This necessary “Correction” is a direct consequence of a comment sent before to the Journal (Pierre Deloie, 05 May 2009)
For information of the readers, this necessary “Correction” is a direct consequence of a comment sent before to the Journal and published on the main article:
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2009, 4:4 Are social norms associated with smoking in French university students? A survey report on smoking correlates Lionel Riou França, Bertrand Dautzenberg, Bruno Falissard and Michel Reynaud
Open access on the internet http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/4/1/4 doi:10.1186/1747-597X-4-4
The readers can go to the internet link (above) to see the comment (my comment). It is published on the column of the right side (Choose “Readers’comments”).
Comment on: Riou França et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 4:9
Study with severe ideological bias (Dr Bertrand Dautzenberg presidency of funding association ACTIF not declared) (Pierre Deloie, 05 May 2009)
Dear Sir,
My daughter in France has informed me of this study that I have read with interest because my daughter is a student at university and because I am myself a smoker. By consequence, I recognize honestly that I am not favourable for banning smoking in the full space of the French universities. I accept that one must not smoke in the classes and amphitheatres and cafeterias but I don’t understand why smoking can be one day forbidden on the entire campus. I think this is an extremist politic imitating the rigorous current in the United States. It is not very adapted to the French culture.
I have remarked that the objective of the study is also to show that “smoke-free universities” (I use the terminology of the article) are a good...
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Comment on: Riou França et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 4:4
Further request for clarification (David Catt, 11 June 2008)
I would like to thank Ms Cecchini for taking the time to post a reply to my remarks about the study. Having read the author’s response I must comment that there are specific issues regarding the treatment and reporting of data that remain unanswered.In Table 9, item D22 shows that a greater percentage of the control group feel they can easily resist pressures to take drugs than the drug education group (78.8% compared with 74.5%). The text on page 11 of the report states that “students who received the curriculum were more likely to say they could resist pressures to use drugs than those who did not receive the program”. Could I ask the authors to account for this seeming contradiction?In Table 5, item D5 shows that the drug education group believes there is less risk in...
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Comment on: Lennox et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 3:8
Reply to questions posed by Mr. Catt. (Marie Cecchini, 22 May 2008)
The topic of drug abuse prevention is not an easy one to solve. It is important to publish findings of each step along the continuum of sound research. This note answers each question raised and shows where to find the information within the publication.As a point of understanding, we have identified ourselves with our credentials and affiliations as authors, we request that Mr Catt likewise provide his credentials and/or affiliations. We note his declaration of "no competing interests," however; in searching on the internet found critical responses posted by a “David Catt” on at least one other site owned by a group with clearly declared prejudice and competing interests. If he is this individual, these affiliations would need to be properly disclosed as they include competing...
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Comment on: Lennox et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 3:8
Request for clarification (David Catt, 08 May 2008)
I'd like to request further clarification of some of the points raised within this paper.Readers would benefit from information explaining how the schools were selected and the decision process that assigned them to treatment or control conditions. It would be useful to see further information about the schools to adjudge whether they were comparable in nature and representative of high schools across the U.S. This information would be particularly valuable as there appear to be considerable differences in the groups’ composition with regard to gender and ethnicity.Within the paper there is a degree of confusion regarding the number of subjects who participated in the research. In Table 2, describing the subjects’ demographics, there is a disagreement between the number of...
read full comment
Comment on: Lennox et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 3:8
Update on the science and policy of absinthe (Dirk Lachenmeier, 21 April 2008)
Since the publication of our article on absinthe in „Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy“ (SATPP) in May 2006 [1], original research shed further light on the thujone issue and a policy change in the US occurred, which led to the re-legalization of the first products.In a recently published study [2], we analyzed thirteen pre-ban absinthes, including many of the largest and most popular brands, for thujone as well as for further parameters that have been hypothesized as contributing to the toxicity of pre-ban absinthe, including naturally occurring herbal essences (e.g. pinocamphone, fenchone), methanol, higher alcohols, copper, and antimony. The results of the analysis show conclusively that the thujone concentration of pre-ban absinthe has been grossly...
read full comment
Comment on: Padosch et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 1:14
daughter (Donna Broussard, 29 April 2007)
My daughter was brought in several times to the ER,with Overdose.She was sent home,never given information where to go for help of any kind.No one seems to care anymore about the drug addicts,they just treat them and try to forget them...quite impossible
read full comment
Comment on: Wechsberg et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2:10
Cultural competence (Jeff Painter, 27 March 2006)
An excellent article. Agencies and organizations that lack cultural competence, will continue to apply interventions that may be ineffective (or harmful) for minority recipients. TC is an example of an intervention designed for men that has been applied to women and youth. In addition, different ethnic groups, sexual orientations, and other cultural elements, may respond differently to TC and most other interventions.I look forward to future articles along this line (i.e., disparities, cultural competency).
read full comment
Comment on: Eliason Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 1:3
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This necessary “Correction” is a direct consequence of a comment sent before to the Journal (Pierre Deloie, 05 May 2009)
For information of the readers, this necessary “Correction” is a direct consequence of a comment sent before to the Journal and published on the main article:
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2009, 4:4
Are social norms associated with smoking in French university students? A survey report on smoking correlates
Lionel Riou França, Bertrand Dautzenberg, Bruno Falissard and Michel Reynaud
Open access on the internet
http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/4/1/4
doi:10.1186/1747-597X-4-4
The readers can go to the internet link (above) to see the comment (my comment). It is published on the column of the right side (Choose “Readers’comments”).
