The use of benzodiazepines among injecting drug users
作者:
Shane Darke,
期刊:
Drug and Alcohol Review
(WILEY Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 13,
issue 1
页码: 63-69
ISSN:0959-5236
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1080/09595239400185741
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: injecting drug users;benzodiazepine;risk‐taking;polydrug use
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractBenzodiazepine use among injecting drug users (IDUs) presents a major clinical and public health problem that may increase in importance. The current paper examines the research on the extent of benzodiazepine use among IDUs and the harmful consequences associated with such use. Numerous studies have found benzodiazepine use to be widespread among IDUs, and to be associated with greater levels of risk‐taking and polydrug use, and poorer psychosocial functioning than other IDUs. The injection of benzodiazepines has also been reported, and presents problems in itself. The implications of existing research for both clinical practice and research are discusse
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