Table of Contents
Volume 33, Number 2
April - June 2001
Effects of High-Dose Heroin versus Morphine in Intravenous Drug Users:
A Randomised Double-Blind Crossover Study
— Robert B. Haemmig, M.D. & Wolfgang Tschacher, Ph.D. 105
“Have a Piss, Drink Ogogoro, Smoke Igbo, but don’t take Gbana”—Hard and Soft Drugs
in Nigeria: A Critical Comparison of Official Policies and the View on the Street
— Axel Klein, Ph.D. 111
Sticky Business: Patterns of Procurement and Misuse of Prescription Cough Syrup
in Houston
— William N. Elwood, Ph.D.. 121
Long-Term Therapy using GHB (Sodium Gamma Hydroxybutyrate) for
Treatment-Resistant Chronic Alcoholics
— Icro Maremmani, M.D.; Francesco Lamanna, M.D. & Alessandro Tagliamonte, M.D. 135
Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and Gamma Butyrolactone (GBL) Withdrawal:
Five Case Studies
— Charles H. McDaniel, M.D. & Karen A. Miotto, M.D. 143
The Nonmedical Use of Ketamine, Part Two: A Review of Problem Use and
Dependence
— Karl L. R. Jansen, M.D., Ph.D., M.R.C.Psych. & Rachael Darracot-Cankovic, B.Sc. 151
The Development, Reliability, and Validity of a Clinical Rating Scale for Codependency
— Daniel Harkness, Ph.D., A.C.S.W.; Melaney Swenson, M.S.W.;
Kathryn Madsen-Hampton, M.S.W. & Richard Hale, M.S.W., D.C.S.W. 159
Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Health and Drug Use
— Micheline Duterte, B.A.; Sarah O’Neil, B.A.; Gerard McKearin, B.A.;
Paloma Sales, A.A.; Terrence Murphy, J.D. & Sheigla Murphy, Ph.D. 173
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Assessing the Influence of Need to Inject and Drug Withdrawal
on Drug Injectors’ Perceptions of HIV Risk Behavior
— Rhidian A. Hughes, D.Phil. 185
Rapid Heroin Detoxification Using a Single High Dose of Buprenorphine
— Ilan Kutz, M.D. & Victor Reznik, M.D. 191
BOOK REVIEW
Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures
— Reviewed by Steve Heilig, M.P.H. 195
INTERNATIONAL ADDICTIONS INFOLINE
— Richard B. Seymour, M.A; David E. Smith, M.D. & Terry Chambers, B.A. 197
COVER ART
— OR2 by Frank Pietronigro ()