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New Evidence in Mice That Cocaine Makes Brain Cells Cannibalize Themselves
Working with mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have contributed significant new evidence to support the idea that high doses of cocaine kill brain cells by triggering overactive autophagy, a process in which cells literally digest their...
ISSUP Mexico 2017
Πρότυπα και βέλτιστες πρακτικές θεραπείας του ΕΚΠΝΤ
Can Abstaining from Alcohol Help to Fight the Spread of HIV?
Studies have shown that alcohol may play a role in more that 13% of deaths resulting from infectious diseases, including HIV.
Evidence suggests that alcohol consumption negatively affects the fight against HIV primarily by:
- Increasing...
Young People are More Likely to Report Seeing Alcohol Advertising Online, Pilot Study Finds
An American pilot study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research has found that underage youngsters between 13 and 20 years old are more likely than adults to report seeing alcohol marketing online. The...
Ελάχιστη τιμή αλκοόλ που πρέπει να κυκλοφορήσει σε όλο το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο;
Το 2012 εγκρίθηκε ελάχιστη τιμή 50p ανά μονάδα οινοπνεύματος από βουλευτές του Σκωτσέζικου Κοινοβουλίου (MSPs). Η απόφαση αντιμετώπισε πολλές νομικές προκλήσεις από τη βιομηχανία ποτών πριν τα δικαστήρια της Σκωτίας αποφασίσουν υπέρ της τον...
Πλατιά μάτια και μπερδεμένες λέξεις: Οι κίνδυνοι της ανάμειξης αλκοόλ με ενεργειακά ποτά
Η ανάμειξη ενεργειακών ποτών με αλκοόλ γίνεται όλο και πιο δημοφιλής. Και όμως, πρόσφατες έρευνες δείχνουν ότι ο συνδυασμός των δύο θα μπορούσε να είναι επικίνδυνος, περισσότερο από το να πίνει αλκοόλ από μόνος του ή με πιο παραδοσιακά...
Το προσωπικό της ISSUP στο προσκήνιο: Jeff Lee
Περιορισμένες ευκαιρίες; Φροντίδα ατόμων με διαταραχές χρήσης ουσιών
ISSUP at the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
New Alcohol Awareness Website
The Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) has launched a new alcohol awareness website. ‘Ask About Alcohol’ provides information on health risks associated with drinking alcohol to enable people to manage their own health better. Furthermore...
Podcast: Do Tobacco Cessation Interventions Provided during Substance Abuse Treatment or Recovery Help Tobacco Users to Quit?
Smoking rates in people with alcohol and other drug dependencies are two to four times those of the general population. Concurrent treatment of tobacco dependence has been limited due to concern that these interventions are not successful...
Οπιοειδή που συνδέονται με την αύξηση των θανάτων από υπερβολική δόση κοκαΐνης
Η ηρωίνη και τα συνθετικά οπιοειδή ωθούν σε αύξηση των θανάτων από υπερβολική δόση κοκαΐνης. Αυτό σύμφωνα με μια εθνική έρευνα που πραγματοποιήθηκε από ερευνητές στο Εθνικό Ινστιτούτο για την Κατάχρηση Ναρκωτικών (NIDA) μεταξύ άλλων...
Illuminating the Dark Web
The Economist reports that the drug trade is moving from the street to so-called online ‘cryptomarkets’, or secret virtual-shop-fronts.
Online markets currently facilitate a comparatively small amount of illegal drug sales. Nonetheless...
Alcohol Use Disorders Webinar
The Progress in Mind Resource Centre held a one-hour webinar on alcohol use disorders. The webinar was delivered by Wim van den Brink, Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam, and Steve Brinksman, GP and...
The Opiate Epidemic - Free Access Article Collection
Although the abuse of many substances has declined across the globe in recent years, the misuse of prescription and non-medical pharmaceutical opioids has significantly increased. The Taylor & Francis Group, which publishes peer-reviewed...
Great Resources for Teachers
Are you a teacher? Are you looking for materials or lesson plans on the effects of drugs and drug abuse? The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has created a great database of more than 70 teacher materials on the effects of drugs and...
Training of Peer Educators at Tihar Central Jail
SPYM has started a prison intervention program among drug abusing youth who are inmates of the Central Jail, Tihar in New Delhi. Peer educators have been identified and a training program was conducted by Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Executive...
Drug Misuse Prevention: Targeted Interventions
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released guidelines that cover targeted interventions to prevent misuse of drugs, including illegal drugs, ‘legal highs’ and prescription-only medicines. It aims to prevent or...
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