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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
New Alcohol Awareness Website
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...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: The Talker in the Talking Route to Recovery
In psychosocial therapies, the enactment of the client-worker relationship is the treatment. Structured around Carl Rogers’ classic formulation of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” for therapeutic progress, the cell in the Alcohol...
Opioids Linked to Increase in Cocaine-Related Overdose Deaths
Heroin and synthetic opioids are propelling an upsurge of late in cocaine-related overdose deaths. This is according to a national survey carried out by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) amongst other drug...
Illuminare il Dark Web
L'Economist riferisce che il traffico di droga si sta spostando dalla strada ai cosiddetti "criptomercati" online, o vetrine segrete di negozi virtuali.
I mercati online attualmente facilitano una quantità relativamente piccola di vendite...
Webinar sui disturbi da uso di alcol
Il Progress in Mind Resource Centre ha tenuto un webinar di un'ora sui disturbi da uso di alcol. Il webinar è stato tenuto da Wim van den Brink, professore di psichiatria e dipendenza presso l'Università di Amsterdam, e Steve Brinksman...
L'epidemia di oppiacei - Raccolta di articoli ad accesso gratuito
Sebbene l'abuso di molte sostanze sia diminuito in tutto il mondo negli ultimi anni, l'uso improprio di oppioidi farmaceutici da prescrizione e non medici è aumentato in modo significativo. Il Taylor & Francis Group, che pubblica riviste...
Dividere il disegno di legge: l'impatto dell'alcol sull'economia del Regno Unito
Le questioni economiche sono fondamentali per la formazione di politiche sugli alcolici, come la definizione di tasse sugli alcolici, i requisiti di licenza e le normative sul marketing. In particolare, le argomentazioni sul reddito, l...
Counselling Parents and Teens about Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalisation of Marijuana
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...
US Pediatricians Warn of Rising Risks to Youth from Loosening Marijuana Laws
New American Academy of Pediatrics report calls on doctors to help protect patients’ developing brains and bodies from the health harms of marijuana amid increased legalisation
The AAP urges pediatricians screen adolescents and preteens...
Effectiveness of the Gold Standard Programme Compared with Other Smoking Cessation Interventions in Denmark
Strengths and Limitations of this Study
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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%).
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The study was...
Status socioeconomico e fattori di rischio comportamentale di malattie non trasmissibili nei paesi a basso reddito e a reddito medio-basso
RISULTATI
I gruppi socioeconomici bassi hanno una prevalenza significativamente più elevata del consumo di tabacco e alcol rispetto ai gruppi socioeconomici elevati. Questi gruppi hanno anche consumato meno frutta, verdura, pesce e fibre...
Terminology and Information on Drugs
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 definitions...
The Impact of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders on the HIV Continuum of Care
Alcohol use is highly prevalent globally with numerous negative consequences to human health, including HIV progression, in people living with HIV (PLH). The HIV continuum of care, or treatment cascade, represents a sequence of targets for...
Evaluation Report on Drug Control for the Sixth Evaluation Round of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM)
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...
Il problema della droga nelle Americhe: droga e salute pubblica
Sintesi e risultati
La maggior parte delle persone non fa uso di droghe illecite e tra coloro che le provano, solo una frazione svilupperà modelli di dipendenza. Tuttavia, l'uso di droghe costituisce un serio problema di salute per molte...
The Urgent Need to Change the Current Medical Approach on Tobacco Cessation in Latin America
Absract
Despite the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of smoking and the new paradigm of smoking as a disease where nicotine is the drug that modifies the functional and morphological characteristics of...
Participation in School Sports and Marijuana Use among Male and Female Students
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit substance among adolescents. There is a paucity in the literature on the relationship between school sports participation and marijuana use.
Systematic Review: Efficacy and Safety of Medical Marijuana in Selected Neurologic Disorders
ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the efficacy of medical marijuana in several neurologic conditions.
Methods: We performed a systematic review of medical marijuana (1948–November 2013) to address treatment of symptoms of multiple...
Thousands Die without Access to Alcohol Treatment
The BBC reports that almost 8,000 high-risk drinkers died from alcohol-related causes in Wales, UK between 2005 – 2014 without having received treatment for alcohol addiction. This is despite repeated hospital and A&E admissions for as much...
Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or...
