le 13 juin 2000 / June 13, 2000

JAMC 2000; 162(12)

Highlights of this issue Couverture: Dans ce numéro spécial qui aborde les toxicomanies, notre sélection d'articles traduit la grande diversité de points de vue sur des sujets allant de l'implantation d'une politique sur les drogues au risque relatif de préjudice que pose la consommation abusive de diverses substances. (Artwork courtesy of Graham Ross)

	Éditorial · Editorial
1653	The temperate doctor [HTML / PDF]
1655	Le médecin de la tempérance [HTML / PDF]

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Correspondance ˇ Letters [PDF] Directives aux correspondants Is there room in medicine for the family man? F. Burge Training aboriginal health care professionals in Manitoba G. Pinette, et al Studying medicine abroad T. Mastracci If something seems too good to be true ... D.J. Doyle Advertisement for Relenza D. Ages; response: M.D. Levy Electronic wonderland J. Tagg; G. Lindsay; response: P.A. Singer Do the right thing J.V. Frei We protest! A.C. Tiessen; P. Patchell; I.C. Szparaga; response: P. Sullivan

	Recherche ˇ Research
1669	The relative risks and etiologic fractions of different causes of death and disease attributable to alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use in Canada E. Single, J. Rehm, L. Robson, M.V. Truong [HTML / PDF]
1677	Nonmedical drug use among adolescent students: highlights from the 1999 Ontario Student Drug Use Survey E.M. Adlaf, A. Paglia, F.J. Ivis, A. Ialomiteanu [HTML / PDF]
	Research Letter ˇ Exposé de recherche
1685	Self-reported medical use of marijuana: a survey of the general population A.C. Ogborne, R.G. Smart, E.M. Adlaf [HTML / PDF]

	Commentaire ˇ Commentary
1687	Substance abuse: tempering the debate P. Kendall, E. Weir [HTML / PDF]
1688	Stemming needless deaths: "medicalizing" the problem of injection drug use K.D. Stevens [HTML / PDF]
1690	The cannabis policy debate: finding a way forward W. Hall [HTML / PDF]
1693	Substance use: time for drug law reform C. Hankins [HTML / PDF]
1695	Interpreting the relation between injection drug use and harm: a cautionary note J.F. Anderson [HTML / PDF]
	Occasional Essay ˇ Réflexion
1697	Substance abuse and developments in harm reduction Y.W. Cheung [HTML / PDF]

	Synthèse ˇ Review
1705	Identifying and treating patients with alcohol-related problems A.C. Ogborne [HTML / PDF]
1709	Injection drug use and preventive measures: a comparison of Canadian and Western European jurisdictions over time B. Fischer, J. Rehm, T. Blitz-Miller [HTML / PDF]

1717	De l'Oreille Gauche ˇ The Left Atrium [HTML / PDF]
	A is for addiction (book review by P.H. Mark) Knowing the score Night thoughts Quitting smoking The pissin smell One thousand words

1721	Nouvelles et analyses ˇ News and analysis [PDF]
	Ex-nurse becomes first woman to lead MMA British health care system ailing, survey finds Prevention must be health focus in Northern Ontario Nova Scotia slashes health care spending Birth of Nova Scotia midwifery program delayed One of medicine's most famous ORs now a museum Health Canada sounds warning over St. John's wort Screening program lets Alberta test newborns' hearing New Brunswick's limits on physician resources ruled constitutional On the Net: Helping patients untangle a Web of misinformation Quebec doubles its prescription premiums Pulse: Transplant queues grow as donor numbers wane eHealth activity slow, but major growth may be on the horizon Public Health: Substance abuse among physicians Research Update: What's bred in the nerves: discovering the gene for a rare neurodegenerative disease Briefly: Worst asthma symptoms caused by prostaglandin D2 Pathologic protein gives fruit flies Parkinson's disease Ottawa MD makes legal history with huge libel award against CBC Benefits of genetic research must be shared, international genome organization warns Are MDs at risk when they don't offer patients new medical technologies?

1791	Nécrologie ˇ Deaths

	Gens de cœur ˇ Heart and Soul
1792	Inuit physician aims to inspire B. Sibbald [HTML / PDF]

	Supplément spécial ˇ Special Supplement
	An evidence-based approach to the management of uninvestigated dyspepsia in the era of Helicobacter pylori [ PDF ]

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