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About the HRBThe Health Research Board (HRB) is the lead agency supporting and funding healthresearch in Ireland. We also have a core role in maintaining health information systemsand conducting research linked to national health priorities. Our aim is to improvepeople’s health, build health research capacity, underpin developments in servicedelivery and make a significant contribution to Ireland’s knowledge economy.Our information systemsThe HRB is responsible for managing five national information systems. These systemsensure that valid and reliable data are available for analysis, dissemination and serviceplanning. Data from these systems are used to inform policy and practice in the areasof alcohol and drug use, disability and mental health.Our research activityThe main subjects of HRB in-house research are alcohol and drug use, child health,disability and mental health. The research that we do provides evidence for changesin the approach to service delivery. It also identifies additional resources required tosupport people who need services for problem alcohol and drug use, mental healthconditions and intellectual, physical and sensory disabilities.The Alcohol and Drug Research Unit is a multi-disciplinary team of researchers andinformation specialists who provide objective, reliable and comparable information onthe drug and alcohol situation, its consequences and responses in Ireland. The ADRUmaintains two national drug-related information systems and is the Irish national focalpoint for the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).The unit also manages the National Documentation Centre on Drug Use. The ADRUdisseminates research findings, information and news through its quarterly newsletter,Drugnet Ireland, and other publications. Through its activities, the ADRU aims to informpolicy and practice in relation to problem alcohol and drug use.The HRB Research series reports original research material on problem alcohol anddrug use, child health, disability and mental health.
HRB Research Series publicationsto dateWard M, Tedstone Doherty D and Moran R (2007) It’s good to talk: distress disclosureand psychological wellbeing. HRB Research Series 1. Dublin: Health Research Board.Tedstone Doherty D, Moran R, Kartalova-O’Doherty Y and Walsh D (2007) HRB nationalpsychological wellbeing and distress survey: baseline results. HRB Research Series 2.Dublin: Health Research Board.Daly A, Tedstone Doherty D and Walsh D (2007) Re-admissions to Irish psychiatric unitsand hospitals 2001–2005. HRB Research Series 3. Dublin: Health Research Board.Gallagher S, Tedstone Doherty D, Moran R and Kartalova-O’Doherty Y (2008) Internetuse and seeking health information online in Ireland: Demographic characteristics andmental health characteristics of users and non users. HRB Research Series 4. Dublin:Health Research Board.Tedstone Doherty D, Moran R and Kartalova-O’Doherty Y (2008) Psychological distress,mental health problems and use of health services in Ireland. HRB Research Series 5.Dublin: Health Research Board.Connolly J, Foran S, Donovan A, Carew A and Long J (2008) Crack cocaine in the Dublinregion: an evidence base for a Dublin crack cocaine strategy. HRB Research Series 6.Dublin: Health Research Board.
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Page 8 and 9: ContentsList of tables and figures
Page 10 and 11: 7 Social consequences of crack use
Page 12 and 13: List of tables and figuresTablesTab
Page 14 and 15: AbbreviationsADRUGNDUHRBISCCSGLDTFN
Page 16 and 17: Glossary of termsBenzos: The street
Page 18 and 19: Executive summaryBackground and stu
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Page 22 and 23: Part 1IntroductionCrack cocaine in
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Page 38 and 39: Local survey dataA survey in 2006 o
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Page 42 and 43: 3 Dublin crack cocaine market3.0 Ov
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4.2 Crack use and genderAccording t
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From about 16 to 21 I would say - t
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Table 4.4Number of new cases who li
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5.2 Crack and other drugsMany of th
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Whether treated cases reported crac
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cases of intravenous cocaine use, t
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Table 5.5Number (%) of new cases wh
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Part 3Consequences of crack useCrac
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etween heroin, cocaine and crime. T
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So, they would talk about the kind
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Crack and prostitutionNine services
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On the other hand, reports from two
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often with a prevalence of opiate d
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The data provided by the NDTRS in S
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But you know it would be about kind
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So, debt is another significant iss
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7.6 Key findings• A significant p
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There are considerable long-term ps
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8.3 Psychological consequences of c
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9 Treating crack use9.0 OverviewIn
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Some services were in a position to
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Both opiate-dependent and non-opiat
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• more outreach work to identify
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10 Policing crack markets10.0 Overv
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local communities. There is growing
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He’d know me, I’d know him, you
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Table 10.1 Number of new cases who
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11 Discussion and research implicat
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11.2 Responding to crack markets an
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11.3 Reducing the harm that crack c
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Shoplifting, burglary and robbery w
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Bourgois P (2003b) Crack and the po
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Furey M and Browne C (2004) Opiate
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Loughran H and McCann ME (2006) A c
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San Diego Police Department (1998)
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Appendix A:An evidence base for tre
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note that providing information on
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MedicationsA number of studies have
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interpersonal psychotherapy. Americ
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Jurisdiction Intervention/Descripti
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Jurisdiction Intervention/Descripti
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Appendix C:Recent HRB series public
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