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Abuse of opioids can lead to many adverse consequences including addiction and heightened risk of overdose, however it is being increasingly suggested that even controlled use of prescription opioids may be linked with serious and enduring...
Adolescence is a time where young people go through dramatic changes in body and behaviour. It is an age where young people are most likely to take risks, partake in reward-seeking activities and experience the first symptoms of mental ill...
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) has published its latest report, ‘Dying for a drink’.
Scottish people tend to consume more alcohol than people in England and Wales. Alcohol is a harmful substance and, consumed in...
There were over 9000 fatal overdoses in Europe in 2016. Tackling this concerning issues remains a key priority for public health policy.
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction has published their latest...
Alcohol outlets will open to sell alcohol and meet market demand. The supply and demand are linked so that greater supply will induce yet greater demand. Analysis of neighbourhood structure is important so as to help shape public health...
There has been a steady decline in alcohol consumption in Australia over the past decade. It is important to understand what is encouraging individuals to change their drinking behaviour so as to support the maintenance of these positive...
Young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 who are in college are more likely, compared to their non-college peers, to drink to excess. College drinking remains a significant public health concern with consequences including poorer academic...
The Public Health Agency of Canada has released its latest report on the state of public health, with a spotlight on the prevention of problematic substance use among youth.
Results from the analysis found that almost 80% of Canadians...
This blog post by ICUDDR Executive Director, Kim Johnson, discusses a method for measuring national outcomes of efforts to reduce the number of overdose deaths in the United States.
Zpráva WHO o globálním stavu alkoholu a zdraví tvrdí, že konzumace alkoholu každoročně přispívá k více než 3 milionům úmrtí na celém světě a je sedmým hlavním rizikovým faktorem pro předčasnou smrt a invaliditu.
Světová zdravotnická...
Zneužívání alkoholu i konopí je spojeno s poruchou mentálních funkcí. Pochopení dopadu užívání látek je zvláště důležité při studiu vyvíjejícího se mozku.
Nedávný výzkum, publikovaný v časopise American Journal of Psychiatry, zkoumal...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released its five point strategy to combat opioid abuse, misuse, and overdose.
The five points that the strategy is based on are to:
Síť Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network vydala sadu vzdělávacích balíčků, které mohou používat odborníci pracující s jednotlivci s poruchami opiátů.
Online brožury, které byly speciálně navrženy pro peer příznivce, poradce a...
Guatemala cuenta con una población de 15,073,375 personas, con pirámide poblacional mayoritariamente joven. Este estudio de tipo transversal, descriptivo, correlacional en una muestra de 13,856 estudiantes de ambos sexos, en edades...
Chilské ministerstvo zdravotnictví nedávno zveřejnilo první výsledky Národního zdravotního průzkumu 2016–2017 (Encuesta Nacional de Salud, ENS). Průzkum byl průřezový a využíval vícestupňovou stratifikovanou strategii...
Tobacco control interventions introduced in the United States over the past 50 years have led to notable decrease in smoking and smoking-related diseases, including lung cancer.
In a recent study, published by University of Michigan's...
It has been suggested that cannabis use increases risk of driving collisions through affecting braking and choice reaction time; causing impairment of lane position, disrupting head-way and dynamic tracking; distorting time perception...
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Cíle: Dvě epidemie ve Spojených státech spolu souvisí: injekční užívání opioidů a infekce virem hepatitidy C (HCV). Tato studie kvantifikuje vztah mezi zneužíváním nezákonných léků na předpis a infekcí HCV ve 3 generacích...
Nepití alkoholu mezi mladými lidmi se v Anglii za posledních deset let zvýšilo, ale základní faktor, který tuto změnu způsobuje, není znám. Bylo zjištěno, že tradičně je nepití spojeno s nižším socioekonomickým...
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