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Robust messages for the government from the UK’s official drug policy advisers:

• Ageing profile of multiply-ill heroin users will continue to press up drug-related deaths.
• To counteract this pressure government must maintain investment...

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...

Public Health Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

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...

BACKGROUND

Whereas much is known about the effects of tobacco use, the current state of knowledge regarding non-cigarette nicotine products, such as electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes and other vaping devices), water pipe...

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...

Στις ψυχοκοινωνικές θεραπείες, η θέσπιση της σχέσης πελάτη-εργαζομένου είναι η θεραπεία. Δομημένο γύρω από την κλασική διατύπωση του Carl Rogers για τις «απαραίτητες και επαρκείς συνθήκες» για τη θεραπευτική πρόοδο, το κύτταρο στο Alcohol...

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...

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...

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...

Abstract

Many states have recently made significant changes to their legislation making recreational and/or medical marijuana use by adults legal. Although these laws, for the most part, have not targeted the adolescent population, they...

Strengths and Limitations of this Study

• This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).

• The study...

PREFACE

The UNODC publication Terminology and Information on Drugs introduces basic concepts and materials on substances under international control, which are most frequently manufactured or processed and/or abused, as well as...

The Evaluation Report on Drug Control (2014) for the Sixth Evaluation Round of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM) measures the progress of actions taken by the 34 OAS (Organization of American States) member states to address the...

Summary and Findings

Most people do not use illicit drugs and among those who try them, only a fraction will develop patterns of dependence. Still, drug use constitutes a serious health problem for many people in the Americas. Early age...