Volume 17  Number 4  December 1998

Special Section: Drinking Patterns and their Consequences
GUEST EDITOR: Tim Stockwell

EDITORIAL
Are alcohol control policies bad for the heart? TIM STOCKWELL 349

SPECIAL PAPERS
The benefit of alcohol in moderation RICHARD DOLL 353

Wine in moderation: how could and should recent in vitro and in vivo data be interpreted?
CREINA S. STOCKLEY 365

Relations among alcohol consumption measures derived from the Cognitive Lifetime Drinking History MARCIA RUSSELL, ROBERT S. PEIRCE, JOYCE E. VANA, THOMAS H. NOCHAJSKI, ANN MARIE CAROSELLA, PAOLA MUTI, JO FREUDENHEIM & MAURIZIO TREVISAN 377

Drinking patterns and alcohol-related social problems: frameworks for analysis in developing societies ROBIN ROOM 389

The interplay of drinking patterns and other determinants of health SUSAN BONDY & JRGEN REHM 399

Alcohol intoxication and dropout LARS WICHSTRM 413

Drinking patterns and problems and drinking in the injury event: an analysis of emergency room patients by ethnicity CHERYL J. CHERPITEL 423

COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Cannabis use and psychosis WAYNE HALL 433

COMMENTARY
Therapeutic use of cannabis: clarifying the debate LINDA R. GOWING, ROBERT L. ALI, PAUL CHRISTIE & JASON M. WHITE 445

HARM REDUCTION DIGEST 3
Responding to HIV infection associated with drug infecting in Eastern Europe DAVE BURROWS, TIM RHODES, FRANZ TRAUTMAN, MURDO BIJL, GERRY V. STIMSON, YURI SARANKOV, ANDREW BALL & CHRIS FITCH 453

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Response to Caplehorn: on methadone toxicity ALEX WODAK 465

Response to Caplehorn: on methadone toxicity ANDREW BYRNE 465

More on iatrogenic methadone toxicity JOHN R. M. CAPLEHORN 467

School-based drug education MARIE WILLIAMS & MEG PICKUP 469

Alcohol dependence—treatment at last? D. J. SPENCER 470

NEWS AND VIEWS 471

TITLE-PAGE, VOLUME CONTENTS AND AUTHOR INDEX, 1998 481

Volume 17  Number 3  September 1998

EDITORIAL
Reducing the supply of illicit drugs MICK PALMER 245

ORIGINAL PAPERS
Low detection rates, negative attitudes and the failure to meet the "Health of the Nation" alcohol targets: findings from a national survey of GPs in England and Wales ANN DEEHAN, LORNA TEMPLETON, COLIN TAYLOR, COLIN DRUMMOND & JOHN STRANG 249

How do general practitioners manage alchohol-misusing patients? Results from a national survey of GPs in England and Wales ANN DEEHAN, LORNA TEMPLETON, COLIN TAYLOR, COLIN DRUMMOND & JOHN STRANG 259

Women injecting drug users in London: the extent and nature of their contact with drug and health services GILLIAN M. HUNTER & ALI JUDD 267

Cue reactivity in dependent amphetamine users: can monistic conditioning theories advance our understanding of reactivity? LIBBY TOPP, PETER F. LOVIBOND & RICHARD P. MATTICK 277

Cohort trends in age of initiation to heroin use MICHAEL T. LYNSKEY & WAYNE HALL 289

BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Survey of amphetamine prescribing in England and Wales T. M. BRADBEER, P. M. FLEMING, P. CHARLTON & J. S. CRICHTON 299

REVIEW
Alcohol and drug disorders in the International Classification of Diseases: a shifting kaleidoscope ROBIN ROOM 305

HARM REDUCTION DIGEST 2
Harm reduction in school drug education: developing an Australian approach RICHARD MIDFORD, NYANDA MCBRIDE & GEOFF MUNRO 319

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Response to Ruigrok and Caplehorn: on methadone toxicity A. R. MACQUEEN 329

