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    Heroin-gel capsules and groin injecting practices among ethnic Vietnamese in Melbourne, Australia

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    Authors
    Higgs, P.
    Dwyer, Robyn
    Duong, D.
    Thach, M.
    Hellard, M.
    Power, R.
    Maher, L.
    Date
    2009
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Higgs, Peter and Dwyer, Robyn and Duong, Duye and Thach, My Li and Hellard, Margaret and Power, Robert and Maher, Lisa. 2009. Heroin-gel capsule cocktails and groin injecting practices among ethnic Vietnamese in Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Drug Policy. 20 (4): pp. 340-346.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Drug Policy
    DOI
    10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.05.001
    ISSN
    0955-3959
    Faculty
    National Drug Research Institute
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    National Drug Research Institute (Research Institute)
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    The link to the journal’s home page is: http://www.ijdp.org/home Copyright © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26556
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Background Evidence of harms associated with temazepam gel capsule injecting among injecting drug users in Australia led to its withdrawal from manufacture in Australia. Subsequently, diphenhydramine gel capsule injecting was identified among a subset of ethnic Vietnamese injecting drug users. Methods Observational fieldwork around an active street-based illicit drug marketplace together with targeted purposive sampling enabled 66 ethnic Vietnamese injecting drug users to be recruited for in-depth interview. Results Data revealed that the injection of gel capsules increases exposure to non-viral infections. Analysis of participant interviews show how participants have established their own ways of reducing these harms including thinning the drug solution by jacking regularly during injection. Controversially, femoral vein administration of diphenhydramine–heroin cocktails was also seen as a harm reduction strategy by participants. Discussion Health education campaigns to address the potentially negative consequences of gel capsule groin injection will not be successful unless health workers and policy makers work with drug users and incorporate local understandings and meanings of risk in health promotion activities.

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