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Smoked cocaine in socially-depressed areas

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dc.creator Delás, Jordi
dc.creator Adan, Elena
dc.creator Diaz, Olga
dc.creator Aguas Compaired, M. (Margarita)
dc.creator Pons, Montserrat
dc.creator Fuertes, Ricardo
dc.date 2011-01-13T10:38:31Z
dc.date 2011-01-13T10:38:31Z
dc.date 2010-11-09
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:25:43Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:25:43Z
dc.identifier 1477-7517
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/15222
dc.identifier 21059272
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/19904
dc.description Background: The main objectives of this study are to describe the smoked cocaine user's profile in socially-depressed areas and their needs from a harm-reduction perspective, to investigate their use of smoking crack and compare the acute effects between injecting and smoking consumption. Methods: The study took place in SAPS, Barcelona, Spain. Two focus group sessions were undertaken with a total of 8 drug users. Secondly, the 8 participants answered a structured questionnaire and in the course of the sessions, as a snowball activity, were trained to survey 6 other crack smokers. Results: We obtained 56 questionnaires. The majority of participants were from non-European Community countries (62.69%), 70.2% of participants referred to sharing the smoking equipment. The most frequent symptoms reported during smoked cocaine were mydriasis (83.33%)), perspiration (72.92%) and compulsive object search (70.83%) During the group sessions, participants said that smoked cocaine is much more addictive than injected cocaine and causes more anxiety. Participants also reported the difficulty of changing from injected use to smoked use, due to the larger amount of cocaine needed to reach the same effects as when having injected. Conclusions We can conclude that the research, focused on achieving greater knowledge of the smoked cocaine user's profile, their usage of smoking crack, consumption patterns and acute effects, should be incorporated into substance misuse interventions.
dc.format 4 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.language eng
dc.publisher BioMed Central
dc.relation Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-7-27
dc.relation Harm Reduction Journal 2010, 7:27
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-7-27
dc.rights cc-by, (c) Delas et al.; 2010
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina)
dc.subject Cocaïna
dc.subject Marginació social
dc.subject Cocaine
dc.subject Social marginality
dc.title Smoked cocaine in socially-depressed areas
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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