Aims. To investigate the quality of heroin seized in Vienna between 1987 and 1995 and to
examine whether there was a relationship between the quality of heroin and the rate of drug …

This study examines the quality of street heroin seized in Vienna in 1999 and whether there
was a relationship between the purity of street heroin and the number of heroin‐related …

BACKGROUND:: A major goal of heroin-assisted treatment in Switzerland has been to
reduce the drug-related mortality of heroin users. Therefore, a continuous monitoring of …

A study of deaths related to drug abuse, based on information available in France and
Europe, shows that data on such deaths are divergent and difficult to compare between …

This 1997-1999 study replicates an earlier one (1995-1997) in which coronial cases were
reviewed at the Department of Forensic Medicine in Australia. Ten percent of the 2945 cases …

Based on criminological experiences and pathomorphological, serological and toxicological
studies of more than 300 fatalities, an overview is given of drugs, their intravenous abuse …

Considering the official figure on drug‐related deaths in Austria, the problem of substance
abuse has dramatically worsened over the last years. There is a distinct lack of …

Aims. To ascertain the causes of deaths among a very large cohort of heroin injecting drug
users (IDUs) who, from 1985 to 1998, attended 36 Public Health Authority Centres for Drug …

The coronial files of all heroin-related fatalities that occurred in New South Wales (NSW)
over the period 1992–1996 were inspected. There were 953 heroin-related fatalities in NSW …

In 1994, a new project dealing with the treatment of heroin dependency was introduced in
Switzerland. A group of heavy opiate addicts, who had failed in previous medical therapies …