Estimating the prevalence of opiate use in Ireland and the implications for the criminal justice system

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Saris, A. Jamie (2007) Estimating the prevalence of opiate use in Ireland and the implications for the criminal justice system. Probation Journal, 54. pp. 22-35. ISSN 0264-5505

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Drawing upon innovative research methods this article provides the first Irish estimates of opiate use based entirely on non-medical data. These estimates are based on the report Baseline Findings from the ROSIE Study by Comiskey and Cox (2005), commissioned in 2002 by the Irish Government’s National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD). In order to place these estimates in context we first provide a background to the probation and welfare service in Ireland; we then provide a picture of known opiate use to date; and finally we introduce the methods we used to provide new results on the prevalence of opiate users in Ireland.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	drugs; Ireland; NACD; opiate use;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Anthropology
Item ID:	8380
Depositing User:	Dr. A. Jamie Saris
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2017 17:32
Journal or Publication Title:	Probation Journal
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Refereed:	Yes
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URI:	https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/8380
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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Estimating the prevalence of opiate use in Ireland and the implications for the criminal justice system

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