, including legal status, ISBN: 0737712155 explores the arguments made by both effects on the mind and body and sides of the debate. M. Reynaud, Flammarion, 2004, 272p. http://www.powells.com/ social issues. Are yet proposed: ISBN: 2257100921 Clive Gifford - Raintree, 2004, 56p. - http://editions.flammarion.com/ • Alcohol, ISBN: 0791072592 Drunk driving ISBN: 0739868497 • Antidepressants, ISBN: 0791076350 After a record of deaths in 1999, http://www.raintreelibrary.com/ Club drugs: medical dictionary, • Cocaine, ISBN: 0791072606 drunk-driving fatalities are again on Teen addiction bibliography, & annotated • Designer drugs, ISBN: 0791076385 rise, renewing the debate over the best research guide to internet • Ecstasy, ISBN: 0791076334 way to combat the problem. In articles Discusses the effects of drugs on the ranging from scientific reports to edi- references • Hallucinogens, ISBN: 0791072614 body, the reasons teenagers use drugs, torials and personal accounts, authors the problems caused by teenage drug • Heroin, ISBN: 0791072622 The book looks like a medical dictio- offer an overview of the controversy abuse, and preventive measures and nary covering hundreds of terms and • Marijuana, ISBN: 0791072630 surrounding drunk driving. treatments. • Nicotine, ISBN: 0791072649 expressions relating to club drugs, lists Louise Gerdes et al - Greenhaven, Linda Theresa Raczek, Lucent Books, of bibliographic citations, and an Can be ordered at: Sept. 2004 - ISBN: 0737730781 Dec 2003, 112p - ISBN: 1560067799 Internet guide for up-dating the know- http://www.chelseahouse.com/ http://www.galegroup.com http://www.galegroup.com/ n° 14, June 2004 : 13 Pissing on demand vioral challenges they face and how Drug treatment: what works? Workplace drug testing and prenatal drug exposure affects the In Britain, finding ways of dealing the the rise of the detox industry development of children. The book increasing drug problem is a major emphasises the need for intervention concern of the government and a great Drug testing has become the norm in program-mes in schools, the impact of deal has been made of the impact of many workplaces. In order to get a the unresolved debate on educational treatment on drug users. Featuring job, potential employees are required policy discourses, and how the social contributions from experts, this survey to provide their urine for testing. The and political construction of the issue of the latest developments in drug book examines this phenomenon along influences perceptions within schools. treatments sets out to ask some crucial with the resulting rise of the anti-drug Thomas Janet Y – Routledge 2004, questions: Which treatments work with TOC testing movement (the « detox indus- 192p. - ISBN: 0415948940 what sorts of abusers? What are the try ») that works to beat these tests. http://www.routledge-ny.com/ key indicators of success? Does coer- The Salis meeting Strategies include over-the-counter cion work or must treatment be freely products like body flushers that sound Youths serving youths entered into? Is drug testing an essen- A member: CeSDA innocent but are designed to mask the in drug education programs tial backup for successful treatment? presence of illegal drugs in kits adver- Philip Bean, Teresa Nemitz - Routledge, Websites stories tised in pro-drug publications like School systems are seeking innovative Aug 2004, 272p. - ISBN: 0415268176 High Times that make no bones about strategies to prevent substance abuse News http://www.tandf.co.uk their real purpose. This exposé of the among students. This text provides a programme and strategies that school Publications detox industry presents a thought-pro- Principles of addictions voking discussion of the contemporary districts can employ using youths. OnlineDocs erosion of civil liberties. Youths chosen for this programme and the law must be drug free and highly recom- Agenda KD Tunnell, J Ferrell - NY Univ. Press Applications in forensic mental health mended by educators, parents, and (Alternative Criminology series) 2004, and medical practice. peers. They must be above average in 208p. - ISBN: 0814782817 communication, social and academic Norman S. Miller, Academic Press, http://www.nyupress.org/ skills, and be trained extensively in Oct 2004, 384p. - ISBN: 0124967361 Cent questions sur les drug education. Research findings http://www.harcourt-international.com show that using youths in drug educa- drogues, la toxicomanie et les tion programmes helps to significantly New treatments for addiction: hépatites virales associées increase abstinence among youths behavioral, ethical, legal, (Hundred questions on drugs, taking drugs. and social questions drug abuse and related hepatitis) George R. Taylor - Scarecrow-educa- tion, 2004, 256p. - ISBN: 1578860393 New therapies to treat drug addiction For more than 30 years, drug use http///www.scarecroweducation.com/ are urgently needed. The aim of current generated numerous polemical ques- research is to develop medications that tions. Nowadays, scienfically establi- How to spot hidden alcoholics can block, or significantly attenuate, shed responses exist, but medical pro- the psychoactive effects of substances fessionals, the general public, inclu- This book describes the indicators of (nicotime, amphetamines, etc.). The ding some drug users and young alcoholism, many of which seem too promise of new medications rests not people still ignore them. Based on subtle and innocuous to suggest addic- only on their longer action but also on information validated by experts, this tion. Listing more than 80 alcoholic differences in the way they operate. book tries to clearly define the various forms of behavior and clues, this guide Unlike most existing treatments that substances and their effects, the avai- links physical signs and behavioral are active on the brain itself, immuno- lable treatments (psychotherapy and changes to the various stages of alco- therapies act by binding the drug in substitution), the related illnesses holism, explaining the brain chemistry the blood stream and preventing it (Aids, hepatitis B and C), and the pre- that impels the person to drink addicti- from reaching the brain. This is a fun- vention rules. vely. damentally new approach that shows Jean-Marie Guffens, foreword of Doug Thorburn, Galt Publishing, promises for treating addictions. But Étienne Roda-Gil, Frison-Roche, 2004, 184p. - ISBN: 0967578868 some characteristics of these new 2003, 242p. - ISBN: 2876714205 http://www.powells.com/ methods pose distinctive behavioural, http://www.editions-frison-roche.com ethical, legal, and social challenges Heroin addiction that require careful scrutiny. This Cocktails & dreams and the British system report gives recommandations for Interpretive perspective I. Understanding the problem research in this emerging field. on drug use II. Exploring the responses Henrick Harwood and Tracy Myers - National Acad. Press 2004, 324p. - Collection of qualitative research The British system of dealing with ISBN: 0309091284. Pre-edition online: articles presenting an overview of drugs is notable for its capacity to http://www.nap.edu/ issues surrounding illegal drug use and adapt to changing circumstances. As the misuse of legal drugs. By exposing such, it has attracted considerable Dual diagnosis. Filling the gap various national and international drug international interest. In the first volu- subcultures, the text encourages stu- me, the focus is on the evolution of Content: Is addiction an illness and dents to think critically about this the drugs problem and policy in the can it be treated? - Dialectical beha- topic and break through longstanding UK, from the Rolleson report to hepa- vior therapy of borderline patients... - stereotypes about consumers of legal titis C. The second volume explores The British experience of dual diagno- and illegal drugs. the different forms of treatment which sis in the national health service. - th Treatment system and intervention Wilson R Palacios - Prentice Hall, were employed over the 20 century, strategies for mentally ill substance 2004, 400p. - ISBN: 0130987514 either as initiatives which would have abusers: the Greek experience. - The http://vig.prenhall.com/ been identifiable at the time as « new » or as broad themes which can be influence of psychopathology on sub- Educating drug-exposed seen more clearly over a longer time jective quality of life in acute and sta- bilised schizophrenia patients. - Heroin children: the aftermath frame. The study enables a proper under-standing of how of drug policies prescription. - 36-month follow up of of the crack-baby crisis and treatments have evolved and what opiate dependents in three levels of Provides a series of interviews with lessons are applicable today. treatment intensity. US public school teachers on the edu- Strang John, Gossop Michael - Giuseppe Carrà, Massimo Clerici - cation of children with substance- Routledge, June 2004, 216p. - John Libbey Eurotext, 2004, 112p. - abuse backgrounds. This helps to ISBN: 0415298164 ISBN: 2742005005 understand the educational and beha- http://www.tandf.co.uk http://www.john-libbey-eurotext.fr/ n° 14, June 2004 : 14 ring disorders; measuring change and establishing treatment outcome perfor- mance standards; supervising staff who work with multifarious caseloads. Hendrickson Edward, Schmal Marilyn, Ekleberry Sharon - Haworth Press, 2004, 233p. - ISBN: 0789018012 http://www.haworthpress.com/ Treating substance abusers TOC in correctional contexts The book explores types of treatment The Salis meeting that operate under the surveil-lance of A member: CeSDA US Courts and the criminal justice system, ranging from in-house pro- Websites stories grammes for offenders in prisons to residential substance abuse treatment News and other programmes in the commu- Publications nity. Through qualitative studies, out- come assessments, event-history ana- OnlineDocs lysis, and intensive interviews, the Frederick Rotgers, Jon Morgenstern, Agenda book examines recovery relapse pre- Scott Walters - Guilford Press, 2003, vention, rehabilitation, therapeutic jus- 388p. - ISBN: 1572308974 tice, and the impact of prison-based http://www.guilford.com/ drug abuse treatment programmes. Doppia diagnosi. Tra tossico- Nathaniel J. Pallone - Haworth Press, Group psychotherapy dipendenza e psicopatologia Jan 2004, 227p - ISBN: 0789022788 and addiction http://www.haworthpressinc.com/ (Dual diagnosis. Between drug Experts from the UK, USA and Scandi- addiction and psychopathology) Learning the language navia share their experiences in the In 11 chapters dealing with different of addiction counseling conceptualisation, setting up and run- forms of addiction, the author examines ning of therapy groups. Many types of the definition and treatment of dual The book is designed to meet the trai- groups are examined, including spe- Les conduites d’alcoolisation ning needs of new and experienced cialist groups (art therapy and psycho- diagnosis cases and provides an analy- Du repérage précoce au sis of the relationship between psy- addiction counselors by presenting the drama) and groups for special popula- chiatric disorders and drugs, from basic and cutting-edge research on tion (relatives, prisoners and adult réseau de prise en charge alcohol to amphetamines, from cocai- drug counseling as well as the latest children of alcoholics). (Alcohol-related behavioural pat- ne to heroin. The book, that develops a trends in the self-help movement. Bill Reading, Weegmann Martin - Whurr terns: from early diagnosis to net- criticism of the current « biologistic » Geri Miller - Wiley, Nov. 2004, 400p. - 2004, 220p. - ISBN: 1861564481 working care services) opinions, is addressed to: psycholo- ISBN: 0471479462 http://www.whurr.co.uk/ Drinking alcohol is an established part gists and psychiatrists who treat http://www.wileyeurope.com/ of life in the French society. While patients affected by different forms of Group psychotherapy drinking with moderation is not dan- addictions; operators in therapeutical Care of drug users and recovery from addiction gerous, abuse - even when no depen- communities and social workers com- in general practice Carrying the message dence is involved - can have serious mitted in the support of young people. A harm reduction approach repercussions on health and behaviour. Paolo Rigliano - Raffaello Cortina, The book compares experiences of GPs now have increased responsibility participants in a psychotherapy group Many forms of alcohol-related beha- 2004, 200p. in It. - ISBN: 8870788873 viour exist, including use, misuse and http://www.raffaellocortina.it for the care of drug users, but many and in a 12 steps group. It builds a feel inadequately trained to take on bridge between the two methods and abuse with or without dependence. this work. However, some GPs have demystifies the process of recovery, These concepts have recently been Dual diagnosis and psychiatric defined and classified, bringing an treatment: Substance abuse been successfully looking after drug showing all the important elements of users in their practices for many years. the group process, including free asso- added value to doctors in diagnosing and comorbid disorders This book harnesses their experiences ciation, resistance, transference, re- and treating patients. Treatment should be undertaken on a holistic basis. It Reflecting the latest advancements in to present the essential information enactment, boundary management, which GPs need to provide effective interpretation, and confrontation. may often be advisable to include the the assessment and diagnosis of sub- patient’s family. A multidisciplinary, stance use and comorbid disorders, and appropriate care for drug misusing Roth Jeffrey D - Haworth, 2004 - patients. network-based approach is essential this new edition surveys current ISBN: 0789016451 for helping these patients. research in the epidemiology, genetics Berry Beaumont - Radcliffe Med. Press, http://www.haworthpress.com/ Fleury Benoît - John Libbey Eurotext, and management of dually-diagnosed 2nd ed. 2004, 200p. - ISBN: 185775624X patients. http://www.radcliffe-oxford.com Le « tourisme d'assistance » 128p. in Fr. & En. - ISBN: 2742004718 http://www.john-libbey-eurotext.fr/en/ Hendry Kranzler, Joyce Tinsley - des usagers de drogues Treating substance abuse Marcel Dekker, May 2004, 600p. - Vers l'ouverture d'une salle The essential handbook ISBN: 082475042X Theory and technique d'injection à moindre risque of treatment and prevention http://www.dekker.com/ nd This 2 edition examines the current (Drug users’ «tourism» within of alcohol problems Treating co-occurring disorders knowledge on substance abuse treat- help services. The opening of an ments. For each approach, a chapter Since the 70s there has been an explo- injecting room at a lower risk) Describes the psychiatric and substan- on basic assumptions and theories is sion of social, psychological and clini- ce use disordersr, examines the evolu- followed by a chapter of clinical appli- This study analyses drug use in the cal research to identify effective strate- tion of co-occurring concepts and cations. Are covered: 12-step, psycho- French Haut-Rhin region and the gies to prevent and treat alcohol-rela- treatment, and provides an overview dynamic, cognitive-behavioral, marital/ Swiss city of Bâle. It describes the ted problems. This handbook contains of relapse prevention and symptom family, and motivational approaches, functioning of low risk drug-injecting an updated selection of reviews of management models. Topics covered: with new chapters on management. rooms where drugs can be consumed what works. These science-based conducting assessments for individuals Also covered are psychopharmacolo- in an healthy way. Their aim is to reviews are a distillation of the more with psychiatric and substance use gical interventions, yet supported by a reduce the risks of overdoses, Aids practical elements designed to save symptoms; providing individual, growing body of empirical research. and hepatitis. time for the busy practitioner. group, family, and case management Conclusion: clinicians can successfully Bertrand Bernard, L’Harmattan 2003, Nick Heather, Tim Stockwell - Wiley & interventions; identifying standard integrate elements of several approaches 188p - ISBN: 274754401X Sons 2003, 384 p - ISBN: 0470862963 interventions for clients with co-occur- into their work with clients. http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/ http://www.wileyeurope.com/ n° 14, June 2004 : 15 Clinical supervision in alcohol Anorexie, boulimie Altering and drug abuse counseling Vous pouvez aider votre enfant American consciousness Revised edition that synthesises the (Anorexia, bulimia: you can help The history of alcohol and drug use in various approaches of clinical supervi- your child) the US (1800-2000). With many chil- sion and offers guidelines on supervi- Aims to help parents of a child suffe- dren now taking Ritalin, athletes sory observation, case presentation, ring from eating disorders. the book relying on androstenidione to bulk up, modeling, feedback, intervention, and shows that the child needs them to and the chronically depressed resorting evaluation. It covers the new role of overcome the problem and describes to serotonin inhibitors such as Prozac, the supervisor in the wake of the which behavior one should adopt the 21st century appears no less rife managed care revolution as well as depending on the situation. Includes with drugs than previous periods. If new US regulations. A final chapter on TOC case examples and ways of thinking. the use of drugs is a constant in the future trends in alcohol and drug use S. Cook, C. Doyen, Dunod 2004, American history, the way they have The Salis meeting counseling is included. Also includes 264p. - ISBN: 2100079875 assessment forms and plans in templa- been perceived has varied extensively. http://www.dunod.com/ A member: CeSDA te form for supervisors to use. Just as the cigarettes became the gla- morous accessory of Hollywood stars Websites stories David J. Powell, Archie Brodsky - Performance addiction: the in the 40s, only to fall into public dis- Wiley 2004, 448p. - ISBN: 0787973777 News dangerous new syndrome… favour nowadays, the social signifi- http://www.wileyeurope.com/ Publications According to the author, successful cance of every drug changes over Addiction treatment matching: people remain unhappy in spite of time. This work shows how the identi- OnlineDocs research foundations their achievements: they often suffer ty of any psychoactive substance owes as much to its users, their patterns of Agenda of the Asam criteria from performance addiction because they believe that perfecting appearance use, and the cultural context in which This book examines the American and achieving status will secure love it is taken, as it owes to the drug's society of addiction medicine (Asam) and respect of others. Using insights documented physiological effects. patient placement criteria (PPC) which gleaned through his research and his Rather than seeing licit drugs and illi- The pathways to sobriety promises a standard to settle the con- clinical practice,the author shows the cit drugs, recreational drugs and medi- workbook flict between treatment programmes psychological factors that lead to per- cinal drugs, hard drugs and soft drugs and managed care. Experts in mental fectionism, provides self-evaluation The author believes that people use as mutually exclusive categories, the health and addiction provide studies quizzes and a programme to help per- drugs to transform feelings like fear, book invites to consider the ways in that analyses the impact of the Asam fectionists achieve happiness at home anxiety and depression into pleasu- which drugs have shifted from one criteria on health plans, and finally and at work. rable feelings like confidence, courage category to another. validates them as an innovative model Arthur P Ciaramicoli - Wiley, July and elation. This book helps readers that can revolutionise the field with Caroline J. Acker, Sarah W. Tracy, et unlearn this destructive pattern through 2004, 256p. - ISBN: 0471471194 al - Univ. Massachusetts Press, 2004, standardised, empirically based treat- http://www.wileyeurope.com/ a cognitive/behavioral approach. ment planning. It answers questions 448p. - ISBN: 1558494251 Chapters cover self-assessment, steps such as: How does a programme defi- The pursuit of oblivion http://www.umass.edu/ of recovery, what to avoid, methods, ne its level of