Safer crack use

Cannabis may help wean people off crack, study finds

2017-05-17T17:35:24+00:00

Cannabis has been identified as a potential substitute for users of legal or illicit opioids, but a new Vancouver-based study shows the drug may also help reduce people’s cravings for another highly ...

The interplay between drug-use behaviors, settings, and access to care

2015-09-10T14:39:05+00:00

Despite the growing attention surrounding crack cocaine use in Brazil, little is understood about crack users’ histories, use patterns and the interplay of drug-use behaviors, settings, and access/ba ...

Cannabis to substitute crack

2013-04-22T13:52:36+00:00

The mayor of Bogota has recently proposed a pilot scheme with crack cocaine addicts to explore the substitution of crack made of cocaine base paste (or bazuco as it is called in Colombia) by marijuan ...

Cannabis as a substitute for alcohol and other drugs

2013-04-30T15:04:08+00:00

This article examines the subjective impact of medical cannabis on the use of both licit and illicit substances via self-report from 404 medical cannabis patients recruited from four dispensaries in ...

Cocaine addiction treatments to improve control and reduce harm (CATCH)

2013-03-21T11:34:15+00:00

Cocaine, particularly in its base form ('crack'), has become one of the drugs of most concern in the Netherlands, being associated with a wide range of medical, psychiatric and social problems for th ...

Uptake, benefits of and barriers to safer crack use kit (SCUK) distribution programmes in Victoria, Canada

2012-09-18T13:54:43+00:00

Crack use is prevalent amongst street drug users in Canadian cities, and associated with severe drug use, health and social problems. Whilst few targeted interventions are available for crack use, th ...

Do crack smoking practices change with the introduction of safer crack kits?

2012-08-14T20:28:20+00:00

Crack smoking has increased in Vancouver despite the harms associated with its use. Many people who smoke crack share their equipment, thereby increasing their risk for infectious disease. This proje ...

The Safer Crack Use Program

2010-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

This fact sheet explains the Safer Crack Use Program of the Public Health Department of Toronto (Canada). In Toronto, a range of community-based, government and institutional agencies deliver harm re ...

The fast and the furious

2011-09-06T21:10:55+00:00

Harm reduction programmes targeting stimulants like cocaine and (meth)amphetamines in several countries have shown positive results. However, these programmes are limited to Australia and North Ameri ...

Smoking of crack cocaine as a risk factor for HIV infection among people who use injection drugs

2009-10-27T00:00:00+00:00

This paper examined whether use of crack cocaine has become a risk factor for HIV infection. Smoking of crack cocaine was found to be an independent risk factor for HIV seroconversion among injection ...

Randomized controlled trial of dexamphetamine maintenance for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence

2013-03-21T10:45:40+00:00

This study tested the impact of a long-acting form of amphetamine as medication to help control dependent use of the closely allied stimulant, methamphetamine. Prescribed usually for the treatment of ...

Opportunities to learn and barriers to change

2008-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

In 2004, a team comprised of researchers and service providers launched the Safer Crack Use, Outreach, Research and Education (SCORE) project in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, ...

Distributing safer crack use kits in Canada

2008-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

A number of public health departments and community organizations in Canada distribute safer crack use kits to people who use crack cocaine. The kits typically include mouthpieces, glass stems and sc ...

Characterization of the crack cocaine culture in the city of São Paulo: a controlled pattern of use

2008-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

In the city of São Paulo, the culture of crack use has undergone considerable changes over these 11 years since it was first described. The sociodemographic profile of the users is practically the sa ...

Lessons learned from the SCORE project

2012-09-18T13:26:12+00:00

The aim of this report is to provide key findings related to the SCORE project. It is our hope that the insights that we have gained may be of benefit to others engaged in similar initiatives and to ...

Cocaine paste and cannabis in the field of mental health in Chile

2014-08-27T08:32:11+00:00

Clinical observations and scientific evidence - The use of some drugs in Chile remains silenced in official discourses, making it important to clinically observe the various ways those drugs requirin ...

'Paco' Under Scrutiny

2006-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Based on two studies carried out in the cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, this report examines the origin, characteristics and impact of the explosive increase in cocaine base paste in urban are ...

Substitution therapy for amphetamine users

2013-03-21T14:22:22+00:00

The illicit use of amphetamines continues to be a growing problem in many countries around the world, yet treatment responses remain in need of further development. This is particularly true with reg ...

Crack Heads and Roots Daughters

2002-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

An ethnographic study of women and drug use in inner city neighborhoods in Kingston, Jamaica, revealed that cannabis is commonly used in conjunction with crack cocaine to minimize the undesirable eff ...

Coca leaf chewing as therapy for cocaine maintenance

2013-03-21T11:10:49+00:00

The cocaine base, or “pasta”, may be seen as a type of South American crack. Its obligatory method of administration is smoking. A primary condition of the “pasta” smoker is compulsive drug-search be ...