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What Has Happened Since – 2020 Report
The Nordic Alcohol and Drug Policy Network (NordAN) was established in September 2000 as a network of non-governmental, voluntary organisations. Their aim is to reduce the consumption of alcohol and other drugs and support restrictive...
Merokok Sangat Meningkatkan Risiko Komplikasi setelah Operasi
Sebuah studi bersama yang dilakukan oleh Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia dan University of Newcastle di Australia telah menemukan bahwa orang yang berhenti merokok tembakau setidaknya empat minggu sebelum mereka menjalani operasi memiliki risiko...
Should Cigarette Pack Sizes be Capped?
In an attempt to prevent harmful tobacco use, countries have introduced policies such as the minimum number of cigarettes. This increases the cost of buying a packet of tobacco and it is hoped it will deter young people from buying.
In...
Handbook on Quality Standards for Interventions Aimed at Drug Experienced Young People in Contact with Criminal Justice Systems
Executive Summary
As one of the objectives of the European Health Programme project “Exchanging Prevention practices on Polydrug use among youth in Criminal justice systems” (EPPIC), the present handbook of quality standards was produced...
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder in Jails and Prisons: A Planning and Implementation Toolkit
People who have been incarcerated are approximately 100 times more likely to die by overdose in the first two weeks after their release than the general public. Despite high rates of opioid use disorder among justice-involved individuals...
Menjembatani Kesenjangan pada NCD: Dari Janji Global ke Kemajuan Lokal
Penyakit Tidak Menular (PTM) diakui sebagai pembunuh dan penyebab kecacatan terbesar di dunia, yang merupakan krisis kesehatan global yang memerlukan respons kebijakan yang mendesak. Hal ini diakui oleh para pemimpin dunia pada tiga...
Call for Team Applications: Fifteenth Annual Sloboda and Bukoski SPR Cup
Significant advances in prevention science are often due to a team of individuals working closely together across many years. In recognition of the importance of the collaborative process to the field, the Society for Prevention Research...
Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Regular Use and Mental Health
Cannabis is one of the most widely used psychoactive substances in Canada.
The complex relationship between cannabis use and mental disorders has garnered significant attention as a public health issue
This is the first in a series of...
Rencana Aksi tentang Minum Remaja dan Minum Episodik Berat (2014–2016)
Pada tanggal 16 September 2014, Uni Eropa (UE) Negara-negara Anggota, yang diwakili oleh Komite Kebijakan dan Tindakan Alkohol Nasional (CNAPA), mengesahkan Rencana Aksi tentang Minum Remaja dan Minum Episodik Berat (Pesta Minum) (2014-2016...
Penggunaan Alkohol, Ketergantungan Alkohol dan Kondisi Kesehatan Mental
Beberapa faktor risiko utama untuk penyakit tidak menular (PTM) telah diidentifikasi, termasuk penggunaan alkohol yang berbahaya.
Setengah populasi dunia minum alkohol, dan penggunaan alkohol berbahaya adalah penyebab utama ketiga...
Substance Misuse and Young People: Critical Issues
Substance Misuse and Young People: Critical Issues is a comprehensive source of information on young people’s requirements for assessment, treatment and other interventions because of their misuse of substances. It highlights approaches...
Lisbon Addictions: Presentations & Posters
Following their 2019 conference, the Lisbon Addictions team have gathered posters and information about the presentations from the event.
The co-producers have built coherent packages of topical strands, sessions and guided poster tours...
UTC 6 and UTC 7 Training Report
The Education and Training Unit of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) organised training on “UTC 06- Case Management for Addiction Professionals and UTC 07- Crisis Intervention for Addiction Professionals” for 28 staff...
Goal Commitment Predicts Cannabis Use for Adolescents in Treatment
Background: Commitment to change is an innovative potential mediator and mechanism of behaviour change (MOBC) that has not been examined in adolescents with cannabis use. The Adolescent Substance Abuse Goal Commitment (ASAGC) questionnaire...
Rapid Increase in the Prevalence of Cannabis Use Among People with Depression in the United States, 2005–17: The Role of Differentially Changing Risk Perceptions
Abstract
Aims
To estimate trends in the prevalence of cannabis use and risk perceptions of cannabis use from 2005 to 2017 among United States people with and without depression.
Design
Linear time trends of the prevalence of any...
Alcohol and Cancer Risks: A Guide for Health Professionals
Drinking alcohol increases the risk of mouth cancer, pharyngeal (upper throat) cancer, oesophageal (food pipe) cancer, laryngeal (voice box) cancer, breast cancer, bowel cancer and liver cancer.
Having conversations with patients about...
WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use 2000-2025
Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers. WHO has estimated that tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) is currently responsible for the death of about six million people across...
Global Drug Survey 2020
GDS 2020 — GDS believes that the expertise and experience of people who use alcohol and other drugs can be used to inform the creation of better drug policy, whilst helping people use drugs more safely, regardless of the legal status of...
Gangguan Psikotik Rawat Inap Terkait dengan Penyalahgunaan atau Ketergantungan Ganja
Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol - senyawa psikoaktif yang ditemukan dalam ganja - mengaktifkan bagian otak yang bertanggung jawab untuk kognisi, persepsi, kecemasan, ketakutan, memori dan penghargaan.
Ada perdebatan terus-menerus tentang...
Teen E-Cigarette Use Doubles Since 2017
Data from the 2019 Monitoring the Future Survey of 8th, 10th and 12th graders show alarmingly high rates of e-cigarette use compared to just a year ago, with rates doubling in the past two years.
The Monitoring the Future Survey...