care? How can techno- A global history of narcotics skills and relapse prevention. Includes logy help praticians achieve consisten- 18 self-help lessons. cy in defining patients’ needs? Spanning five centuries and several William Fleeman - Pub Group West, Gastfriend David R - Haworth continents, the book traces the history 2004, 244p. - ISBN: 089793427X Medical Press, June 2004, 170p. - of narcotics use and shows how medi- http://www.booksmatter.com/ ISBN: 0789024306 cines developed into a huge illegal http://www.haworthpress.com/ business. It uncovers the centrality of L'alcoolique, les proches, drug use in our society, from the drug le soignant. Pour une autre Tobacco dependence habits of Dickens and JF Kennedy, to and COPD today's $400 billion annual worldwide pratique de l'alcoologie trade in illicit drugs (same volume as (The alcoholic person, the social Collection of review articles providing the oil industry). It says that, contrary a comprehensive survey on tobacco environment and the pratician. For to the assumption underlying current dependence and COPD. another practice of alcohology) drug policies, our need to escape reali- Bollinger CF - Karger (State-of-the- ty and for physical pleasure are both Alcohology isn’t yet recognised as a Art Series) 2003, 102p. - ISBN: ineradicable aspects of humanity, un- medical discipline: between the GP 3805576536 changeable by government initiative. and the psychiatrist, there is no specia- http://www.karger.com/ Richard Davenport-Hines - list in the field. This book advocates W.W. Norton, 2nd ed, 2004, 584p. - for the existence of praticians speciali- ISBN: 0393325458 sed in this discipline. The first part http://www.wwnorton.com/ aims to change views and representa- tions of the alcoholic problem. The second part describes propositions for changes in the practices. Gomez Henri, Dunod, 2003, 192p. ISBN: 2100073192 http://www.dunod.com Treating alcoholism Provides a road map for assessing, diagnosing and treating this multiface- ted illness: details clinical information and offers ready-to-use tools for prac- tice. The author especially describes the first five steps of the AA methodo- logy, showing how to easily apply each one to treatment. Robert R. Perkinson - Wiley, Aug. 2004, 336p. - ISBN: 0471658065 http://www.wileyeurope.com/ n° 14, June 2004 : 16 Narcotic culture A history of drugs in China « China was turned into a nation of opium addicts by the pernicious forces of imperialist trade ». This book ques- tions this assertion on the basis of abundant archives, showing that opium had few harmful effects on health, and that the substance was taken in rituals with in-built constraints on excessive TOC use. In a culture of restraint, opium was an ideal social lubricant. It was The Salis meeting also a medical panacea before the A member: CeSDA availability of aspirin and penicillin: it allowed people to relieve the symp- Websites stories toms of dysentery, cholera, malaria News and tuberculosis and to cope with and the cooperation of the British pain, hunger and cold. There is an evi- government. The extent to which the Publications dence that the transition from a tolera- Chinese state was able to control the ted opium use to prohibition produced the campaign and the evolving nature OnlineDocs a cure which was far worse than the of the political space in which the elite Agenda disease. Heroin and morphine were reformers enforced the campaign are then taken, often in more harmful the guiding themes of this study. conditions than opium smoking. Prohibition spawned social exclusion Joyce Madancy - Harvard Univ. Press, The strength of the wolf and misery, engendering the very pro- 2004, 425p. - ISBN: 0674012151 http://www.hup.harvard.edu/ The secret history blems it was designed to contain. of America's war on drugs Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann & White gold: the inside story of Zhou Xun - C. Hurst, Feb 2004, 288p. UK's largest-ever drugs haul Presents the history of the Federal ISBN: 1850657254 bureau of narcotics from its birth in http://www.hurstpub.co.uk/ In 1989, UK customs became aware of 1930 until its end in 1968. It tells how a major plot to smuggle huge amounts the FBN's agents penetrated the drug The opium wars of drugs into the UK. The trail led from trafficking world and, by uncovering The addiction of one empire Ullapool to the Costa del Sol, Gibraltar the national security establishment's and the corruption of another and Venezuelaand endled with Britains ties to organised crime, brought about biggest cocaine haul, worth £100 mil- their own demise. It reveals that the In the 19th century, Chinese society was lion. At the start, an expatriate Scot CIA and FBI were often protecting the crippled by a vast addiction to opium, based in Malaga offered professional FBN's targets in the mafia. The CIA and largely supplied by British traders. For diver Chris Howarth some work: deli- its Chinese allies were found to be the years, British & Chinese governments vering a yacht from Mallorca to the largest drug trafficking syndicate in clashed over Britain's right to trade in Costa del Sol. A year after, the work the world, but for political and national China. When China tried to close its on offer was picking up some cannabis security reasons, the FBN was preven- ports to opium, the British fought from Spain and delivering it back to ted from investigating this conspiracy. back, starting two of the most bizarre the Highlands. Howarth took with him Douglas Valentine - Verso Books, wars in history. Featuring battles in a young Ullapool fisherman, Noel 2004, 352p - ISBN: 1859845681 which the technological might of the Hawkins. Their delight at earning http://www.wwnorton.com/ British steamships and artillery deci- money turned to horror when they mated the sailing junks and arrows of learned they were actually en route to Clubland: the fabulous rise and the Chinese, these wars stand as one the coast of Venezuela to pick up half murderous fall of club culture of the most important clashes in histo- a metric ton of virtually pure cocaine... ry between East and West. Costello Eugene - Mainstream 2003, In 1995, the author, wanting to write W. Travis Hanes, Frank Sanello - 239p. - ISBN: 1840187336 an article about Special K, went to the Robson Books, Nov 2003, 352p. - http://www.mainstreampublishing.com Limelight, a decrepit church converted ISBN: 1861056893 and how the governments buried eve- into a Manhattan disco. He discovered http://www.chrysalisbooks.co.uk/ Down by the river: drugs, rything that happened. All this comes a world where hedonism was elevated together down by the river, a place to an art, and where the ever-accelera- The troublesome legacy of money, murder, and family where the facts read like fiction. ting party finally spun out of control. Commissioner Lin. The opium Bruno Jordan was murdered on He reveals the players who made the Charles Bowden - Simon & Schuster, trade and suppression in January 20, 1995, in an El Paso par- club scene notorious: Peter Gatien, the king, but he keeps coming back as the 2004, 464p - ISBN: 0743244575 Limelight operator; Chris Paciello, the Fujian province 1820s to 1920s skeleton key to a multibillion-dollar http://www.simonandschuster.com/ glamorous prince of Miami Beach, In 1908, a public crusade against drug industry, two corrupted govern- partying with Madonna and Jennifer opium was in full swing in China, and ments (the US and Mexico) and a self- Crack wars Lopez; Michael Caruso, whose exchan- the provincial port of Fuzhou was a styled war on drugs that is a fraud. Literature addiction mania ges with UK’s rave scene included a central pace for the campaign. The Phil Jordan runs DEA intelligence, but mainline supply of techno and drugs; successful attempt undertaken by China when his brother Bruno is killed, he is Examines drugs addiction and mania: and Michael Alig, a gay misfit who to eliminate opium, came at a time powerless. Amado Fuentes runs the a book-as-object, containing installa- spawned parties such as the Blood when the State was virtually powerless. most successful drug business, but tions, special sections and poetic-phi- feast where the dress code featured This study attempts to reconcile this when his usefulness to governments losophic passages. Draws from slabs of beef and liver. They gave rise apparent contradiction. The remarkable, ceases, he mysteriously dies in a hos- Flaubert, Heidegger and Derrida... to a lethal drug ring operating in a law- but temporary, success of the anti- pital. Sal Martinez, DEA agent and contends that this « culture inspires less realm of fantasy. Their excesses opium campaign between 1906 and Bruno's cousin, does the secret work and supports destructive play only to had left countless victims in its wake. 1920 is yet unexplained. How were of the US government in Mexico, but punish it ». A socio-historical account on a world these results achieved? The attack on when he seeks revenge for his cousin's Ronell Avital - Univ. of Illinois Press, that emerged in the spirit of « peace this social problem relied on the murder, he is sentenced to a term in April 2004, 192p. - ISBN: 0252071905 and love », and ended in tragedy. control provided by a multilayered federal prison. In brief, the book des- Frank Owen - Broadway Books 2004, state bureaucracy, the activism and cribes the world of lies, pain, and http://www.press.uillinois.edu/ ISBN: 0767917359 support of unofficial elite-led reform money that is beneath all the policy http://www.randomhouse.com/ groups, a broad humanitarian appeal, statements and bluster of politicians, n° 14, June 2004 : 17 Baudelaire in chains: portrait Godspeed, bitter beverage that triggers visionary of the artist as a drug addict une vie de Kurt Cobain experiences with plant gods; lbogain, a yellowish root ingested by indigenous This study of Baudelaire's opium (Godspeed, Kurt Cobain’s life) peoples to achieve visionary experien- addiction contends that the drug was This graphical novel traces the turbu- ces, belladona, yohimbe and kava-kava. the root of all his problems, and the lent life of Kurt Cobain, singer in the reason for his inability to apply him- Nirvana group, one of the last rock & Peter Stafford, Ronin Publishing 2004, SBN self to any prolonged creative