BOOK REVIEWS
Drugspeak: The Analysis of Drug Discourse 330; Chemical Dependency Treatment: Innovative Group Approaches 331; Dispelling the Myths about Addiction 332; Dual Disorders 333; The Etiology and Prevention of Drug Abuse among Minority Youth 333; Misconceiving Mothers. Legislators, Prosecutors, and the Politics of Prenatal Drug Exposure 334; Harm Reduction in Prison 335

NEWS AND VIEWS 336

Volume 17  Number 2  June 1998

EDITORIAL
Making choices JOHN B. SAUNDERS 149

ORIGINAL PAPERS
Methadone maintenance treatment reduces heroin injection in New South Wales prisons KATE A. DOLAN, ALEX D. WODAK & WAYNE D. HALL 153

The pattern of intravenous drug use and associated criminal activity in patients on a methadone treatment waiting list SIMON J. ADAMSON &
J. DOUGLAS SELLMAN 159

An open trial of naltrexone for opiate dependence AIDAN FOY, CRAIG SADLER & ANDREW TAYLOR 167

The influence of individual and organizational factors on the reported smoking intervention practices of staff in 20 antenatal clinics MARGARET COOKE, RICHARD P. MATTICK & ELIZABETH CAMPBELL 175

Physical and mental health problems in amphetamine users from metropolitan Adelaide, Australia NIKI VINCENT, JODIE SHOOBRIDGE, ALEX ASK, STEVE ALLSOP & ROBERT ALI 187

REVIEW
Route of drug use and its implications for drug effect, risk of dependence and health consequences JOHN STRANG, JENNY BEARN, MICHAEL FARRELL, EMILY FINCH, MICHAEL GOSSOP, PAUL GRIFFITHS, JOHN MARSDEN & KIM WOLFF 197

HARM REDUCTION DIGEST
The definition of harm reduction SIMON LENTON & ERIC SINGLE 213

LETTERSTO THE EDITOR
Rapid opiate detoxification treatment HELEN KEANE 221

Reply to Hall et al.: on ROD, UROD and ODs JOHN CAPLEHORN 222

An Australian modification of the popular AUDIT questionnaire KATHERINE M. CONIGRAVE & GEOFF ELVY 224

Please drop the term 'programme'! ANDREW BYRNE 224

BOOK REVIEWS
Sexed Work: gender, race and resistance in a Brooklyn drug market 225; Acting Out: therapy for groups 226; Women and Alcohol: contemporary and historical perspectives 226; Chemical Dependency Counseling: a practical guide 227; Community Prevention of Alcohol Problems 228

NEWS AND VIEWS 230

Volume 17  Number 1  March 1998

EDITORIAL
Single & Rohl on mapping the future RICHARD P. MATTICK 5

ORIGINAL PAPERS
Deaths in the first two weeks of maintenance treatment in NSW in 1994: identifying cases of iatrogenic methadone toxicity JOHN R. M. CAPLEHORN 9

Changes in opiate treatment during attendance at a community drug service—findings from a clinical audit JOHN MACLEOD,
ANNE WHITTAKER & J. ROY ROBERTSON 19

Alcohol and suicide in Switzerland—an aggregate-level analysis
GERHARD GMEL, JRGEN REHM & AMIR GHAZINOURI 27

Can training bar staff in responsible serving practices reduce alcohol-related harm? ERNIE LANG, TIM STOCKWELL, PHILIP RYDON & ANDREA BEEL 39

Support for harm-reduction among staff of specialized addiction treatment services in Ontario, Canada ALAN C. OGBORNE & CAROL BIRCHMORE-TIMNEY 51

Treatment needs of women with alcohol and other drug problems: experiences and views of Australian treatment personnel WENDY SWIFT & JAN COPELAND 59

Expanding knowledge among Aboriginal service providers on treatment options for excessive alcohol use MAGGIE BRADY, SHARON DAWE & ROBYN RICHMOND 69

Development of a questionnaire to examine the role of counsellors working with school students and their families with alcohol or other drug-related problems JILLIAN C. GROVE & ROBERT A. BUSH 77

REVIEW
Current perspectives on anabolic steroids ANDREA BEEL,
BRUCE MAYCOCK & NEIL MCLEAN 87

