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Agenda Nacional de Investigación para la Lucha contra las Drogas 2016-2021
La Agenda Nacional de Investigación para la Lucha contra las Drogas 2016 - 2021 define líneas estratégicas y temáticas prioritarias de investigación que abarquen los diferentes aspectos y complejidades de la problemática de las drogas en el...
Καπνός και οι περιβαλλοντικές επιπτώσεις του: Επισκόπηση
Επισκόπηση
Αυτή η επισκόπηση συγκεντρώνει τα υπάρχοντα στοιχεία σχετικά με τους τρόπους με τους οποίους ο καπνός επηρεάζει την ανθρώπινη ευημερία από περιβαλλοντική άποψη – δηλαδή την έμμεση κοινωνική και οικονομική ζημία που προκαλείται...
Alcohol Marketing Regulation: From Research to Public Policy
Introduction
Alcohol marketing, promotion and sponsorship are widespread in most of the world today. Alcohol marketing is evolving constantly and utilizes multiple channels, including youth-oriented radio, television, sports events and...
"Effects of Drugs on Socio-Economic Conditions of Union Council Shoghore District Chitral, Pakistan"
Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
Drug addiction is a pathological or abnormal condition which arises due to frequent or abnormal use of substances which affects human senses and decreased...
Alcohol Taxation Policy in Kyrgyzstan (2017)
Increasing the price of alcohol is one of the most effective policy measures to reduce overall consumption in a country, and hence to reduce the level of alcohol-related harm. Taxation is a common way to control the price of alcoholic...
Μέτρηση της βελτίωσης των γνώσεων σχετικά με τις μεταρρυθμίσεις της πολιτικής για τα ναρκωτικά μετά από ένα πρόγραμμα εκπαίδευσης της αστυνομίας στην Τιχουάνα του Μεξικού
Αφηρημένος
Φόντο
Η «μεταρρύθμιση του narcomenudeo» του Μεξικού το 2009 αποποινικοποίησε μικρές ποσότητες ναρκωτικών, μετατοπίζοντας μέρος της επιβολής του νόμου περί ναρκωτικών στις πολιτείες και επιβάλλοντας την εκτροπή της θεραπείας...
The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
The Drug Addiction and Opioid Crisis
The primary goal of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis is to develop an effective set of recommendations for the President to combat the opioid crisis and...
Η ISSUP συμμετέχει στην ηπειρωτική διαβούλευση της Αφρικανικής Ένωσης για τη μείωση της ζήτησης ναρκωτικών
Η ευρωπαϊκή διαβούλευση της Αφρικανικής Ένωσης για τη μείωση της ζήτησης ναρκωτικών που διοργανώθηκε από την Αφρικανική Ένωση πραγματοποιήθηκε στην Τυνησία από τις 1 έως τις 3 Νοεμβρίου. Η ISSUP προσκλήθηκε να παρευρεθεί και να συμβάλει...
How Can We Demonstrate the Public Value of Evidence-Based Policy Making when Government Ministers Declare that the People ‘Have Had Enough of Experts’?
Abstract
Recent political campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic have led some to argue that we live in the age of ‘post-factual’ or ‘post-truth’ politics, suggesting evidence has a limited role in debate and public policy. How can we...
Tobacco Industry Strategies Undermine Government Tax Policy: Evidence from Commercial Data
Abstract
Objective: Taxation equitably reduces smoking, the leading cause of health inequalities. The tobacco industry (TI) can, however, undermine the public health gains realised from tobacco taxation through its pricing strategies...
Hotel Smoking Policies and Their Implementation
Abstract
Background
Most states in the U.S. permit hotels to allow smoking in some guest rooms, and only five (Indiana, Michigan, North Dakota, Vermont, and Wisconsin) require that all hotel and motel rooms be 100% smoke-free (State...
Delinquency and Substance Misuse Among US Teens See Significant Decline
12- to 17-year-olds in the US are now far less likely to misuse alcohol, nicotine and illegal drugs. The same age group is also less prone to delinquent behaviours, such as stealing and fighting than the generation before. This is according...
Regressive or Progressive? The Effect of Tobacco Taxes in Ukraine
ABSTRACT
Tobacco taxes are usually considered regressive as the poorest individuals allocate larger shares of their budget towards the purchase of tobacco related products. However, because these taxes also discourage tobacco use, some...
Ending the Opioid Crisis: A Practical Guide for State Policymakers
BACKGROUND
Although the opioid epidemic is a national issue, states shoulder the majority of the financial and social burden caused by addiction. Fortunately, there are many actions that states can take to effectively address the opioid...
Drug Policy Evaluation
Drug Policy Evaluation: A Seven-Step Guide to Support the Commissioning and Managing of Evaluations is a new resource from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). The document addresses the key issues...
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Statistics
Executive Summary
Data collected in drug treatment agencies play a prominent role in informing policy makers. Such data often represent the only information collected regularly and consistently over a certain period of time. What is even...
Νέα Εθνική Πολιτική για το Αλκοόλ που ξεκίνησε ο Υπουργός Υγείας
Η νέα Εθνική Πολιτική για το Αλκοόλ για το Μαλάουι βρίσκεται στα σκαριά από το 2008, μια διαδικασία που ξεκίνησε αρχικά από μια ομάδα ΜΚΟ. Στις 18 Αυγούστου, σχεδόν δέκα χρόνια αργότερα, ο υπουργός Υγείας, Atupele Muluzi, θα μπορούσε να...
Policy in Action: A Tool for Measuring Alcohol Policy Implementation
ABSTRACT
Europe has the highest alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable disease burden in the world. In 2011, all 53 Member States of the WHO European Region endorsed the European action plan to reduce the harmful use of alcohol...
Awareness of Standardised Tobacco Packaging among Adults and Young People during the Final Phase of Policy Implementation in Great Britain
Abstract
Background: In May 2016, along with the latest European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), standardised packaging legislation was implemented in the UK. During the following 12-month transition period, both new and old types of...
Pubs Quizzed: What Publicans Think about Policy, Public Health and the Changing Trade
Key Points
- There is significant common ground between public health bodies and publicans, and scope to develop policies approved of by both groups
- Many publicans are deeply concerned about harmful alcohol consumption
- Both...
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