work. roll icon of the XXth century who died 144p - I : 1579510698 Containing many illustrations, the bio- in April 1994. After a colourful child- http://www.powells.com/ graphy gives a comprehensive picture hood, his life became darker and even of his life as affected by his drug use. tragic: his tumultuous marriage with Shamanism TOC Frank Hilton - Peter Owen 2004, Courtney Love, his drug abuse and his An encyclopedia of world 288p. – ISBN: 0720611806 suicide at the age of 27. beliefs, practices, and culture The Salis meeting http://www.peterowen.com/ Flameboy McCarthy, translated into This two-volume reference looks at A member: CeSDA French by Cécile Poumin - Renée Vivien, shamanic beliefs from the Stone Age Websites stories Flammarion, 2004, 110p. to the present day. In over 200 detailed le corps exsangue http://editions.flammarion.com/ entries, anthropologists explain the News De l'anorexie à la création littéraire principles of shamanism as well as Magic mushrooms (Renée Vivien, the anaemic body. widely varied practices. Entries descri- Publications and other highs From anorexy to literature) be the training undertaken by initiates, OnlineDocs The book presents a series of tales that detail the music, rituals, and drugs that The whole life of Renée Vivien, a shamans use to achieve an alternate Agenda French poet of anglo-saxon origin, is explore the weird experiences of folks experimenting with magic mushrooms, state of consciousness, communicate based on poetry, creative literature and with spirits, and retrieve souls. It also ecstasy, peyote, opium, DMT, cocaine, addictive behaviours such as alcoho- examines the function of shamanism lism and anorexy. This essay tries to belladonna, toad slime, eye-popping, Tous drogués consciousness-expanding substances. in society from social, political, and define what was really innovative in historical perspectives and identifies (All addicted) her writings and to understand how, at Paul Krassner - Ten Speed Press, the ancient, continuous thread that the end of the XIXth century, the first 2004, 240p. - ISBN: 1580085814 Cocaine, heroin, marijuana, ecstasy… connects shamanic beliefs and rituals lesbian book was published. Its ana- http://www.tenspeed.com/ but also tobacco, alcohol, coffee, cho- across cultures and millennia. lyses the decadentism, feminism and colate: finally, aren’t we all addided to Eva Fridman J. Neumann, Walter lesbianism that were existing at that Orgies of the hemp eaters: a certain point? « Yes » answers Alain Mariko Namba - Abc-Clio, Oct 2004, time through the contemporary disci- cuisine, slang, literature and Durbec, illustrator, who has withdra- 2 volumes 800p. - ISBN: 1576076458 plines of psychanalysis, psychiatry and wal symptoms as soon as he hasn’t a ritual of cannabis culture http://www.abc-clio.com/ current knowledge in the addiction pencil or a brush in his hand. « Of Collection of articles including: Hakim field. course » states Robert Ayats, writer, Bey’s Bhang Nama on hemp as sacra- caricaturist, who becomes nervous as Marie Perrin - L’Harmattan, 2003, ment from China to Manhattan.- Abel soon as he can’t dip his pen in honey 322p. - ISBN: 2747547167 Zug’s cannabis literature timeline star- or in vitriol… http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/ ting in 1500, with passages from the Indian hemp drugs commission report Robert Ayats, drawings from Alain The survival of the coolest Durbec - Éd. des Traboules, June of 1894, interviews, aphorisms, pho- 2004, 128p. - ISBN: 2911491726 This biography is an account of a des- tos, recipes, rituals, trip tales, poems, http://www.fnac.com cent into addiction, in the 60s, by a art, literature, reviews, and four canna- beatnik manning the counter-cultural bis glossaries.- Literature pieces from barricades. Brought on by a police internationally known writers.- sting as he tried to run a bohemian Scientific reports and comments.- bookshop in Torquay, the author sub- Bibliography (about 1700 references), sequent crash-landing at what AA des- and a look at cannabis on the Internet. cribes as « rock bottom » marked the Hakim Bey, Abel Zug - Autonomedia end of his addiction in 1975. 28 years June 2004, 700p - ISBN: 1570271437 later, the author shares his ideas on the http://www.autonomedia.org/ nature of addiction and on the mytho- logies, folklore and downright lies that Heavenly highs surround a condition that affects a Ayahuasca, kava-Kava, DMT large proportion of the population. & other plants of the gods William Pryor - Clear Press 2004, The book introduces the world of 224p. - ISBN: 1904555004 http://akoss.co.uk/ enthobotanicals used by shamans and psychedelic explorers. Included are explanations of DMT, found in psyche- delic snuff; Amazonian ayahuasca, a n° 14, June 2004 : 18

OnlineDocsOnlineDocs TOC The Salis meeting A member: CeSDA Websites stories

News country. Together they provide a com- Publications plete picture of the world drug pro- blem. An estimated 3% of the global OnlineDocs population (185 million people) European report on Agenda consume illicit drugs. Among this drug consumption rooms population are people from almost every country on earth. Countless The report describes what consump- more people are involved in the pro- tion rooms are and why and how they Towards a review of global duction and trafficking of illicit drugs, came about; whom they target, which policies on controlled drugs and still more are touched by the devas- specific objectives they have and tating social and economic costs of this how they function. It summarises This first report from the Beckley trade. These people live in both deve- available evidence on the expec- foundation drug policy programme loped and developing countries, are ted benefits and risks of such (BFDPP) discusses the global drug facilities. Possible risks include rich and poor. Illicit drugs are a truly control system - particularly the role concern that they encourage global phenomenon. Partially a conse- of the UN. It argues that the current increased drug use and that new quence of this pervasiveness, and par- system is not achieving its stated users might be initiated, that tially a consequence of the hidden objective: to eradicate completely - or they make drug use more com- nature of this trade, reliable statistics even substantially reduce - illicit drug fortable, thus conflicting with on the production, trafficking and con- markets. On the contrary, over 4/5 of treatment goals, and that they the 92 countries that reported on pro- sumption of drugs are rare and noto- increase public order problems gress to the UN Office on drugs and riously difficult to quantify. by attracting drug users and dea- crime said that drug use in their popu- United nations office on drugs and lers from other areas. Because lations was either not coming down or crime, June 2004 consumption rooms target those - in the majority of cases - was still http://www.unodc.org who are not yet ready to engage going up. The BFDPP is calling for a in a treatment process, a major fundamental review of the impact of Annual report of the INCB function is to offer other survival- this global framework. The overar- oriented services, including basic Drug abuse on crime and violence at ching objectives of global drug policy medical care, food, drinks, clothes the community level is the main focus should be to reduce crime and nuisan- and shelter. Their rationale is that drug of this report which provides conside- ce, death, physical and mental illness, users should, as long as they cannot or on the practical experiences, it remains rations for intervention. Regarding damage to children and families and do not want to stop drug use, be a theoretical document that needs to harm reduction, while measures to failure in education and employment enabled to survive in the hope that be refined in order to fit the daily rea- reduce harm should not be seen as resulting from drug use. This report is they may at some later stage be able to lity of our drug information systems. asking whether these objectives are being contradictory to the international give up drug use. Alvarez J, Bello PY, Faasen I, Konto- being achieved and which strategies treaties, some approaches such as EMCDDA: http://www.emcdda.eu.int georgiou K, Lagerqvist J, Siamou I, are most likely to deliver positive injection rooms (and drug testing in Simon R, et al - OFDT 2004, 15p. in results in the future. It concludes that the party scene) remain a source of Emerging drug phenomena Fr. & En. - ISBN: 2110934956 the drug free world is an impossible concern and do violate the provisions http://www.ofdt.fr/ ideal, but that a world in which far of the international drug control A European manual on the early information function for less harm is caused as a result of the conventions. The report draws atten- Current and future production, trafficking and use of tion to the increase in cyber trafficking emerging drug phenomena drugs is both an inspiring ideal and an of pharmaceutical products and urges EC-precursors legislation issues The need to identify quickly changes achievable objective. governments to take a more proactive related to drug use led to the creation Currently interesting developments are stand in the field. It also states that the Marcus Roberts, Axel Klein, Mike Trace of the Euro-trend project in 2002. The going on in the precursors domain, availability of some essential drugs DrugScope for the BFDPP, May 2004 main objective was to define a possible especially in the area of EU legislation. used for pain treatment and palliative http://www.internationaldrugpolicy.org common model of an Early informa- Presentations on the subject were care remains extremely low in many The site also provides the two first tion function (EIF) for Emerging drug given in a PSD meeting in Romania countries: it encourages the pharma- issues of the BFDPP briefing paper, phenomena (EDP). The project outcomes and are available online. Althought mentionned in the next pages. ceurical industry to explore ways to have been laid down in this manual. these are PowerPoint presentations, make these drugs more affordable for Chapter 1 presents the dynamic ongoing their content on the EC legislation is World drug report countries with low financial resources. process of the EIF, and the information consequent: the precursor control regi- This two-volume report merges the Regarding ATS (amphetamine-type sti- structure adopted. Chapter 2 presents me (worldwide and European), main former Global illicit drug trends publi- mulants), the INCB calls all states to key data collection methods. Chapter 3 EC-legislation modifications in 2004, cation and the World drug report. The join the Project Prism, a worldwide deals with the data analysis process. precursor chemicals controlled in the first volume covers market trends and operation to prevent diversions of pre- Chapter 4 deals with dissemination. EC, new regulation coming into force, trend analysis: the four main drug cursor chemicals. The report also Finally, chapter 5 deals with follow-up recommendations, procedures and markets, trends regarding production, gives an overview of the world situa- and feedback, which are closely related reporting tools… trafficking and abuse of heroin, cocai- tion per region. to the use of the information produced Bayer Herbert, Rohr Annette - Phare ne, cannabis and ATS. The second International narcotics control board, by the EIF. In addition, examples are PSD II Project, ppt presentation, volume compiles statistics on all drug 2004, in English, French and Spanish, presented to illustrate some theoretical Ljubjana, March 2004, 36p. markets and provides figures for each http://www.incb.org/ elements. Although the content is based http://www.psdproject.org/ n° 14, June 2004 : 19

