Problem solving styles among people who use alcohol and other drugs in South Africa

K Sorsdahl, DJ Stein, H Carrara, B Myers - Addictive behaviors, 2014 - Elsevier
… could be because the ASSIST's threshold for illicit drug use risk is low, it is … use of illicit
drugs. This unexpectedly high rate of risk for drug-related problems highlights the need for drug

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-based epidemiology for illicit drugs: a critical review on global data

M Huizer, TL Ter Laak, P de Voogt, AP van Wezel - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
illicit drug use. To get access to quantitative data, the human metabolic excretion products
resulting from drug consumption … The measured parent compound or metabolite can be used

Youth experiences of alcohol and illicit substance use in the family and community context

AR Phillips - Child abuse research in South Africa, 2020 - journals.co.za
South Africa, many youths are exposed to alcohol and illicit substances in the family and
community context. Substance use … offences, while the illicit drug-trade frequently engenders …

Alcohol, cannabis, and methamphetamine use and other risk behaviours among Black and Coloured South African women: a small randomized trial in the Western …

WM Wechsberg, WK Luseno, RS Karg, S Young… - … Journal of Drug Policy, 2008 - Elsevier
African women. The primary aim of this pilot, randomized trial was to examine whether …
South African women across pre- and post-intervention measures of alcohol and illicit drug use

[HTML][HTML] Negative attributions towards people with substance use disorders in South Africa: Variation across substances and by gender

K Sorsdahl, DJ Stein, B Myers - BMC psychiatry, 2012 - Springer
… (with scores of 0–10 for alcohol and 0–3 for illicit drugs). Moderate risk indicates that the
participants are at risk for health and other problems from their current pattern of …

[PDF][PDF] Patterns and epidemiology of illicit drug use among sex workers globally: A systematic review

J Iversen, P Long, A Lutnick… - Sex work, health, and …, 2021 - library.oapen.org
… This chapter reviews what is known about the prevalence of illicit drug use among sex …
drug use and sex work overlap, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of lifetime illicit drug use

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol and other drug use among women seeking substance abuse treatment in the Western Cape, South Africa

S Dada, NH Burnhams, R Laubscher, C Parry… - South African Journal …, 2018 - scielo.org.za
… One of the reasons for this finding is the stigma associated with illicit drug use by women,
which is often linked to risky sexual behaviour such as trading sex in exchange for …

Impact of Illicit Substances on Health

TT Khame, M Mhaka-Mutepfa - Substance Use and Misuse in sub …, 2021 - Springer
… It is perhaps the most widely used illicit substance in the African region, with the highest …
‘Whoonga’ is a cheap, easily accessible and common deadly drug in South African slums. It is a …

Illicit drug addiction and dependence

N Gopal, BL Sinha - … Criminologica: African Journal of Criminology & …, 2015 - journals.co.za
… The findings of the study in Mamelodi are indicative that drug abuse among youth in South
Africa constitutes a major challenge for society, the police and the criminal justice system as a …

Epidemiology of drug abuse treatment in South Africa

S Ramlagan, K Peltzer, G Matseke - South African journal of psychiatry, 2010 - ajol.info
… in drug-related problems and substance abuse in South Africa. The challenges associated
with substance abuse continue to be … Illicit drug use and treatment in South Africa: a review. …