UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME
Vienna
BULLETIN
ON
NARCOTICS
Volume XLVII, Nos. 1 and 2, 1996
Special issue on rapid assessment of drug abuse
UNITED NATIONS
New York, 1998
UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS
ISSN 0007-523X
PREFACE
Future issues
Editorial policy and guidelines for publication
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Creation Date: 1996/01/01
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Nature and extent of drug abuse problems and social responses: double issue (vol. 38, Nos. 1 and 2)
Regional and inter-regional responses to the drug abuse phenomenon (vol. 39, No. 1)
The prevention and reduction of the illicit demand for drugs (vol. 39, No. 2) 1988
Treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug-dependent persons (vol. 40, No. 1)
Drug abuse assessment: double issue (vol. 41, Nos. 1 and 2)
Emerging directions and trends in drug abuse control (vol. 42, No. 1)
Involvement of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in matters of drug abuse control (vol. 43, No. 1)
The role of law enforcement agencies in drug abuse control (vol. 44, No. 1)
The environmental impact of drug abuse (vol. 44, No. 2)
Policy issues relating to drug abuse and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (vol. 45, No. 1)
Drug testing in the workplace (vol. 45, No. 2)
The family and drug abuse (vol. 46, No. 1)
General issue on drug abuse (vol. 46, No. 2)
Special issue on gender and drug abuse (vol. 47, Nos. 1 and 2)
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Preface iii
Editorial note: Rapid assessment methodology: its origins, development and use by the United Nations International
Drug Control Programme 1
Drug abuse in Nepal: a rapid assessment study by M. Chapagain, A. Chatterjee, K. Kafle and L. P. Uprety 11
Rapid assessment of the drug-injecting situation at Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam by R. Power 35
Rapid assessment of drug abuse in Ethiopia by S. Gebre Selassie and,4. Gebre 53
Rapid assessment of drug abuse in Kenya by H. 4. Mwenesi 65
Rapid assessment of drug abuse in Cameroon by E. Wansi, 4. Sam-,4bbenyi, R. Befidi Mengue, E Ntone Enyme, F. Ntone Ntone, E. Ewane, P. 4wah and Binam Bikoi 79
The drug-use situation in the Czech Republic by P. M. Tyrlic, T Zuda, P. Bém and R. Power 89
Rapid assessment of drug consumption at Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia by L. Caris, R. Suarez, G. Covarrubias, E. Ferncindez and E. Roca 99
Estimating the extent of the heroin problem in Slovenia: application of the key informant approach and the nomination technique where there are no other reliable sources of information by D. Nolimal 121