uncertain. Non-US jurisdictions use a Geopolitics predominantly post-plea approach. Neither approach can be determined to Two French researchers in the be more effective in terms of treatment efficacy. Schemes that nullify the char- geopolitics of drugs field, Pierre- ge are more effective in promoting Arnaud Chouvy and Laurent TOC social reintegration. Approaches using Laniel, offer some full text harm reduction and encouraging treat- articles on their websites (or links The Salis meeting ment are reported to be more effective. to their articles on their publishers’ Punitive approaches used in some US websites). Some of these articles A member: CeSDA States showed anti-therapeutic out- are in French, and some in Websites stories comes. Recommendations and details for implementing a drug court are English or Spanish. Here are the News given. titles of the most recent ones. Publications Paul Moyle - In « European perspec- On Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy’s site: http://www.pa-chouvy.org/ tives on drug courts », conference of • Narco-terrorism in Afghanistan OnlineDocs the Pompidou Group, Strasbourg, 27- • Myanmar’s Wa: likely losers in the opium war Agenda 28 - March 2003 • Opium ban risks greater insecurity for Wa in Myanmar http://www.coe.int/T/E/Social_Cohes • La production illicite d’opium en Afghanistan dans le contexte de l’enclave- ion/pompidou_group/ ment, de l’isolement et de l’isolationnisme • Le Triangle d'Or : fondements géohistoriques des chemins de la drogue European perspectives Displacement of Canada's • The ironies of Afghan opium production on drug courts largest illicit drug market in • Économie des drogues illicites et conflits en Afghanistan response to a police crackdown Report of a conference (Strasbourg, On Laurent Laniel’s site (entitled DrugSTRAT): http://laniel.free.fr/ 27-28 March 2003) on this theme, The research was aiming to evalutate • Croissance et… croissance de l’économie du cannabis en Afrique subsaha- chaired by judge Gerard Haughton the effect of law enforcement that is rienne (1980-2000) (Ireland). The purpose was to present often used to reduce the social and • Violencia y marihuana: usos del « tabaco del diablo » en el Ghana contem- the drug courts system as one of the health-related harms of drug use by poráneo ways to divert drug dependent offen- injection drug users (IDUs). A large-scale • Violence et cannabis: usages du « tabac du diable » au Ghana ders from the traditional criminal justi- police crackdown to control illicit drug • Perico, narcos, gringos y otros animales ce system and from imprisonment, by use in Vancouver's Eastside provided • La « guerre à la drogue » aux États-Unis après le 11 septembre 2001 imposing multidisciplinary, court- an opportunity. Conclusion: the effort • De la géopolitique des drogues illicites supervised treatment/rehabilitation to control illicit drug use did not alter programmes. A study on International the price of drugs or the frequency of Both are members of the OGCI (International crime geopolitical observatory) drug court developments, models in use, nor did it encourage enrolment in which has now a newsletter online. Initially in French only, it contains short different jurisdictions, what is working methadone treatment programmes. articles as well as news on recent publications by OGCI members. It is free and what is not, what now? was pre- Data indicated a displacement of IDUs and available by electronic subscription at: http://www.droit.ulg.ac.be/~ogci/ sented, which moved, in a structured from the crackdown area into adjacent way, through presentations by some 30 areas of the city, which has implica- Cannabis. Report of the Reclassification of cannabis speakers. A range of themes emerged tions for both recruitment of new ini- from the discussions providing a solid tiates into injection drug use and HIV Canadian senate special in the UK foundation for conclusions and recom- prevention efforts. committe on illegal drugs On 29 January 2004, an amendment to mendations. The strengths and weak- Evan Wood, Patricia Spittal, Will Should the use of cannabis be de-cri- the drug laws came into effect in the nesses of practices within different Small, Thomas Kerr, et al - In Can. minalised or legalised? Should it be UK that moved cannabis and its deriva- jurisdictions were identified as well as Med. Assoc. Jnal, May 2004, legislated, and for whom? Although tives from Class B to Class C under some evidence-based principles. The http://www.cmaj.ca/ Western nations have address these the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the pri- overall conclusion is that random questions for decades, there is no mary drug control legislation in the UK. control trials and qualitative research Drug policy and the HIV pan- consistent study of the subject. The This is likely to reduce the priority identify a range of demonstrated demic in Russia and Ukraine Canadian senate sought to rectify this, that law enforcement agencies give to advantages in the areas of improving and when this report was made public, combating the possession and use of well-being and health status and redu- Over the past three years Russia and it astonished observers with its auda- cannabis and restrict the circumstances cing re-offending. Ukraine have experienced one of the cious recommendations. Important under which the police should arrest fastest growing HIV pandemics in Pompidou Group, 2004, scientific resources were used: the those found in possession of the drug. Europe. The main driver behind the Recommandations available at: investigations of 23 international However, it would be a mistake to rate of infection is injecting drug use. http://www.coe.int/T/E/Social_Cohesion researchers based on 200 interviews; view this as an indication of a more Recent government policies have pla- /pompidou_group/ the work of specialists working in an general liberalising trend in the UK ced a heavy emphasis on reducing drug policy or as a necessarily a first availability and on harsh punishments array of disciplines; and a large num- International drug court step towards decriminalisation of can- for drug users. This approach has not ber of discussion groups. The report developments, models nabis use. The motivations for this succeeded in significantly reducing the proposes a rational new political view, policy change and the way of its and effectiveness level of drug use. It has pushed the some law amendments, and the revi- sion of the international conventions. implementation are more complex. There are about 441 drug courts ope- drug scene underground and increased risky behaviours among vulnerable An useful tool in the international Mike Trace, Axel Klein & Marcus rating in the US and 505 were recently debate surrounding cannabis. implemented. There are 10 drug courts groups. In the absence of measures to Roberts - DrugScope, BFDPP briefing operating in Brazil, 5 in Australia, 2 in reduce infections and reverse the rate Canadian Senate committee on illegal 1, May 2004, 4p. Canada, 2 in Scotland, 1 in Ireland. of transmission, the long-term impact drug - Book ordering at the Univ. of http://www.internationaldrugpoli- Objectives for drugs courts vary across of HIV/AIDS on population growth Toronto Press, Dec 2003, 200p. - cy.org countries and generally the non-US ones and economic development is likely ISBN: 0802089461 are more rehabilitative in focus. There to be grave. http://www.utppublishing.com are four ways to classify the approaches. Axel Klein, Marcus Roberts & Mike A consequent summary of 55p. is avai- These are, statutory or non-statutory Trace - DrugScope, BFDPP briefing 2, lable online under the title: scheme, and pre or post plea scheme. May 2004, 4p. Cannabis: our position for It is possible to use a combination of http://www.internationaldrugpoli- a Canadian public policy approaches although the efficacy is cy.org http://www.parl.gc.ca/ n° 14, June 2004 : 20 and the extent of indoor cultivation; light current users (5.8), for- improve the monitoring of street prices; mer users (3.5) and non-users improve the standards of laboratory (2.6). Current marijuana use analysis; better understanding of the had a negative effect on glo- relationship between potency, smoking bal IQ score only in subjects behaviours, blood levels of THC; who smoked 5 or more joints investigate the extent to which high- per week. A negative effect potency cannabis has a relationship to was not observed among sub- chronic or acute health problems. jects who had previously EMCCDA, Insight 6, June 2004, 72p. in been heavy users but were no TOC pdf - ISBN: 9291681849 longer using it. Conclusion: http://www.emcdda.eu.int/ marijuana does not have a The Salis meeting long-term negative impact on Informe sobre