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Coping with substance abuse: a many-sided task.

World Health Forum. 1992;13(2-3):101-11; discussion 112-27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/93039299
Wodak A; Alcohol and Drugs Services, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New; South Wales, Australia.

Abstract: Steady progress is being made towards understanding the use of drugs for non-therapeutic purposes. The associated problems are increasingly regarded as having psychological, biological and social dimensions. There is a growing acceptance that the hazardous consumption of alcohol and other drugs can both result from and exacerbate poor socioeconomic conditions. Sustained action to combat drug-related problems is needed on a broad front; there is no panacea.
Keywords: Alcoholism/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Asia/EPIDEMIOLOGY *Developing Countries Human HIV Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION *Psychotropic Drugs South America/EPIDEMIOLOGY *Street Drugs Substance Abuse/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Substance Abuse, Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ *PREVENTION & CONTROL Substance Dependence/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDalcoholism/complications/epidemiology/KWDprevention&controlasia/epidemiologyKWDdevelopingcountrieshumanhivinfections/prevention&control/transmissionKWDpsychotropicdrugssouthamerica/epidemiologyKWDstreetdrugssubstanceabuse/complications/epidemiology/KWDprevention&controlsubstanceabuse,intravenous/complications/epidemiology/KWDprevention&controlsubstancedependence/complications/epidemiology/KWDprevention&controljournalarticle
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