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
The carbohydrate-deficient transferrin test in hospital practice R. G. BATEY & G. MADSEN 105

Researchers' views about priorities for research on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs RAOUL A. WALSH, ALLISON LOW & ROB W. SANSON-FISHER 111

Comparison of unsafe drinking between a rural and metropolitan area HEDLEY G. PEACH, NICOLE E. BATH & STEPHEN J. FARISH 117

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Official and de facto admission criteria for methadone maintenance in New South Wales, Australia JOHN R. M. CAPLEHORN 121

BOOK REVIEWS
Alcohol. Minimising the Harms 123; Children with Perinatal Drug Exposure 124; Intensive Outpatient Treatment for the Addictions 125; The Neurobiology of Cocaine 126; Chemical Dependency Treatment Planning Handbook 126; Pain and its Relief Without Addiction. Clinical Issues in the Use of Opioids and other Analgesics 127; Multicultural AIDSPrevention Programs 128; Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvements in Behavioural Health 129; Sociocultural Perspectives on Volatile Solvent Abuse 130

NEWS AND VIEWS 133

Volume 16  Number 4  December 1997

EDITORIAL
Rapid opiate detoxification treatment WAYNE HALLl, RICHARD P. MATTICK, JOHN B. SAUNDERS & ALEX WODAK 325

ORIGINAL PAPERS
Heroin in the United Kingdom: different forms, different origins, and the relationship to different routes of administration JOHN STRANG, PAUL GRIFFITHS & MICHAEL GOSSOP 329

Risk factors and medical follow-up of drug users tested for hepatitis C—can the risk of transmission be reduced? MARC A. SERFATYy, ANDREW LAWRIE, BELINDA SMITH, ALISON M. BRIND, JOHN P. WATSON, EILISH GILVARRY & MARGARET F. BASSENDINE 339

Research methods for studying injecting drug users in a rural centre CATHERINE SPOONER, JANET BISHOP & JAN PARR 349

Work-place screening of mine employees using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and alcohol breathalyzation C. J. LENNINGS, G. F. FEENEY, M. SHEEHAN, R. MCD. YOUNG, A. MCPHERSON & J. TUCKER 357

Abstinence and alcohol use among urban Aborigines in Western Australia
LLSE BLIGNAULT & CLIVE RYDER 365

General practitioners' views and knowledge about anabolic steroid use—Survey of GPs in a high prevalence area LEENA GUPTA & BERNIE TOWLER 373

SPECIAL SECTION: SUBSTANCE USE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
(Guest Editor: Sally Casswell)

EDITORIAL
How do we respond to recreational drug use in the Southern Hemisphere?
SALLY CASSWELL 381

Alcohol in the South Pacific: the mid-1990s DAVID MCDONALD, GEOFF ELVY & JIM MIELKE 383

Approaches to preventing alcohol-related problems: the experience of New Zealand and Australia LIZ STEWARD 391

Alcohol use patterns, problems and policies in Malaysia d. h. jernigan &
S. K. INDRAN 401

Tobacco prevention in the Federated States of Micronesia MAC MARSHALLl 411

Cannabis policy in Australia and New Zealand SALLY ABEL 421

COMMENTARY
Why general practitioners might avoid drug and alcohol work
A. R. MACQUEEN 429

LETTERSTO THE EDITOR
A case of near-fatal toxicity following repeated injections of methadone MARIELLE RUIGROK & JOHN CAPLEHORN 433

The heroin trial and international umbrage CELIA WILKINSON 434

BOOK REVIEWS
Ordinary People: integrating alcohol and other drug management into nursing practice 435; Drug Policy and Human Nature. Psychological perspectives on prevention, management and treatment of illicit drug abuse 435; Introduction to Alcoholism Counselling: a bio-psycho-social approach 436; Living with Drugs 437

NEWS AND VIEWS 439

REFEREES 447

TITLE-PAGE, VOLUME CONTENTS AND AUTHOR INDEX, VOLUME 16 449

Volume 16  Number 3  September 1997

EDITORIAL
Maximizing the opportunity for a national minimum data set
JAN COPELAND & JUDY RANKIN 205

