Pada tahun 2020, 1339 kematian terkait narkoba terdaftar di Skotlandia.
Ini adalah peningkatan 5% dibandingkan dengan angka dari 2019.
Temuan kunci lainnya menunjukkan:
The second part of Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs has been published. This report is the second part of a major independent review by Professor Dame Carol Black into the misuse of illegal drugs in England.
The first part of...
Latar: Tidak ada lagi dukungan untuk gagasan bahwa program intervensi singkat saja dapat berkontribusi secara berarti bagi peningkatan kesehatan populasi yang berkaitan dengan alkohol. Akibatnya, seruan untuk inovasi besar dan...
The ‘SSA Addictions Professorship’ scheme aims to support individuals who are already senior academics with established expertise and who wish to move to become part of UK academic growth in addictions research, but who would face potential...
This report shares the findings from Adfam's State of the Sector Family Support Survey which in 2019 asked 117 practitioners and managers working in family support services in England about current trends, developments, strengths and...
Adfam has produced an online toolkit for practitioners working with parents who care for someone who uses drugs or alcohol and is also abusive toward them.
The toolkit contains resources for practitioners to work through with their clients...
Diagnosis ganda adalah istilah yang digunakan untuk menggambarkan orang dengan masalah kesehatan mental, yang juga menyalahgunakan obat-obatan atau alkohol.
Orang yang terkena diagnosis ganda sering jatuh melalui celah-celah layanan publik...
The Effectiveness Bank features a collection of 45 hot topics – essays written by Drug and Alcohol Findings explaining the background and evidence relating to topics which sometimes prompt heated debate.
They are a popular way to get up to...
Pada Juli 2019, Pemerintah Inggris menetapkan ambisinya agar Inggris bebas asap rokok pada tahun 2030. Pedoman pemerintah mengatakan langkah selanjutnya seharusnya diumumkan pada 6 Januari 2020, tetapi belum melakukannya.
Beberapa badan...
Deaths caused by the drug fentanyl are on the rise in the UK, a recent report published by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) warns.
The report, which included a a literature review of the effects of fentanyl, details of...
The Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) is supporting a Commission on Alcohol Harm, consisting of a panel of varied experts.
The Commission on Alcohol Harm has been established to examine the current evidence on alcohol harm, recent trends in...
Diazepam, first marketed as Valium, is a medicine of the benzodiazepine family. It is often used to treat anxiety, spasms, seizures and occasionally withdrawal.
Diazepam typically slows down the functioning of the body and produce a...
Background
Cannabis use is decreasing in England and Wales, while demand for cannabis treatment in addiction services continues to rise. This could be partly due to an increased availability of high-potency cannabis.
Method
Adu...
Drinking to excess takes a huge toll on individuals, families, communities and society as a whole.
Many adult problem drug users have long histories of substance misuse which often starts before the age of 18.
Providing well-funded...
Tobacco contains nicotine, which is highly addictive and can cause dependence. Although many people understand the negative health consequences of smoking for themselves and those around them, cutting down or stopping smoking can be highly...
Objectives: Brief interventions (BI) for smoking and risky drinking are effective and cost-effective policy approaches to reducing alcohol harm currently used in primary care in England; however, little is known about their...
