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Pubs Quizzed: What Publicans Think about Policy, Public Health and the Changing Trade
Key Points
- There is significant common ground between public health bodies and publicans, and scope to develop policies approved of by both groups
- Many publicans are deeply concerned about harmful alcohol consumption
- Both...
Characteristics of Persons Who Inject Drugs and Who Witness Opioid Overdoses in Vietnam
Abstract
Background
Persons who use opioids have a high risk of overdose and associated mortality. In Vietnam, little is known about the characteristics of this population and the persons who are witness to those overdoses. One...
Barriers to Retention in Methadone Maintenance Therapy among People who Inject Drugs in Bangkok
Abstract
Background
Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is a mainstay for treating opioid use disorder and preventing and managing HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID). While previous research suggested low dosing of methadone and...
The Importance of Nutrition for Recovery from Addiction
How important is nutrition for recovery from Substance Use Disorders (SUDs)?
According to new research published in the academic journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence the answer is: very.
The paper, which looked at the relationship...
Dual Disorders: A New Way to Think about Addiction?
Despite a growing evidence base and numerous policy changes, the association between addiction and other mental health problems is often ignored.
It remains that many patients with Substance Use Disorder (SUDs) also have Other...
Synthetic Cathinone and Cannabinoid Designer Drugs Pose a Major Risk for Public Health
As part of an increasing worldwide use of designer drugs, recent use of compounds containing cathinones and synthetic cannabinoids is especially prevalent. Here, we reviewed current literature on the prevalence, epidemiology, bio-behavioral...
Mobile Technology to Increase HIV/HCV Testing and Overdose Prevention/Response among People Who Inject Drugs
The United States faces dramatically increasing rates of opioid overdose deaths, as well as persistent ongoing problems of undiagnosed HIV and HCV infection. These problems commonly occur together in substance using populations that have...
Energy Drinks, Drug Use and the Developing Brain
New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found that university students who regularly consume energy drinks are more likely to develop alcohol use disorders later in life. The same students are also at greater...
Why Are Females More Sensitive to the Effects of Cocaine?
Previous research has shown that females report more intense highs from cocaine use than do males, and that the former are more likely to become addicted to the drug, given the presence of the female hormone estradiol. However, little is...
Rates and Correlates of Binge Drinking among College Students with Disabilities
How States Are Tackling the Opioid Crisis
Drug Matrix Cell A1: Interventions - Ways to Reduce the Harm
Initiates a fortnightly course on the evidence base for harm reduction and treatment in relation to illegal drugs. Comprehensively updated, the cell explores key research on interventions to reduce the harms to the user as a result of their...
Avoidable Emergency Department Visits: A Starting Point
Abstract
Objective
To better characterize and understand the nature of a very conservative definition of ‘avoidable’ emergency department (ED) visits in the United States to provide policy-makers insight into what interventions can...
Environmental Stressors, Socioeconomic Factors, and Alcohol-Related Problems among Argentinian College Students
Abstract:
Introduction: The relationship between alcohol consumption, individual characteristics, and alcohol-related problems may vary according to environmental characteristics in certain populations.
Objective: To explore the...
The Use of Solvent Inhalants among “Street Children” in Mexico
Abstract:
Introduction: The use of solvent inhalants has been documented in Mexico since the 1970s. Nevertheless, very little is known about the distribution and use dynamics among “street children”. Few have ventured to study this issue...
Senior Project Manager for the program COPOLAD II
FIIAPP requires hiring by employment contract for work and one of the technicians of COPOLAD II program projects. The duration, linked to the duration of the project is estimated at 28 months.
Overdose Deaths Related to Fentanyl and Its Analogs
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Illicitly manufactured fentanyl has become a significant contributor to unintentional overdose deaths in the United States.
What is added by this report?
Approximately 90% of...
Trends in Deaths Involving Heroin and Synthetic Opioids Excluding Methadone, and Law Enforcement Drug Product Reports
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Opioid overdose deaths in the United States have been increasing since 1999, initially driven by prescription opioid misuse and more recently by heroin and other illicit opioid use.
W...
Smartphone Ownership among US Adult Cigarette Smokers
ABSTRACT
Background: Despite increasing interest in smartphone apps as a platform for delivery of tobacco cessation interventions, no previous studies have evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of smokers who can access smartphone...
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