Τα προβλήματα χρήσης ουσιών τείνουν να συνυπάρχουν με παράγοντες κινδύνου που είναι ιδιαίτερα διαδεδομένοι σε αστικές κοινότητες με υψηλά ποσοστά φτώχειας. Η παρούσα μελέτη βασίζεται στη Θεωρία Συνδημίας για να κατανοήσει τα προφίλ κινδύνου...
Opioid is abuse prescription pain medication that formulate to replicate of opium.
Prescription painkillers are second only to marijuana as the United States drug of choice. Around 91.8 million Americans aged 18 and above used prescription painkillers in 2014, according to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health...
Η πρόληψη της χρήσης μαριχουάνας μεταξύ των νέων και των νεαρών ενηλίκων είναι μια νέα έκδοση από την Υπηρεσία Δίωξης Ναρκωτικών του Υπουργείου Δικαιοσύνης των ΗΠΑ (DEA).
Παρέχει τα πιο πρόσφατα γεγονότα σχετικά με τη χρήση μαριχουάνας...
OBJECTIVES: Previous research has found that adolescent athletes may be at increased risk of non-medical prescription opioid use (NPOU) due to injuries. Although adolescent athletes are at an increased risk of engaging in NPOU, it...
This Guideis written for primary care and mental health clinicians. It has been produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),a component of the National Institutes of Health, with guidance from...
Background: Research suggests that sexual minorities (e.g. people who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual) are at greater risk for substance use and mental health issues compared with the sexual majority population that...
Η χρήση ηρωίνης στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες έχει λάβει διαστάσεις επιδημίας. Στόχος αυτού του εγγράφου είναι να εκτιμηθεί το ετήσιο κοινωνικό κόστος της διαταραχής χρήσης ηρωίνης στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες το 2015 σε...
This misuse of prescription opioids is a major public health challenge. Buprenorphine-naloxone (bup-nx) is typically used to treat opioid use disorders. However, the drug’s clinical trial primarily involved heroin users. It was therefore...
The over-prescription of opioids is a significant public health issue in the United States. For example, opioids are often prescribed for minor injuries unnecessarily. This, in turn, increases the risk of addiction.
New research presented...
There is a strong link between receptivity to tobacco product advertisements and susceptibility to smoking cigarettes later in life, according to new research published in the journal Pediatrics. Put simply, the study suggests that the more...
Among US neighbourhoods, poverty and disorganisation, that is high levels of crime, drug trafficking and graffiti etc., may increase the risk of problem drinking, more so than the presence of bars or stores that sell alcohol.
In other...
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The United States has experienced a sharp increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence that can be attributed to injection drug use. Some states have used public health laws and treatment...
A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine suggests that a tele-psychiatric approach which uses video-link technology in combination with medicinal treatment in the form of buprenorphine could be as effective as the usual...
Illegal marijuana use and reported cases of addiction have increased more rapidly in US states that passed laws to introduce medical marijuana compared to those that did not. This is according to new research to be published in the journal...
Marijuana use may increase the risk of stroke and heart failure.
This was concluded to be the case even after accounting for demographic and lifestyle risk factors, as well as other health conditions.
The new findings on the potential...
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Fentanyl has a growing presence in the illicit drug market and is involved in an increasing proportion of opioid overdose deaths.
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Approximately two thirds of...
Αυτό το εγχειρίδιο έχει σχεδιαστεί για να διδάξει έννοιες, αξίες και στρατηγικές πολιτιστικής ικανότητας για εμπλοκή και θεραπεία με ισπανόφωνους και Λατίνους με διαταραχές χρήσης ουσιών (SUD). Το εγχειρίδιο εισάγει μια βασική κατανόηση της...
A recent survey which looked at the drug habits of over 20,000 US high-school athletes has found those who play high-contact sports, such as hockey, are more likely to use heroin and prescription opioids for non-medicinal purposes.
The...
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that most commonly occurs in infants after in utero exposure to opioids, although other substances have also been...