el cánnabis global intelligence. Whether A member: CeSDA 2004. Análisis de situación y the absence of a residual marijuana effect would also Websites stories propuestas de actuación be evident in more specific News (Information on cannabis: analysis of cognitive domains such as memory and the situation and proposition up- attention remains to be ascertained. Publications dating) Peter Fried, Barbara Watkinson, OnlineDocs El informe tiene dos antecedentes: el Deborah James and Robert Gray - expertise collective Cannabis: quels In Can. Med. Assoc. Jnal, 2002 Agenda effets sur le comportement et la santé? http://www.cmaj.ca/ del Inserm francés de 2001, y el infor- me sobre cánnabis realizado por el Prevalence of drug use Cannabis reclassification ministerio de salud de Bélgica. Key findings from the 2002/ Still illegal and still harmful El informe se divide en dos partes: 2003 British crime survey - La Análisis de situación expone de DrugScope document giving an over- The British crime survey (BCS) is a forma sintética las características de la view on the cannabis reclassification. large national survey of adults who situación y las necesidades detectadas; Report on the forum Chapters cover: What is changing. - live in a representative cross-section of esto se expone a modo de conclusio- Classification, decriminalisation and private households in England & Wales. on alcohol and illicit drugs nes en varios apartados. legalisation: what do they mean?; In addition to asking respondents research in Canada - Las conclusiones tienen cabida las Cannabis use; Policing cannabis; about their experiences of crime, the propuestas de actuación que se plan- The purpose was to develop a strategic Health and other issues. BCS also asks about a number of other tean desde un punto de vista integral, addictions research agenda for Canada, http://www.drugscope.org.uk/ related topics. Since 1996, the BCS has gracias al análisis de los distintos ranging from clinical science to social, included a comparable module of aspectos que describen la situación. cultural and environmental research on Frank questions on illicit drug use. This fin- Trata de dar una equilibrada que se alcohol and illicit drugs. Aims were to cannabis information pack dings examines the prevalence and concreta en la articulación de medidas identify research priorities in Canada trends of illicit drug use among 16- to Contains background information on de distinta índole basadas en la inves- and internationally, to agree on resear- 59-year olds, with particular focus on cannabis reclassification, questions & tigación científica existente. ch themes fundamental for health and estimates for 16 to 24 year-olds. answers, a cannabis factsheet and Plan nacional sobre drogas, 2004, social issues related with alcohol and advice for parents and young people. Joanne Condon and Nicola Smith In http://www.mir.es/pnd/ drugs, and to explore the development Drugs strategy Directorate, 2004 «Findings» n° 229 - Research, deve- of research partnerships. http://www.drugs.gov.uk/ Current and former marijuana lopment and statistics directorate of Nine research themes were identified: the Home Office, Dec. 2003, 6p. use. Preliminary findings of Aboriginal peoples, biology of addic- An overview of cannabis http://www.drugs.gov.uk/ a longitudinal study of effects tion, epidemiology, health promotion/ potency in Europe Immigration and drugs prevention and public health policy, on IQ in young adults populations/resiliency, knowledge Here, the term potency means the level This report is based on findings of the This research aimed to assess marijua- exchange & dissemination, sex diffe- of THC content. Data have been collec- immigrant workshop organised by the na's impact on intelligence quotient rences and gender influences, system ted by the Reitox focal points, and AC-Company. After describing the design and evaluation, treatment and (IQ). Results: current marijuana use within the Australian & New Zeland state of dugs users immigration within relapse prevention partnerships. was significantly correlated (p < 0.05) literature. Changes in the production European countries, it gives some in a dose-related fashion with a decli- Health Canada, Oct 2003, 50p, pdf and sourcing of cannabis products are recommandations and discusses a documented. The study identifies the ne in IQ over the ages studied. The http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/ model of good practice. need to: improve information gathe- comparison of the IQ difference scores ring; develop a consensus on nomen- showed an average decrease of 4.1 Enzo Crolle, 2004, 52p. in pdf Report on selective prevention clature to identify the various products; points in current heavy users (p < 0.05) http://www.ac-company.org in the European Union and better understand the different markets compared to gains in IQ points for Norway This report is a commented compila- New research/reports on the OFDT (French observatory on drugs) website: http://www.ofdt.fr tion of country reports prepared by experts in a survey carried out bet- • Coût et bénéfices économiques des drogues (Economical costs & benefits of drugs) ween April and June 2003. Experts Concerns all drugs, illicit and legal. Findings says that the costs for the community are higher than the benefits. from 13 EU Member States gathered Benefits are critically discussed in order to provide policy-makers with new lights on the theme. information available on specific areas Pierre Kopp, Philippe Fenoglio - OFDT June 2004, 125p. in pdf of prevention. The gathered informa- • Usages non substitutifs de la buprénorphine haut-dosage. Investigation menée en France, en 2002-2003 tion was discussed during a meeting at (Non-susbtitutive use of high-dosage buprenorphine. Survey done in France, 2002-2003) the EMCDDA (June 2003). Valuable Provides a better understanding of high-dosage buprenorphine used by some drugs users: expected effects, supply and contributions were given, providing an consumption ways, possible risks and health issues. overview of selective and indicated Serge Escots, Georges Fahet - OFDT, June 2004, 118p. in Pdf prevention, family-based prevention and community-based prevention. The • Usages détournés de la kétamine en France 2001-2003. « Ket-riding » ou les nouveaux voyages immobiles report focuses on young offenders, (Ketamine misuse in France, 2001-2003. Ket-riding: new motionless trips) ethnic groups, school drop-outs or Social sciences research that tries to understand the increase of ketamine use: Who are the users? What are the those at risk of early school leaving, consumption ways and expected effects? The health and social consequences? Specific prevention and harm reduction experimenting young people and fami- strategies are proposed. lies at risk. (…) There is an urgent Catherine Reynaud-Maurupt, Stéphane Akoka - OFDT, June 2004, 156 p. in Pdf need to include vulnerability concepts n° 14, June 2004 : 21 Drug testing on trial Druglink guide to drugs programmes; capacity, planning, pro- cess, and outcome evaluation; conti- The All-party group gives full support A guide to the non-medical nuous quality improvement; and sus- to the Independent inquiry into drug use of drugs in the UK tainability. testing at work, which launches some Guide giving basic factual information Chinman M, Imm P, Wandersman A - initial findings. This inquiry will boost on drugs. The introduction presents Rand 2004, 399p - ISBN: 0833035282 the much needed evidence base into drug terms and features sections outli- the efficacy and effectiveness of drug http://www.rand.org/ ning drug-taking and risk-taking, UK testing in the workplace, thereby drug laws and drug treatment. New Drinking patterns enabling government to issue effective sections present information on drug guidances on this issue, employees to use in the general population, how From theory to practice TOC understand their legal rights and em- many people are directly harmed by This report provides a brief overview ployers to know their responsibilities. drug use, drug mortality, and drug sei- of the field and of the trends that have The Salis meeting The All-party parliamentary drug zures. Sections describing each drug emerged, both in alcohol research and A member: CeSDA misuse group, July 2003 cover: legal status, production and policy applications. Due to the breadth http://www.drugscope.org.uk/ supply, prevalence, licit and illicit use, of available research, this report is by Websites stories price, short-term and long-term use. no means comprehensive. Its purpose News Evaluation of drug testing Covers: amphetamine, amyl and butyl is to offer a glimpse of how the pat- in the criminal justice system nitrites, benzodiazepines, cocaine, terns approach has exposed the rich- Publications in nine pilot areas crack, opiates, LSD, hallucinogenic ness of drinking behaviors the world mushrooms, ecstasy, anabolic steroids, over and how theory is being transla- OnlineDocs The Criminal justice & court services alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, solvents, ted into practice. It is largely based on Agenda Act 2000 gave the police the power to ketamine, GHB, khat, 2CV and DMT. a review of publications on drinking drug test detainees in police custody DrugScope, new ed. 2004, 89p. - patterns cited in ETOH, the biggest and courts, and the power to order pre- ISBN: 0948830662 research database on alcohol. sentence drug tests and drug testing of http://www.drugscope.org.uk Icap (International center for alcohol and the adequate selective prevention offenders under the supervision of the policy), Report 15, 2004, 16p. in pdf responses into public health and drug probation service. The testing is for Getting to outcomes http://www.icap.org/ policies. Directing research and inter- specified Class A drugs for individuals Promoting accountability vention resources towards reducing aged 18 and over who have been char- through methods and tools Guía práctica the risk of harm associated with pro- ged or convicted of « trigger offences » para una prevención eficaz blem drug use should be considered (these include property crime, robbery for planning, implementation, the primary priority of national drug and specified Class A drug offences). and evaluation La presente