Monitoring Drug Abuse in South Africa
Monitoring Drug Abuse in the SADC region

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Carney, T and Parry, C.D.H. Harm Reduction in Southern Africa: Strategies used to address drug-related HIV (and Hepatitis C) (pdf format 54 kb)

Central Drug Authority. Annual Report 2001-2002.

City of Cape Town, Operational Alcohol & Drug Strategy: 2007 – 2010

Department of Economic Development & Tourism. (2003). A proposed liquor policy for the Western Cape [Draft 26 August 2003]. Cape Town: Provincial Administration Western Cape, South Africa. (pdf format 421 kb)

Department of Trade & Industry, South Africa (2004). Liquor Bill. B23-2003.

The National Drug Master Plan was prepared by the Drug Advisory Board at the request of the Minister for Welfare and Population Development, Ms Geraldine J Fraser-Moleketi.

Fakier, N. & Myers, B. (2008). Audit of substance abuse treatment facilities in Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and Northern Cape (2007-2008): Technical report. Medical Research Council: Parow. (pdf format, 517 kb)

Gastrow, Peter. (2003) Mind blowing: The Cannabis Trade in Southern Africa. Institute for Security Studies Unpublished Paper. (pdf format, 171 kb)

Harker, N; Myers, B; Kader, R; N, Fakier; Flisher, A; Peltzer, C; S, Ramligan & Davids, A. 2008. Review of substance abuse research in the Western Cape. Technical report. Medical Research Council, South Africa (pdf format, 671 kb)

Harker, N., Myers, B & Parry, C. Audit of prevention programmes targeting substance abuse among young people in the Greater Cape Town metropole: Technical Report. (2008). Medical Research Council. South Africa. (pdf format, 212 kb)

Harker, N; Fakier, N; Myers, B & Cerff, P. UPDATE - Computerised Substance Abuse Surveillance System Findings, November 2007 – March 2008. (pdf format, 124 kb)

Leggett, T. On the Tuk-Tuk express: has methamphetamine hit the Cape Flats? SA Crime Quarterly No 6, December 2003, 33-35.

Leggett, T. Drugs, Sex Work, and HIV in Three South African Cities (2000)

London, L. Addressing the legacy of the Dop System: Tackling alcohol abuse among South African farm workers MRC Urban Health & Development Bulletin, 2(1), 1999.

Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development - Western Cape Liquor Bill (pdf format, 139 kb)

Myers, B; Harker, N; Fakier, N; Kader, R & Mazok, C. 2008. A review of evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders. Technical Report. Medical Research Council. South Africa. (pdf format, 342 kb)

Myers B, Louw J, Fakier N. (2007) Access to substance abuse treatment in the Cape Town metropole. Final Report. Medical Research Council. (pdf format, 435 kb)

Myers, B., Fakier N (2007). Audit of Substance Abuse Treatment
Facilities in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal
(2006): Full report. Medical Research Council. (pdf format 882 kb)


Myers, B., Fakier N (2007). Audit of Substance Abuse Treatment
Facilities in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal
(2006): Policy brief. Medical Research Council. (pdf format 76 kb)

Myers, B. Technical Report on Audit of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities in Gauteng (2003- 2004). Medical Research Council (pdf format 308 kb)

Myers, B.M. Report on Audit of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities in Cape Town 2002. Parow: Medical Research Council (pdf format 240 kb)

Morojele, N.K., Parry, C.D.H., Brook, J.S. (2009). Substance Abuse and the Young: Taking Action (Research Brief). Pretoria: MRC. (pdf format, 907 kb)

Morojele NK, Kachieng'a M, Nkoko M, Moshia KM, Mokoko E, Parry CDH. (2003). The development of a methodology to study factors related to risky sexual behaviour among alcohol users in diverse cultural settings: Conceptual framework and instruments for qualitative and quantitative research on alcohol use-related sexual risk behaviour in South Africa. Report prepared for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, World Health Organization. Pretoria: Medical Research Council. (pdf format 415 kb)

Morojele, N., Knott, R., Myburg, H., & Finkelstein, N. (1999). Audit of school-based substance abuse prevention programmes in Cape Town.MRC Urban Health & Development Bulletin, 2(1), 46-57.

National Department of Social Development. Minimum norms and standards for inpatient treatment centres. Pretoria: Author, 2005.

Neser, J.J. (2001). Viws of learners on drugs and related matters: Preliminary findings. Crime Research in South Africa, 3(3).
http://www.crisa.org.za/downloads/jd.pdf

Parry CDH, Carney T, Petersen P, Dewing, S. (May 2007). Technical report: Drug use and sexual HIV risk patterns among non-injecting and injecting drug users in Cape Town, Pretoria and Durban, South Africa. (pdf format, 987 kb) (Cover) (pdf format, 93 kb)

Parry, C.D.H. "Summary of presentation on Substance abuse trends in the
Western Cape
", given at the launch of the Western Cape Substance Abuse
Forum, 25th February 2005. (pdf format, 36 kb)

Parry, C.D.H. "Comments on regulations relating to the labelling of
alcoholic beverages
", 24 February 2005.

