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Multiple Fentanyl Overdoses — New Haven, Connecticut, June 23, 2016
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Fentanyl and its analogs have been substituted for heroin and other opioids, and are usually marketed to persons seeking opioids. Because of fentanyl’s high potency compared with heroin...
Enzymes Involved in Cocaine Metabolism: A New Pharmacologic Approach to Treat Overdose Due to Cocaine
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Introduction: New therapeutic strategies against cocaine overdose toxicity have been developed. These new approaches are based on the design and synthesis of proteins involved in the destruction of cocaine before...
Fattori sistemici e individuali nel processo di ricerca del trattamento con buprenorfina: uno studio qualitativo
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Sfondo: L'uso di oppioidi è un problema significativo in Alaska. Il trattamento assistito da farmaci per l'uso di oppioidi, compresa la buprenorfina, riduce i sintomi di astinenza e il danno associato all'abuso di oppioidi...
Revisione del sistema di trattamento dell'abuso di droga in Inghilterra
La revisione recentemente pubblicata da Public Health England rivela che il sistema di trattamento dell'abuso di droga del paese sta funzionando bene. Tuttavia, ci sono ancora diversi settori che richiedono miglioramenti.
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Delaying Marijuana Use to Age 17 Is Better for the Teenage Brain
The longer teenagers delay the use of marijuana, the better it is for their developing brains. However, a new study has found that there may be little adverse effect if one starts smoking the drug after the age of 17. According to the...
Plans for a Smoke-Free Finland Gather Pace
Finland plans to cut consumption of tobacco products - in any form – to less than 2% among adults by 2040. As is the case with many industrialised countries, Finland’s smoking rates have decreased in recent years as a result of various...
Adolescenza spensierata: un business rischioso
È ampiamente accettato che gli adolescenti sono predisposti a indulgere in comportamenti a rischio, più degli adulti. I ricercatori del Max Planck Institute for Human Development ci hanno recentemente fornito nuove informazioni sulle...
New Online Training for Practitioners, Peer Mentors and Service Managers
This new platform allows substance misuse, probation and prison services to upskill their workforces in a scalable and consistent way, and optimise their use of the digital behaviour change programme Breaking Free.
Service providers can...
Healthy Nightlife Toolbox - Risorse per creare ambienti di vita notturna più sicuri
L'Healthy Nightlife Toolbox (HNT) è un'iniziativa internazionale che si concentra sulla riduzione dei danni derivanti dall'uso di alcol e droghe tra i giovani.
L'Healthy Nightlife Toolbox raccoglie e fornisce informazioni sugli...
Risorsa gratuita per la valutazione degli interventi di prevenzione e trattamento della droga
La Banca degli strumenti di valutazione (BEI) è una banca dati online di risorse liberamente disponibili per valutare i programmi e le iniziative di prevenzione e trattamento della droga. È possibile cercare nell'archivio per tipo di...
Tobacco and Cancer: Epidemiology and New Perspectives of Prevention and Monitoring in Mexico
Tobacco smoking is a causal risk factor of at least 16 different types of cancer. In Mexico, smoking causes 6,035 premature deaths annually of lung cancer and 5,154 from other types. Additionally, 16,408 new smoking attributable cases are...
Readiness and Barriers to Adopt Evidence-Based Practices for Substance Abuse Treatment in Mexico
Evidence shows a lag in the adoption of evidence-based practices for substance abuse treatment and supports the need for studying the factors involved in this worldwide problem.
The Public Health Burden of Alcohol and the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Policies
This review was commissioned by the Department of Health, which asked Public Health England (PHE) to provide an overview of alcohol-related harm in England and possible policy solutions. The present report offers a broad and rigorous...
What is the Purpose of Community Alcohol Partnerships?
Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAPs) are local initiatives which aim to reduce alcohol-related harm. They involve forming partnerships between the drinks industry and local governments with a particular focus on alcohol abuse and anti...
Parental Socioeconomic Status and Teenage Smoking Rates: What's the Link?
In what way is parental socioeconomic status associated with nicotine dependence in children?
This is the question a new study conducted in Norway aimed to find out. The study measured parental socioeconomic status by looking at their...
Trattare la dipendenza da alcol con relazioni positive
Una "alleanza terapeutica", o in altre parole, una relazione positiva e di fiducia tra consulente e paziente, potrebbe essere la chiave per il successo del trattamento della dipendenza da alcol, secondo un nuovo studio. I pazienti che hanno...
ESPAD Report 2015
The European Schools Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) collects comparable data on substance use among 15- to 16-year-old students. It monitors drug usage trends within, as well as, between European countries.
The latest...
Healthier Alternatives and Natural Highs: The Success of the Icelandic Model
Over the past two decades, Iceland has seen teenage smoking, drinking and drug use dramatically decrease. This is partly because of state-funded initiatives which look to promote healthier alternatives, or ‘natural highs’, such as sport, family-orientated activities and cultural provisions.
L'alcol trasforma il cervello in "modalità fame"
L'alcol ha un contenuto calorico molto elevato. Gli esperti, quindi, sono stati a lungo confusi sul motivo per cui le persone spesso mangiano di più dopo aver consumato bevande alcoliche. Nuovi test scientifici mostrano picchi di attività...