Aims: Tobacco is a major cause of disease and mortality in modern times. The risk of smoking in pregnancy is a serious threat to the development and future health of an unborn child. The aim of this study was to explore the...
On October 26, 2017, President Trump declared the U.S. opioid crisis a national public health emergency under federal law. Written remarks and video are accessible via the links.
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Pajak tembakau biasanya dianggap regresif karena individu termiskin mengalokasikan bagian yang lebih besar dari anggaran mereka untuk pembelian produk terkait tembakau. Namun, karena pajak ini juga mencegah penggunaan tembakau...
Although the opioid epidemic is a national issue, states shoulder the majority of the financial and social burden caused by addiction. Fortunately, there are many actions that states can take to effectively address the opioid...
Keracunan alkohol akut selama pengkodean dapat mengganggu akurasi identifikasi berikutnya, tetapi hasil di seluruh penelitian tidak konsisten, dengan penelitian sering tidak menemukan efek. Sedikit juga yang diketahui tentang...
Individu lesbian, gay, dan biseksual (LGB) melaporkan tingkat penggunaan alkohol dan zat bermasalah yang lebih tinggi daripada rekan-rekan heteroseksual mereka. Perbedaan ini terkait dengan pengalaman stresor spesifik LGB, yang disebut...
This interactive game lets you look into the brain of mice under the influence of different drugs. You can study the different brain mechanisms that are triggered with various common illicit substances.
The use of multiple licit and illicit substances plays an important role in many university students’ lives. Previous research on multiple substance use patterns of university students, however, often fails to...
Background: The approval of 9-δ-tetrahydocannabinol and cannabidiol (THC:CBD) oromucosal spray (Sativex) for the management of treatment-resistant multiple sclerosis (MS) spasticity opened a new opportunity for many patients...
Poin-poin Penting
Pertanyaan: Apakah suntikan intramuskular bulanan dengan pelepasan panjang naltrexone hidroklorida sama efektifnya dengan buprenorfin-naloxone hidroklorida oral harian dalam mengurangi penggunaan heroin dan zat...
Fentanyl dan analognya adalah opioid sintetis yang kuat, yang dapat disalahgunakan. Mereka sering dijual dengan kedok heroin atau obat resep, seperti oxycodone, dan ini memperburuk risiko overdosis dan kematian terkait...
Problem/Condition: Drug overdoses are a leading cause of injury death in the United States, resulting in approximately 52,000 deaths in 2015. Understanding differences in illicit drug use, illicit drug use disorders, and overall...
People who inject drugs (PWID) take on significant risks of contracting blood-borne infection, including injecting with a large number of partners and acquiring needles from unsafe sources. When combined, risk of...
This study set out to explore the effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children, making a direct link between parental drinking habits and the attitudes, behaviours and impacts reported by their children.
It explores the effect...
Most children with in utero alcohol exposure do not exhibit all features of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), and a challenge for clinicians is to make an early diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) to avoid lost...
On-line course moves up to the level of the organisation and its influence on drug-related harm. Learn how in methadone clinics and needle exchanges, misguided ‘good intentions’ placed service users at risk. A possible rule of thumb emerges...
Ketika membahas pendekatan kesehatan masyarakat untuk penggunaan ganja, kompleksitas intervensi peraturan yang ketat untuk perlindungan populasi dihilangkan. Menggunakan pengalaman pemerintah di mana praktik-praktik ini sudah ada...
The integration of different sources of biological information about what defines a behavioral phenotype is difficult to unify in an entity that reflects the arithmetic sum of its individual parts. In this sense, the challenge of Systems...
In the US, less than 10% of adults with co-occurring mental health problems and substance use disorders get treatment for both. 50% do not receive treatment for either.
This highlights the vast discrepancy between the prevalence of co...
The Brain Under Construction – A Window into the Developing Brain is a new debriefing paper by Mentor-Adepis. It forms part of a mini-series on the ‘Brain Under Construction’, which is geared towards helping professionals to better...