ORIGINAL PAPERS
The Australian Study of HIV and Injecting Drug Use. Part I: Prevalence for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C among injecting drug users in four Australian cities
WENDY M. LOXLEY, MIKE PHILLIPS, SUSAN J. CARRUTHERS &
JUDE S. BEVAN 207

The Australian Study of HIV and Injecting Drug Use. Part II: Predicting exposure to hepatitis C and hepatitis B SUSAN J. CARRUTHERS, WENDY M. LOXLEY, MIKE PHILLIPS & JUDE S. BEVAN 215

Prescription of diamorphine, dipipanone and cocaine in England and Wales
LOUISE SELL, MICHAEL FARRELL & PHILIP ROBSON 221

Polydrug use at raves by a Western Australian sample ANNABEL BOYS,
SIMON LENTON & KATH NORCROSS 227

COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Personality disorder and drug use: a review NICHOLAS SEIVEWRIGHT &
CHRISTOPHER DALY 235

REVIEW
Work-place alcohol and other drug testing: a review of the scientific evidence
SCOTT MACDONALD 251

SEMINAR IN PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT
Management of co-morbid anxiety and alcohol disorders: parallel treatment of disorders TIAN P. S. OEI & WILLIAM A. L. LOVEDAY 261

THE 1996 JAMES RANKIN ORATION
Injecting nation: achieving control of hepatitis C in Australia ALEX WODAK 275

RESPONSE TO THE 1996 JAMES RANKIN ORATION
"Petunias too, please": further thoughts on achieving control of hepatitis C in
Australia WENDY LOXLEY 285

THE 1996 LEONARD BALL ORATION
The ACT heroin trial: intellectual, practical and political challenges
GABRIELE BAMMER 287

COMMENTARIES ON THE 1996 LEONARD BALL ORATION

The medical prescription of heroin to heroin addicts AMBROS UCHTENHAGEN 297

Illicit drugs-the political dilemma MICHAEL MOORE 299

"Slow ahead": a response to the proposed heroin trial DAVID HAWKS 301

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Severe atypical sub-acute methadone withdrawal syndromes ANDREW BYRNE 303

BOOK REVIEWS
Chemical Dependency: Women at Risk 304; Children with Prenatal Drug Exposure 305; Alcoholics Anonymous as a Mutual-Help Movement. A Study in Eight Societies 305; Drug Abuse and Social Policy in America 306; Training Counsellors: The Assessment of Competence 307; Drug Trafficking in the Chemical Industry 308; Ellenhorn's Medical Toxicology 309

NEWS AND VIEWS 310

Volume 16  Number 2  June 1997

EDITORIAL
Can we achieve sustainable reductions in harm in local communities?
ROBERT BUSH 109

ORIGINAL PAPERS
Alcohol use among Australian secondary students in 1993 VICTORIA M. WHITE, DAVID J. HILL & CATHERINE J. SEGAN 113

Deliberate self-harm in alcohol and drug misusers: patient characteristics and
patterns of clinical care KEITH HAWTON, SUE SIMKIN & JOAN FAGG 123

Public perceptions of drugs causing most deaths in Australia 1986-93
RON BORLAND, NGAIRE DONAGHUE & DAVID HILL 131

Risky drug practices and treatment needs of youth detained in New South Wales Juvenile Justice Centres JULIE HANDO, JOHN HOWARD & ERNIE ZIBERT 137

Acute effects of kava, alone or in combination with alcohol, on subjective measures of impairment and intoxication and on cognitive performance H. FOO & J. LEMON 147

Have efforts to improve medical students' drug and alcohol knowledge, skills and attitudes worked? ANN M. ROCHE 157

REVIEW
Australia's public health response to HIV and HCV: a role for 'affected' communities
GARY K. HULSE 171

COMMENTARIES
Commentaries on Hulse's "Australia's public health response to HIV and HCV: a role for 'affected' communities"

An inside view NEAL BLEWETT 177

Conditions for the successful implementation of harm reduction GERRY V. STIMSON & TIM RHODES 178

A successful model of public health management BILL BOWTELL 180

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Comment on the New South Wales Driver Assessment Program (1) R. G. BATEY 183