guía ofrece al menos tres policy. Nine pilot areas are reported on here. aportaciones para facilitar esta tarea Incorporating traditional evaluation, preventiva: en primer lugar, constituye Gregor Burkhart, EMCDDA, April 2004, Carole Byron - Findings n° 180 - empowerment evaluation, results- una herramienta práctica y de fácil uti- 64p. in Pdf Research, development and statistics based accountability, and continuous lización para los ejecutores de progra- http://www.emcdda.eu.int directorate of the Home office, 2003 quality improvement, the manual mas preventivos. En ella se expone http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ enhances practitioners' drug prevention Making sense claramente y siguiendo un Modelo skills while empo-wering them to plan, Lógico la secuencia de un programa of student drug testing On-charge drug testing implement, and evaluate their own comunitario a partir de los más recien- Why educators are saying no Evaluation of drug testing program-mes. The text and worksheets tes avances de la investigación. La address needs and resources assess- segunda aportación consiste en una Note to President Bush: The experts in the criminal justice system ment; goals and objectives; choosing acertada capacidad de agrupar y orde- agree, and the evidence is clear! This report highlights key benefits, nar fuentes de datos e informaciones Random drug testing does not reduce challenges and best practice around existentes en el país que se encontra- drug use among young people. the implementation and maintenance ban dispersas y que representan un Spending an extra 23 millions on of drug testing offenders on charge. It referente imprescindible para los técni- testing students' urine will only destroy is based on evidence drawn from the cos y voluntarios que trabajamos en relationships between youth and ongoing evaluation of the drug testing este ámbito. Otros aspectos interesan- adults. This booklet demonstrates the pilots, which started in three sites in tes de la guía son su exposición didác- key flaws in random student drug tes- Autumn 2001 and were extended to a tica, y la utilización de una termino- ting and outlines promising alterna- further six sites in Summer 2002. logía precisa, homologada y de muy tives to the invasive and expensive Stuart Deaton, Drugs and alcohol fácil comprensión. practice. research programme (RDS) - UK Plan national sobre drogas, Madrid Fatema Gunja, Alexandra Cox, Home office development and practice 2004, in Spanish Marsha Rosenbaum & Judith Appel - report n°16, March 2004 - ISBN: www.mir.es/pnd/ Drug Policy Alliance, Jan. 2004, 28 p. 1844731677 http://www.drugtestingfails.org/ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/

Recent Spanish publications of the Anti-drug agency of Madrid

Can be obtain for free, on demand, from the agency: [email protected] • Abuso de inhalantes: manual para profesionales que intervienen con menores (72 p.) • Más allá del botellón: análisis socioantropológico del consumo de alcohol en los adolescentes y jóvenes (175 p. - ISBN: 8445125168) • Actualización de los conocimientos acerca del uso terapéutico de los cannabinoides (221 p. - ISBN: 8445-25176) • Drogodependencias e Internet: utilidades prácticas y guía de valoración de recursos web en español sobre dro- godependencias (236 p. - ISBN: 8445125184) • La protección social de los menores hijos de drogodependientes (146 p. - ISBN: 8445125192) • Manual de procedimientos en orientación sociolaboral para técnicos de reinserción (Red Araña, 328 p. - ISBN: 8445125338). Accompagnied with the book: Caso práctico (75 p. - ISBN: 8445125338) n° 14, June 2004 : 22 Nexus all drug use by students. Includes case Yearbook of Finnish studies, advices and list of resources. Programa para la prevención alcohol and drug research del consumo de drogas ONDCP, April 2004, 62p. http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov Jukka Lindeman, librarian of the El principal objetivo del programa es KTL Depart. on alcohol and drugs, prevenir el consumo de drogas en Estudio internacional sobre and Elisad member, sent me this preadolescentes que aún no han tenido género, alcohol y cultura yearbook providing the latest stu- contacto con ellas, poniendo el énfasis dies in our field. Each study has an en el alcohol y en el tabaco. La hipóte- « Proyecto Genacis » abstract in English. Jukka is the sis es que el inicio y la progresión en Índice: Introducción - Principales hal- author of a chapter which is an el consumo de drogas es el resultado TOC lazgos y conclusiones - Activi-dad international thematic bibliography de una compleja combinación de pre- laboral y condiciones de trabajo - covering the last 10 years (20p.) siones sociales y de motivaciones Redes sociales - Consumo de alcohol Finish society for alcohol and drug The Salis meeting internas que afectan de modo singular y factores asociados - organización research, 2004, 128p. a cada individuo. Desde este plantea- A member: CeSDA familiar, relaciones sentimentales y ISBN: 14589982 miento, el programa trata de incidir en sexuales - Violencia y victimización - Ask Jukka for a copy: Websites stories un doble plano: por un lado, en las Salud y estilos de vida - Bibliográfica. News variables mediadoras directamente [email protected] relacionadas con el consumo de dro- Lorenzo Sánchez Pardo, José N. Publications gas y, por otro lado, en la competencia Botella, Juan Carlos Valderrama personal y social del preadolescente, http://www.mir.es/pnd/ OnlineDocs desarrollando en él una serie de habili- Neuroscience of psychoactive Agenda dades que le hagan competente ara establecer vínculos prosociales y para substance use and dependence hacer frente a las presiones del This study provides an overview of ambiente favorables al consumo de existing knowledge of the biological drogas. basis of substance use behaviours, Fernando M. González, Eduardo P. including their relationship with envi- Mulet, Dolores de las Heras Renero - ronmental factors. It focuses on a wide Asociación Deporte y Vida, 2004, in range of psychoactive substances, Spanish including legal drugs. New develop- http://www.mir.es/pnd/ ments in neuroscience research are discussed (e.g. mechanisms of craving, National healthy school tolerance and neuroadaptation, immu- standard. Drug education notherapies), as well as the ethical (including alcohol and tobacco) implications of these developments. With contributions from many experts, This support material offers examples evidence is provided from various and case studies, summarises statutory schools of thought and areas of requirements for drug education at research in the field. school, summarises key policy and Role reversal non-statutory guidance and provides WHO 2004, in 7 languages, 286 p. This article is on prescribing heroin an overview of the evidence base for ISBN: 9241562358 - Summary 40p. (diamorphine) to heroin addicts, consi- drug education. The material is inten- http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/en dered as the drug field’s ultimate role ded to complement other guidance and resources currently available to sup- La consommation reversal: from killer drug to lifesaving port drug education in schools. du Rohypnol® hors protocole medication. Five studies hold the ans- wers to wether it can work… Butcher Joanne - Depart. of Health, médical depuis février 2001 2003, 66p. - DrugScope, 2003 (Rohypnol® use out of the medical Mike Ashton, John Witton - Online http://www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/ protocole, since February 2001) article from « Drug & Alcohol Findings » issue 9, 2003 Drugs: guidance for Report on the consequences (on the http://www.drugandalcoholfindings.org dayly life of its users) of the regulation further education institutions restricting the access of flunitrazepam La psychiatrie de l'addiction The purpose of the guidance is to help to only medical prescriptions. en médecine de premier further education institutions respond Reynaud-Maurupt Catherine and Rey- recours ou La psychiatrie de to the drug education needs of stu- naud Jérôme - OFDT, 2004, 57p. in Fr. dents, to manage drug related situa- http://www.ofdt.fr/ premier recours en médecine tions and to develop a college policy de l'addiction on drugs. Substitution maintenance (Addiction psychiatry in primary Drug and alcohol education and pre- therapy in the management resort medicine or Primary resort vention team (joint project of Alcohol of opioid dependence Concern & DrugScope) 2004, 15p. psychiatry in addiction medicine) and HIV/AIDS prevention http://www.drugscope.org.uk This presentation is a reflection on the The WHO, UNODC and UNAIDS have origin of an addiction. Its says that The challenge in higher educa- developed a joint position on substitu- addiction is hidening other problems, tion. Confronting and reducing tion maintenance therapy. Based on a that co-morbidity is often seen as substance abuse on campus review of scientific evidence, and pathologies accompanying addiction, oriented towards policymakers, this but that the tendency is now to consi- The US Office of national drug control position paper covers a wide range of der addiction as the co-morbidity of an policy has put together this guide to issues, from the rationale for this treat- underground pathology that should be Latest books give administrators at institutions of ment modality, to the specific conside- higher education a basic understanding discover and treated. New and very useful on Drug- rations regarding its provision for of illegal drug use among the college people with HIV/AIDS. Pierre-Alain Porchet, presentation Scope site: lists of new mono- population and to urge their support in done at the Coroma conference, Oct. WHO/UNODC/UNAIDS position paper, graph acquisitions and grey lite- ridding campuses of this threat. Along 2003, 16 p in pdf 2004, 36p. pdf, in English and Russian rature catalogued in 2004. with an overview of the problem, the http://www.romandieaddiction.ch/ ISBN: 9241591153 DrugScope online library booklet explains the risks associated with drug use when left unchecked, http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/en http://www.drugscope.org.uk and why it is important to discourage n° 14, June 2004 : 23 What drives underage drinking? Documents