Parry, C.D.H. The need for a science-based approach to addressing substance abuse in the Western Cape. Document presented at a preliminary meeting of key stakeholders in the province on the topic of strategies to deal with drug abuse in the Western Cape. Cape Town, 25th August 2004 (pdf format 34 kb)

Parry, C.D.H. (2003). The changing face of drug abuse in Cape Town: 1996-2003 [Press release]. Parow: MRC. (pdf format 26 kb)

Parry, C.D.H. (2000). Alcohol problems in Developing Countries: Challenges for the new millennium. Suchtmed 2 (4) 216-220. (pdf format 83 kb)

Parry, C.D.H., Louw, A., & Plüddemann, A. (2001). Drugs and Crime in South Africa: The MRC/ISS 3-Metros Arrestee Study (Phase 3). Research Brief, Medical Research Council and Institute for Security Studies. (pdf format 117 kb)

Parry, C.D.H., Ph.D., Plüddemann, A., M.A. SENDU reports

Parry, C.D.H., Ph.D., Plüddemann, A., M.A. SENDU Updates

Parry, C.D.H., Pluddemann, A., Bhana, A., Harker, N., Potgieter, H., & Gerber, W. SACENDU Updates

Parry, C.D.H. (6 November 2002). Under the counter [Letter]. Cape Argus.

Parry, C.D.H. (2001). Alcohol and other drug use. In A. Ntuli, N. Crisp,
E. Clarke, & P. Barron (Eds.) 2000 South African Health Review (pp.
441-454). Durban: Health Systems Trust.

Parry, C.D.H. (1998). Substance abuse in South Africa: Country report focusing on young persons. Prepared for the WHO/UNDCP Regional Consultation for the Global Initiative on Primary Prevention of Substance Abuse Among Young People, Harare, Zimbabwe, February 1998.  - pdf format (227kb)

Parry, C.D.H. “The illegal narcotics trade in Southern Africa: A programme for action”. Paper presented at a workshop on The Illegal Drug Trade in Southern Africa” convened by the South African Institute of International Affairs, Johannesburg, June 1997.

1997 - Parry, C.D.H. Alcohol misuse and public health: A 10-point action plan. MRC Policy Brief, 1, 1-2.

1997 - Parry, C.D.H. Alcohol Action Plan: Briefing to Department of Health, 10 March 1997.

Peltzer, K., Phaswana, N. Substance use among South African university students: a quantitative and qualitative study. MRC Urban Health & Development Bulletin, 2(1), 1999.

Pithey AL, Morojele NK. (2002). Literature review on alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour in South Africa. Report for WHO project "Alcohol and HIV: Development of a methodology to study determinants of sexual risk behaviour among alcohol users in diverse cultural settings". (pdf format, 232 kb)

Plüddemann, A., Parry, CDH., & Flisher, AJ. (2004). The Nature and
Extent of Heroin Use in Cape Town: Part 1
- A Pilot Study. (pdf format, 88 kb)

Plüddemann, A., Parry, CDH., Flisher, AJ, & Jordaan, E. (2004). The
Nature and Extent of Heroin Use in Cape Town: Part 2
- A Community
Survey.
(pdf format, 86 kb)

Plüddemann, A., Hon, S., Bhana, A., Harker, N.., Potgieter, H., Gerber, W. & Parry, C.D.H (2003). Monitoring Alcohol and Drug Abuse Trends in South Africa. Proceedings of SACENDU Report Back Meetings - Full reports

Plüddemann, A., Parry, C.D.H, Bhana, A., Harker, N., Potgieter, H. & Gerber, W. (2003). Monitoring Alcohol and Drug Abuse Trends in South Africa (July 1996 – December 2002). SACENDU Research Briefs

Rehm, J., Anderson, P., Kanteres, F., Parry, C.D., Samokhvalov, A.V., & Patra, J. (2009). Alcohol, social development and infectious disease. Stockholm: Ministry of Health & Social Affairs, Sweden. (pdf format, 971 kb)

Room, R., Carlini-Cotrim, B., Gureje, O., Jernigan, D., Mäkelä, K., Marshall, M., Medina-Mora, M.E., Monteiro, M., Parry, C.D.H., Partanen, J., Riley, L., & Saxena, S. (2002). Alcohol and the Developing World: A public Health Perspective [Summary]. Helsinki: Finnish Foundation of Alcohol Studies in collaboration with the WHO. (pdf format, 143 kb)

Schneider, M., Norman, R., Parry, C., Bradshaw, D., & Plüddemann, A. (2007). Estimating the burden of alcohol abuse in South Africa in 2000: Methodological note. MRC: Parow.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. South Africa Country Profile 2002.

UN Office on Drugs and Crime. (2003). Strategic programme framework on
crime and drugs for Southern Africa
.

UNODC. (2004). Conducting effective substance abuse prevention work among the youth in South Africa. Pretoria: UNODC.
http://www.unodc.org/pdf/southafrica/
south_africa_guidelines_abuse_prevention.pdf

van As, A. The taxing issue of alcohol abuse: Establishing an alcohol injury
fund. Science in Africa. January 2004
(http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2004/january/injuryfund.htm)

Viljoen, D., Craig, P., Hymbaugh, K., Boyle, C., Blount, S.(2003). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome --- South Africa, 2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report July 18, Vol. 52 No. 28

Visser, M. Moleko, A. High-risk behaviour of primary school learners. MRC Urban Health & Development Bulletin, 2(1), 1999.

Wendee Wechsberg, Charles Parry, Rachel Jewkes. Policy brief: Drugs, Sex, and Gender-Based Violence: The Intersection of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic with Vulnerable Women in South Africa - Forging a Multilevel Collaborative Response. 2008 (pdf format, 212 kb)

Western Cape Liquor Bill, 2008

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