Comment on the New South Wales Driver Assessment Program (2) ALAN GIJSBERS, JOHN McMAHON & GREG WHELAN 183

Reply to the comments on the New South Wales Driver Assessment Program KATHERINE M. CONIGRAVE 184

BOOK REVIEWS
Drug War Politics-the price of denial 185; Let's Drink To Your Health 186; Alcohol in the British Isles from Roman Times to 1996 187; Addict in the Family 187; European Drug Policies and Enforcement 188

NEWS AND VIEWS 190

Volume 16  Number 1  March 1997

ORIGINAL PAPERS
Opioid detoxification using naloxone JOHN MERRILL & RUTH MARSHALL 3

Heroin prescribing in the "British System" of the mid 1990s: data from the 1995 national survey of community pharmacies in England and Wales JOHN STRANG & JANIE SHERIDAN 7

Injection drug use in Calcutta: a potential focus for an explosive HIV epidemic S. PANDA, A CHATTERJEE, S. SARKAR, K. N. JALAN, T. MAITRA, S. MUKHERJEE, B. MUKHERJEE, B. C. DEB & ABU S. ABDUL-QUADER 17

Drug abuse in pregnancy: obstetric and neonatal problems. Ten years' experienceJUDITH L. DAWKINS, ELIZABETH TYLDEN, NIGEL COLLEY & CHRIS EVANS 25

A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of acupuncture in smoking cessation RUTHASHENDEN, CHRISTOPHER A. SILAGY, MARK LODGE & GODFREY FOWLER 33

Predictors of smoking in pregnancy and attitudes and knowledge of risks of pregnantsmokers RAOUL A. WALSH, SELINA REDMAN, MAXWELL W. BRINSMEAD & JAYNE L. FRYER 41

REVIEWAssociating leisure with drinking: current research and future directions JEAN LOCK KUNZ 69

SEMINAR IN PRACTICAL MANAGEMENTReducing benzodiazepine use ANDREA MANT & RAOUL A. WALSH 77

COMMENTARIESComments on Landau's "The prospect of a harm reduction approach amongindigenous people in Canada"

Harm reduction and the use of alcohol by Maori J. DOUGLAS SELLMAN & TERRY T. HURIWAI 85

Harm reduction method and the alcohol treatment for aboriginal people CLIFF FUA &MARVIN W. KAHN 87

Harm reduction and smoking among indigenous Australians ANN M. ROCHE 88

BOOK REVIEWSConfessions of an English Opium Eater 91; Counselling People on Prescribed Drugs 92; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment 93

NEWS AND VIEWS 95

Volume 15  Number 4  December 1996

EDITORIAL
Sensible drinking-for whose health? DAVID HAWKS 333

ORIGINAL PAPERSDope busts in the West: minor cannabis offences in the Western Australian criminal justice system SIMON LENTON, ANNA FERRANTE & NINI LOH 335

Training primary health care workers about drugs: a national survey of UK trainers' perceptions towards training IAN P. ALBERY, JOAN HEUSTON, MARY ALISON DURAND, PARAMABANDHU GROVES, MICHAEL GOSSOP & JOHN STRANG 343

Economic and other views of addiction: implications for the choice of alcohol, tobacco and drug policies DAVID BUCK, CHRISTINE GODFREY & MATTHEW SUTTON 357

The New South Wales Driver Assessment Programme: a pilot programme for assessment of drink drivers KATHERINE M. CONIGRAVE & DONALD C. A. CARSELDINE 369

Restrictions on tobacco and alcohol use in Australian work-places ROBYN RICHMOND, NICK HEATHER & PHOEBE HOLT 377

Programmes for tobacco and alcohol users in Australian work-places ROBYN RICHMOND, NICK HEATHER & PHOEBE HOLT 385

REVIEWThe prospects of a harm reduction approach among indigenous people in Canada TAMMY C. LANDAU 393

COMMENTARIESCommentaries on Landau's "The prospects of a harm reduction approach among indigenous people in Canada" 403

What are the prospects of harm reduction approaches in Aboriginal Australia? ERNEST HUNTER 403

