In 2009, Mexico reformed its health law to partially decriminalize drug possession considered for personal use and to increase mandatory referrals to certified drug rehabilitation centers in lieu of incarceration...
This document responds to the need to have tools that are standardized for the comprehensive management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in clinical practice. The working group that developed this document was based on the clinical practice...
Cannabis is globally the most commonly used psychoactive substance under international control. In 2013, an estimated 181.8 million people aged 15-64 years used cannabis for nonmedical purposes globally (UNODC, 2015). There is...
Through a simulation study, we estimated the potential effects of better detection of hypertension and improved screening for alcohol problems with subsequent interventions. Results showed that if 50% of Spanish males between 40...
The potential benefits that can lead to an improvement in the detection and treatment of high blood pressure and alcohol-related problems are studied through a simulation. The results show that if Spanish 50% of men between 40...
Dementia is a prevalent condition, affecting 5–7% of people aged 60 years and older, and a leading cause of disability in people aged 60 years and older globally. We aimed to examine the association between alcohol...
Guide to clinical advice for treatment and rehabilitation programs in drugs in specific population of adult women.
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Objective: To assess the epidemiological association of smoking status and tinnitus with a systematic review and meta-analysis and to estimate the population attributable risk in Germany.
Data sources: A systematic literature...
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This paper focuses on Kenya’s course of action to address the drug problem, specifically, treatment and rehabilitation of persons with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). Treatment and rehabilitation of persons with SUDs was...
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Background: Although some data existed suggesting that there was high prevalence of drug use among the general population in Kenya with 39-48% of 15-65 year olds having used alcohol and at least one other substance, there was a...
Introduction: The study investigates health and social conditions among pregnant substance abusers and the children that were born from these pregnancies, and analyses outcomes in relation to type of substance abuse.
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Background: Salt consumption activates the brain reward system, inducing cravings and the search for salted food. Its excessive intake is associated with high blood pressure and obesity. The high quantity of salt in processed...
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Nearly all adult smokers first try cigarettes before the age of 18 years. Tobacco-advertising activities, among other factors, including peer influence and price, are associated with...
[ABSTRACT]. Objective: To analyze trends in mortality due to diseases and conditions fully attributable to alcohol in Brazil. Methods: This was an ecological time-series study. Proportional, specific, and age-standardized...
Breast cancer survivors who consume alcohol excessively are at increased risk of recurrence and have worse prognosis. Because the environments in which people live shape many health behaviors, there has been...
Question: What is the association of cigar, pipe, and cigarette use with mortality risk in the US population?
Findings: In this nationally representative longitudinal cohort study of 357 420 participants comparing exclusive...
The present compendium of chemical characterization of Fumables cocaine is part of the cocaine Fumables project in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, coordinated by the Inter-American Observatory on drugs of the Inter-American...
Trials challenge the need for the widely accepted policy of making opioid-dependent patients take their methadone or other opioid substitutes at the clinic or pharmacy, but ‘no difference’ findings may be due to the limitations of the...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new report Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda.
The document has been prepared by the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Workgroup which was formed...
The last decade has seen the emergence of new internet technologies that have acted as important facilitators of online drug markets. The internet now hosts a range of virtual marketplaces (both on the surface and deep web) for...