With respect,
P. Deloie... read full comment
Comment on: Riou França et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 4:9
Study with severe ideological bias (Dr Bertrand Dautzenberg presidency of funding association ACTIF not declared) (Pierre Deloie, 05 May 2009)
Dear Sir,
My daughter in France has informed me of this study that I have read with interest because my daughter is a student at university and because I am myself a smoker. By consequence, I recognize honestly that I am not favourable for banning smoking in the full space of the French universities. I accept that one must not smoke in the classes and amphitheatres and cafeterias but I don’t understand why smoking can be one day forbidden on the entire campus. I think this is an extremist politic imitating the rigorous current in the United States. It is not very adapted to the French culture.
I have remarked that the objective of the study is also to show that “smoke-free universities” (I use the terminology of the article) are a good... read full comment
Comment on: Riou França et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 4:4
Further request for clarification (David Catt, 11 June 2008)
I would like to thank Ms Cecchini for taking the time to post a reply to my remarks about the study. Having read the author’s response I must comment that there are specific issues regarding the treatment and reporting of data that remain unanswered.In Table 9, item D22 shows that a greater percentage of the control group feel they can easily resist pressures to take drugs than the drug education group (78.8% compared with 74.5%). The text on page 11 of the report states that “students who received the curriculum were more likely to say they could resist pressures to use drugs than those who did not receive the program”. Could I ask the authors to account for this seeming contradiction?In Table 5, item D5 shows that the drug education group believes there is less risk in... read full comment
Comment on: Lennox et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 3:8
Reply to questions posed by Mr. Catt. (Marie Cecchini, 22 May 2008)
The topic of drug abuse prevention is not an easy one to solve. It is important to publish findings of each step along the continuum of sound research. This note answers each question raised and shows where to find the information within the publication.As a point of understanding, we have identified ourselves with our credentials and affiliations as authors, we request that Mr Catt likewise provide his credentials and/or affiliations. We note his declaration of "no competing interests," however; in searching on the internet found critical responses posted by a “David Catt” on at least one other site owned by a group with clearly declared prejudice and competing interests. If he is this individual, these affiliations would need to be properly disclosed as they include competing... read full comment
Comment on: Lennox et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 3:8
Request for clarification (David Catt, 08 May 2008)
I'd like to request further clarification of some of the points raised within this paper.Readers would benefit from information explaining how the schools were selected and the decision process that assigned them to treatment or control conditions. It would be useful to see further information about the schools to adjudge whether they were comparable in nature and representative of high schools across the U.S. This information would be particularly valuable as there appear to be considerable differences in the groups’ composition with regard to gender and ethnicity.Within the paper there is a degree of confusion regarding the number of subjects who participated in the research. In Table 2, describing the subjects’ demographics, there is a disagreement between the number of... read full comment
Comment on: Lennox et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 3:8
Update on the science and policy of absinthe (Dirk Lachenmeier, 21 April 2008)
Since the publication of our article on absinthe in „Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy“ (SATPP) in May 2006 [1], original research shed further light on the thujone issue and a policy change in the US occurred, which led to the re-legalization of the first products.In a recently published study [2], we analyzed thirteen pre-ban absinthes, including many of the largest and most popular brands, for thujone as well as for further parameters that have been hypothesized as contributing to the toxicity of pre-ban absinthe, including naturally occurring herbal essences (e.g. pinocamphone, fenchone), methanol, higher alcohols, copper, and antimony. The results of the analysis show conclusively that the thujone concentration of pre-ban absinthe has been grossly... read full comment
Comment on: Padosch et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 1:14
daughter (Donna Broussard, 29 April 2007)
My daughter was brought in several times to the ER,with Overdose.She was sent home,never given information where to go for help of any kind.No one seems to care anymore about the drug addicts,they just treat them and try to forget them...quite impossible read full comment
Comment on: Wechsberg et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2:10
Cultural competence (Jeff Painter, 27 March 2006)
An excellent article. Agencies and organizations that lack cultural competence, will continue to apply interventions that may be ineffective (or harmful) for minority recipients. TC is an example of an intervention designed for men that has been applied to women and youth. In addition, different ethnic groups, sexual orientations, and other cultural elements, may respond differently to TC and most other interventions.I look forward to future articles along this line (i.e., disparities, cultural competency). read full comment
Comment on: Eliason Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 1:3