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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speaker - Professor Michael Farrell, Day 1, Track 1, 09:00 - 10:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th May 2022.
Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speaker - Professor Michael Farrell
Responding to Global Stimulant Use: Challenges and Opportunities
Seminar on Role of Students against Drugs
Seminar on Role of Students against Drugs
GC University Lahore organized a special program on drugs, Major General Ghulam Shabbir Narejo DG ANF Pakistan was chief guest and Brig Rashid Minhas RD ANF Punjab was special guest. Principal Prof...
WHA adopts Global Alcohol Action Plan
On Friday 27 May in Geneva, the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030, a key global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.
Helping Military Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Parents
Children grieve in different ways. Military children face unique challenges after the death of a service member. Some may develop traumatic grief responses, making it more difficult to cope.
Here are ways to recognize and help your...
Call for papers: International Mental Health Journal
Mexico's National Institute of Psychiatry, "Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz" began editing its official publication in 1977, "Salud Mental", which is currently indexed in: WoS, ScopuS, Academic Search Premier, SciELO, PsycINFO, IMBIOMED, RedALyC...
Συσχέτιση μεταξύ του ιστορικού καπνίσματος και της συνολικής επιβίωσης σε ασθενείς που λαμβάνουν pembrolizumab για θεραπεία πρώτης γραμμής προχωρημένου μη μικροκυτταρικού καρκίνου του πνεύμονα
Αφηρημένος
Σημασία Υπάρχει ανάγκη προσαρμογής των θεραπειών στους ασθενείς που είναι πιθανότερο να αποκομίσουν το μεγαλύτερο όφελος από αυτές, ώστε να βελτιωθούν τα αποτελέσματα των ασθενών και να ενισχυθεί η σχέση κόστους...
Variations in national availability of waivered buprenorphine prescribers by racial and ethnic composition of zip codes
Background
Opioid overdose remains a public health crisis in diverse communities. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an almost 40% increase in drug fatalities primarily due to opioid analogues of both stimulants and opioids. Medications...
A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada
Background
Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely under utilised among youth, most only accessing support when in crisis. Few...
Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
This report presents the latest clinical evidence on how cannabis use during pregnancy and breastfeeding can affect a developing fetus and infant.
Key points include: the effects of cannabis can be passed onto the fetus through the...
Effect of Community Support on the Implementation of Primary Health Care-Based Measurement of Alcohol Consumption
Abstract
Alcohol measurement delivered by health care providers in primary health care settings is an efficacious and cost-effective intervention to reduce alcohol consumption among patients. However, this intervention is not yet...
Νέες Ψυχοδραστικές Ουσίες (NPS): Συνθετικά Παραισθησιογόνα/ Συνθετικά Κατασταλτικά
Το δεύτερο διαδικτυακό σεμινάριο φιλοξενήθηκε από το ISSUP Pakistan και επικεντρώθηκε στα συνθετικά παραισθησιογόνα / συνθετικά κατασταλτικά.
Is fetal brain monoamine oxidase inhibition the missing link between maternal smoking and conduct disorders?
Abstract
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness in the world today. Prenatal cigarette smoke exposure (PCSE) is a particularly insidious form because so many of its associated health effects befall the unborn child and...
Changes in Alcohol Use in Denmark during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
Introduction: The year 2020 was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Policy responses to COVID-19 affected social and economic life and the availability of alcohol. Previous research has shown an overall small decrease in alcohol...
Associations of common mental disorder with alcohol use in the adult general population
Abstract
Background and Aims
Research has shown that alcohol use and common mental disorders co-occur; however, little is known about how the global prevalence of alcohol use compares across different common mental disorders. The aim...
Birth Outcomes of Neonates Exposed to Marijuana in Utero A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Abstract
Importance While some studies have found an association between marijuana use and adverse neonatal outcomes, results have not been consistent across all trials.
Objective To assess available data on neonatal outcomes in...
Call for Papers- Drug Addiction Research in China
Drug addiction has been a major public health problem bringing a heavy burden to patients, families and society in China historically and contemporarily. In the recent two decades, animal and clinical research on mechanisms, trajectories...
Reducing the harm from alcohol by regulating cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotion
This comprehensive report details the full extent of the way that alcohol is being marketed across national borders – often by digital means – and often regardless of the social, economic or cultural environment in receiving countries.
I...
Peer-facilitated treatment access for hepatitis C: The Live Hep C Free project
This article explores the lessons learned during the implementation of a peer-facilitated hepatitis C virus hepatitis C testing and treatment access project called the Live Hep C Free project in contributing to micro-elimination efforts.
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Words Matter Language Guide
The need to change our language in relation to people who use drugs has become an increasing topic of discussion, but there is still a long way to go. People who use drugs are highly diverse and their relationship with drug use takes many...