on tobacco An international analysis on the WHO website This report explores the basis of unde- http://www.who.int/tobacco/ rage drinking and reviews their impli- cations for future research, education • Tobacco and poverty was the theme and policy. It consists of three scienti- of World no tobacco day (31 May fic papers, followed by three commen- 2004). Under this title one can find taries, written by experts from Bolivia, posters, brochures, factsheets and France, Japan, UK and USA. The report various documents (e.g. Observations shows the complexity of underage in India, in Bangladesh...) TOC drinking and the various factors to be taken into account in designing appro- • Building blocks for tobacco control The Salis meeting priate responses. Although it does not a handbook to encourages countries to A member: CeSDA offer specific recommendations, it pro- built an effective infrastructure for a national tobacco control policy. vides a good background material Websites stories from various perspectives. • The tobacco atlas, that includes world maps and reveals similarities News Marcus Grant, Marie Choquet, Linda and differences between countries, on the history of tobacco, the types Spear, et al - Icap 2004, 62p. pdf of use, prevalence, production, economics, legislation, campaigns, etc. Publications http://www.icap.org/ • Policy recommendations for smoking cessation and treatment of OnlineDocs Drinking, cannabis use and tobacco dependence, that proposes countries to built a public health Agenda driving among Ontario students approach, a health system approach, and a surveillance, research and information approach. The survey examines data from inter- views with 1846 students. 31,9% of • Tobacco control country profiles, that provides information on pro- Validation française de la them reported being a passenger in a duction, trade, consumption, legislation for 196 countries worldwide. Telic dominance scale (TDS) car driven by a drunk driver; 15,1% (Validation of the French version reported driving within an hour after consuming two or more drinks, and Manual de prevención y of the Telic dominance scale: TDS) 19,7% reported driving within an hour tratamiento del tabaquismo There are connections between sensa- after using cannabis. (Manual for the prevention and tion seeking, difficulties to plan the Edward M. Adlaf, Robert E. Mann & treatment of tobacco abuse) future and addictions. This has been Angela Paglia - In « Can. Med. Assoc. described by M. Apter (in the Reversal Jnal, Mars 2003 Contains texts on: epidemiology, stra- theory) as a paratelic dominance of the http://www.cmaj.ca/ tegies, start of use, medical advise, person, in opposition with the telic nicotine substitution treatment, dominance. This article describes the Tabac : comprendre Bubropion, other alternative treat- validation procedure of the French TDS la dépendance pour agir ments, side effects of medicine treat- version. Conclusion: although the ver- ments, cessation in special situations, sion showed some imperfection, the (Tobacco: understanding depen- prevention in the workplace, and scale has enough qualities to be used dency for a better action) Internet resources. for short studies on addicted people. This research was done on behalf of Miguel Ferrero, Miguel H. Loonis E, et al - In « L'Encéphale » the MILDT (French interministerial Mezquita, Miguel Torrecilla - XXVI (3) : 24-32 mission on drugs), in order to get vali- 396p. Span. - ISBN: 8484731529 http://www.egzagone.com/ ded data on tobacco dependency, an http://www.mir.es/pnd/ understanding of its mecanisms, and Desafíos y avances en la that in order to define better preven- Guía clínica para ayudar prevención y el tratamiento tion policy and means to face the pro- a los fumadores a dejar de las drogodependencias blem, as well as to improve the medi- de fumar cal and psychological care to smokers. El libro recoge distintos artículos orde- Expertise collective Inserm, 2004, Índice: nados en tres apartados: geopolítica, 473p. Online synthesis, 42p. in Fr. 1. Conceptos básicos sobre el taba- prevención, y tratamiento. Fue entre- http://www.inserm.fr/ co y los fumadores, gado a los participantes del XXII con- 2. Evaluación del fumador, greso de la Federación mundial de Tabagisme : prise en charge 3. Cómo ayudar a los fumadores a comunidades terapéuticas, Palma de chez les étudiants dejar de fumar, Mallorca. 4. Aspectos clínicos que se deben (Tobacco: care among students) Projecto Hombre, April 2004, in Sp. tener en cuenta en el tratamiento, 5. Respuestas a las preguntas más http://www.mir.es/pnd/ This research was done on behalf of the MGEN (students’ insurance), to bet- frecuentes que nos puede hacer The health consequences Puting research into action ter define the prevention and treatment un fumador. of smoking policy that fits students. A symposium on the implementation Socidrogalcohol, 2004, pdf The study has 4 conclusions: of research-based impaired driving Expertise collective Inserm 2003 194p. http://www.mir.es/pnd/ • smoking harms nearly every major countermeasures (draft) Online synthesis, 33p. in Fr. organ of the body, often in profound http://www.inserm.fr/ The last years have seen a disturbing ways. reversal in the progress made in pre- • quitting smoking has immediate and venting impaired driving in the US. Documents on drugs and driving long-term benefits. In response, the Committee on alco- available on the Pompidou Group website • smoking low-nicotine cigarettes pro- hol, other drugs, and transportation vides no clear benefit to health. http://www.coe.int/T/E/Social_Cohesion/pompidou_group/ held a symposium to discuss the im- • diseases caused by smoking has been (Section Activities > Legal and penal aspects) plementation of research-based strate- expanded to include abdominal aortic gies. This report provides an overview • Methadone and driving aneurysm; acute myeloid leukemia; of the papers presented. Covers: gene- Report prepared by Johan J. de Gier (May 2003) cataract; periodontitus; and cancers ral theory on translating research into of the cervix, kidney, pancreas, and • Approaches in preventing driving under the influence of drugs stomach. practice; legislative, enforcement, and Report prepared by Hans-Peter Krüger, June 2003 alcohol policy challenges; case studies. The Surgeon general, 2004, pdf • Problems raised by the use of psychoactive drugs by drivers Icadts, 2004, 155p. in pdf http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/ Report prepared by Johan J. De Gier, May 2003 http://www.icadts.org/coreports.html

n° 14, June 2004 : 24

TOC Welcome to the 16th Elisad annual meeting: The Salis meeting A member: CeSDA Problematic drug use and Websites stories lifestyles: trends and social News representations Publications OnlineDocs Organised by Mariella Orsi, Agenda Cesda AgendaAgenda Florence, Italy Elisad is the European 21-23 October 2004 association of libraries Preliminary programme & information services I 22-27 Aug, Buenos Aires and registration form at: on alcohol and other Libraries: tools for educa- http://www.elisad.org drugs tion and development (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org For more information: I 28 Aug/3 Sept, Washington http://www.elisad.org FBI laboratory symposium on forensic toxicology and good practice. Central & volunteers in drug addiction joint meeting of the Society of Eastern European network of prevention. CePT, e-mail: See also our gateway: forensic toxicologists (SOFT) & drug services in prison [email protected] www.elisad.uni-bremen.de the International association of http://www.ceendsp.net/ 31Oct/5 Nov. 2004, Venice forensic toxicologists (TIAFT) I 47th ICAA International confe- http://www.tiaft.org/ I 24-26 Sept, Queensland, Au Crossing boundaries: impli- rence Journal chief editor http://www.soft-tox.org/ Anne Singer cations of advances in basic http://www.icaa.de I 29 Aug/5 Sept, Gøteborg sciences for the manage- 1-3 Nov. 2004, Paris Cure and care of alcohol & ment of addiction. 5th interna- I Contributors 6th European opiate addic- drug problems - studying tional conference on addictive tion treatment association • Sandrine Chiroussel systems of social handling behaviours conference. Europad Toxibase, France and treatment. Organised by http://www.addiction-conferen- http://www.europad.org NAD and NORFA (Nordic acade- ce.elsevier.com http://www.cap15.com • Jose del Val my for advanced study) I 29 Sept/2 Oct, Heidelberg PND, Spain http://www.kaapeli.fi/nad/ 11-14 Nov., New Orleans 12th world congress on bio- I Working under fire: drug • Christine Goodair I 8-10 Sept, Vienna medical alcohol research user health and justice. 16th International congress http://www.isbra2004.de Drugscope, UK 5th annual US harm reduction on addiction. Univ. of Vienna conference • Kristine Keir http://www.ethnicity- I 29 Sept/2 Oct, Katowice, Pl III International conference http://www.harmreduction.org/ Alac, New Zeeland addiction.com on substitutive treatment conf2004/index.html • Jorunn Moen I 9-10 Sept 2004, Erskine, UK and rehabilitation of drug 18-20 March 2005, Venice The appliance of science - addiction. Central & Eastern I Sirus, Norway Financing mental and addic- evidence based practice in European harm reduction net- tive disorders • Mariella Orsi substance use. Centre for work (CEE-HRN) http://www.icmpe.org/ CeSDa, Italy alcohol and drug Studies http://www.ceehrn.lt/ http://www.paisley.ac.uk/social I 20-24 March 2005, Belfast I 7-8 Oct 2004, Montreal • Hana Sovinova sciences/cads/ 16th International conference Alcool, drogues et condui- NIPH, Czeck Rép. on the reduction of drug I 16 Sept 2004, Berne tes à risques. Organised in related harm. Dept. of Health • Claudine Vallauri Migration et dépendance : the frame of Les entretiens and social services and Public une réalité en Suisse égale- Jacques Cartier, by Risq and Le Crips, France safety for Northern Ireland ment. Réseau Contact (Netz) Cirasst http://www.ihra.net • Daniela Zardo http://www.contactnetz.ch/ http://www.risq-cirasst.umon- Gruppo Abele, Italy treal.ca I 18-20 Sept, Warsaw Elisad is not responsible Dealing with drug use in pri- I 22-23 Oct 2004, Luxembg son: reviewing the European European congress: motiva- for articles sent by members experience and sharing tion and qualification of