Harm reduction-already happening? MAGGIE BRADY 407

Harm reduction and self-determination DENNIS GRAY 409

REVIEWSClarifying 'harm reduction'? SIMON LENTON & RICHARD MIDFORD 411

Alcohol, casemix and hospitals: an opportunity? DAVID RYDER 415

FOR DEBATEThe role of the medical practitioner in drug and alcohol treatmentGREG WHELAN 421

LETTER TO THE EDITORUse of morphine mixture to stabilize opiate dependence GILBERT WHITTON, SANDRA SUNJIC, IAN WEBSTER & WENDY WICKES 427

BOOK REVIEWS
Illicit Drug Use 429; Methadone in the Treatment of Narcotic Addiction 430;A Select Body. The Gay Dance Party Subculture HIV/AIDS Epidemic 431; Spirituality and Chemical Dependency 432

NEWS AND VIEWS 433

TITLE-PAGE, VOLUME CONTENTS AND AUTHOR INDEX, VOLUME 15 439

Volume 15  Number 3  September 1996

EDITORIAL
What happened to the family in the harm reduction debate? G. E. DEAR 221

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES FROM THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE REDUCTION OF DRUG-RELATED HARM Harm reduction and social policy: should addicts be paid? PETER REUTER & ROBERT J. MACCOUN 225

What does mathematical modeling tell us about harm reduction? JONATHAN P. CAULKINS 231

ORIGINAL PAPERSBenzodiazepine use among heroin users in Sydney: patterns of use, availability and procurement JOANNE ROSS, SHANE DARKE & WAYNE HALL 237

"Non injectables": methadone syrup and benzodiazepine injection by methadone-maintained clients SANDRA SUNJIC & JOHN HOWARD 245

"Just using old works": injecting risk behaviour in prison PAUL J. TURNBULL, ROBERT POWER & GERRY V. STIMSON 251

Reliability and validity of the Opiate Treatment Index among a sample of opioid users in the United Kingdom MORUF ADELEKAN, ANNA GREEN, NORU DASGUPTA, FENELLA TALLACK, GERRY V. STIMSON & BRIAN WELLS 261

Anti-social personality disorder and response to methadone maintenance treatment SHANE DARKE, ROBERT FINLAY-JONES, SHARLENE KAYE & TEEYA BLATT 271

Quantitative measure of muscle strength and size in chronic alcoholism: an early indication of tissue damage RONNIE FREILICH, RICHARD KIRSNER, GREG WHELAN, RUDOLPH CHMIEL & EDWARD BYRNE 277

COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWHepatitis B R. G. BATEY & S. J. BOLLIPO 289

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONEffects of needle exchanges in Hobart, Tasmania PETER LUCAS & GARY EASTHOPE 307

OBITUARY 311

LETTERS TO THE EDITORImprovements in methadone maintenance streaming ANDREW BYRNE 313

Response to Stockwell et al.'s "Unravelling the preventive paradox for acute alcohol problems" NORMAN KREITMAN 313

BOOK REVIEWS
Adolescent Substance Abuse 315; The Pregnant Drug Addict 315; Cocaine: Physiological & Physiopathological Effects 316; Street Addicts in the Political Economy 317

NEWS AND VIEWS 321

Volume 15 Number 2 June 1996

EDITORIAL
A scientific perspective on harm reduction JOHN WHITFIELD 117

ORIGINAL PAPERSKnowledge and use of alcohol and other drugs amongst Vietnamese-speakingmigrants SUSAN BERTRAM, BRUCE FLAHERTY & SAM EVERINGHAM 121

Characteristics of admissions to residential drug treatment agencies in New South Wales, 1988-92: I. Illicit drug problems SHANE DARKE, MARGARET KELAHER, WAYNE HALL & BRUCE FLAHERTY 127

Characteristics of admissions to residential drug treatment agencies in New South Wales, 1988-92: II. Alcohol problems MARGARET KELAHER, SHANE DARKE, WAYNE HALL & BRUCE FLAHERTY 133

