This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Gay, M. Articles by Stanley, S. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Gay, M. Articles by Stanley, S. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Drug Abuse Monitoring: a Survey of Solvent Abuse in the County of Avon

Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8BJ

Robert Meller

Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8BJ

Stephen Stanley

Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8BJ

1 An attempt to identify the extent of solvent abuse in the County of Avon by means of a multidisciplinary reporting system is described.

2 Particular attention was given to identifying abusers thought to be most at risks.

3 Altogether 304 young persons involved in solvent abuse were identified within a 6-month period. The ages of the solvent abusers ranged from 9 to 21 years and 77% were aged between 14 and 17 years.

4 Thirty-nine of the sniffers were found to be solitary users and were thought to have multiple problems and possibly a poorer prognosis than the group sniffers.

5 The problems of confidentiality and inter-agency conflict are discussed.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 1, No. 3, 257-263 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718200100308


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?