Scottish Government

Kate Skellington Orr
MVA Limited
David Shewan
Glasgow Caledonian University

ISBN 0 7559 6218 4

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Contents

Executive Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction
Policy Context
The Review Strategy
Research Caveats
Presentation of the Review Findings

Chapter 2: Nature of Volatile Substance Abuse
Definitional Issues
Abused Products
Methods of Abuse
Environments of Abuse
User Profiles
Epidemiology and Other Drug Use
Psycho-Social Correlates of Volatile Substance Abuse
Physiological and Psychological Correlates of Volatile
Substance Abuse
Deaths Associated with VSA

Chapter 3: Estimating the Prevalence of VSA
Introduction
Prevalence Surveys and Statistics
Survey Limitations
Other Scottish Data

Chapter 4: Effective Communication of VSA Messages
Introduction
Media Representations of VSA
Key Stakeholders and Target Audiences
Drug Education
Awareness Raising Campaigns
Local Communications

Chapter 5: Successful Prevention of VSA
Introduction
Harm Minimisation
Effective Interventions
Availability and Sales of Substances
Product Modifications

Chapter 6: Tackling VSA in the Future
Introduction
Summary of Key Findings
Nature and Volume of Evidence
Gaps in the Evidence
The Way Forward

Appendix 1: Substances and Products of Abuse from the Research

References