Correlates of the perceived health risks of marijuana use among Australian adults WAYNE HALL & JOAN NELSON 137

COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWSPharmacological properties of ketamine JASON M. WHITE & CHRISTINA F. RYAN 145

What have population surveys revealed about substance use disorders and their comorbidity with other mental disorders? WAYNE HALL 157

FOURTH JAMES RANKIN ORATIONPatterns of family responses to alcohol and tobacco problems ROBIN ROOM 171

FOR DEBATEThe case for liver transplantation in end-stage alcoholic liver disease ROBERT G. BATEY 183

Addressing dependent amphetamine use: a place for prescription NICK LINTZERIS, FRAN HOLGATE & ADRIAN DUNLOP 189

COMMENTARYCommentary on Lintzeris et al. SHANE DARKE & RICHARD MATTICK 197

LETTERS TO THE EDITORThe real paranoia behind Ecstasy JAMES GIBSON 199

Use of dextromoramide to stabilize a heroin addict ANDREW BYRNE 200

Dihydrocodeine-a second strand of treatment for drug misusers J. ROY ROBERTSON 200

BOOK REVIEWS
Adolescent Substance Abuse: Assessment, Prevention and Treatment 203;Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Empirical-Based Group Preventive HealthParadigm 203; Recent Developments in Alcoholism, Volume 12: Alcoholism inWomen 204; Vessels of Rage, Engines of Power 205; Prevention Practice inSubstance Abuse 206

ERRATUM 207

NEWS AND VIEWS 209

Volume 15 Number 1 March 1996

EDITORIAL
Harm reduction as a focus for research WAYNE HALL & ANDREA MANT 5

ORIGINAL PAPERUnravelling the preventive paradox for acute alcohol problems TIM STOCKWELL, DAVID HAWKS, ERNIE LANG & PHILIP RYDON 7

COMMENTARIESComments on Stockwell et al.'s " Unravelling the preventive paradox for acute alcohol problems" 17

The sound of one hand clapping-the preventive paradox as a tool for enlightenment ERIC SINGLE 17

The preventive paradox disarmed SIMON DE BURGH 18

A response to the commentaries by Single and de Burgh TIM STOCKWELL, DAVID HAWKS, ERNIE LANG & PHILIP RYDON 20

ORIGINAL PAPERSInterstate tourists and the estimation of per capita alcohol consumption IAN CRUNDALL 21

Effects of brief counselling among male heavy drinkers identified on general hospital wards NICK HEATHER, STEPHEN ROLLNICK, ALISON BELL & ROBYN RICHMOND 29

Drivers' biased perceptions of the adverse consequences of drink-driving IAN P. ALBERY & ANDREW GUPPY 39

Drinking and gambling: a comparison with implications for theories of addiction JIM ORFORD, VICTORIA MORISON & MARCIA SOMERS 47

An inter-rater reliability study of the Opiate Treatment Index DARYLE E. A. DEERING & J. DOUGLAS SELLMAN 57

Who should collect Opiate Treatment Index data in opiate treatment outcome monitoring: clinic staff or researchers? MORUF ADELEKAN, NICKY METREBIAN FENELLA TALLACK, GERRY V. STIMSON & WILLIAM SHANAHAN 65

Chewing as a social act: cultural displacement and khat consumption in the East African communities of Melbourne MARK STEVENSON, JOHN FITZGERALD & CATHY BANWELL 73

Improvements in retention rates and changes in client group with methadone maintenance streaming JASON M. WHITE, CHRISTINA F. RYAN & ROBERT L. ALI 83

SEMINAR IN PRACTICAL MANAGEMENTDissemination of research findings to alcohol and other drug practitioners CHRIS SHANLEY, MIKE LODGE & RICHARD P. MATTICK 89

BOOK REVIEWS
Alcohol and Hormones. Drug and Alcohol Abuse Reviews 6 95; Substance Abuseand Physical Disability 95; AIDS and Community-based Drug InterventionPrograms: Evaluation and Outreach 97; Addiction and Recovery in Gay and LesbianPersons 97; Experimental Therapeutics in Addiction Medicine 98

NEWS AND VIEWS 101

ERRATUM 108