
Street drugs
August 2010 Vol 39 (8) 529-609
The theme for the August issue of AFP is street drugs. This month's articles include Drug abuse, Prescription drug misuse, Opioid dependence – management in general practice, Cannabis and mental health – management in primary care & Party drugs – use and harm reduction
Focus
Janice Charles, Helena Britt, Salma Fahridin
Benny Monheit
Management in general practice
Matthew Frei
Management in primary care
Dan I Lubman, Amanda Baker
Use and harm reduction
Matthew Frei
Rodger Brough
Up front
Jenni Parsons
Clinical
Steven Tomas
Controlling hyperglycaemia with early insulin use
Richard J MacIsaac, Ada Cheung, George Jerums
Prevention in travellers
Amy A Neilson, Cora A Mayer
Daniel Anderson
Alan Barclay, Heather Gilbertson, Kate Marsh, Carmel Smart
Research
Refining and evaluating a youth friendly assessment interview
Alexandra Parker, Sarah Hetrick, Rosemary Purcell
Insights from a study on patients’ experiences
Carla Treloar, Jamee Newland, Magdalena Harris , Rachel Deacon, Lisa Maher
Professional
Notifiable conduct
Sara Bird
James Blogg
Useful screening tool or potential liability?
Patrick Mahar, Shomik Sengupta, Karinne Ludlow, Niall Corcorane
Tips from the toolkit 7
Neville Steer
Back pages
Kate Molinari