children

Medications in Drug Treatment – Tackling the Risks to Children

Book

1 April 2014

This report examines cases where children have died or come to harm from ingesting Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) medicines prescribed to help people overcome drug addiction. There have been 17 Serious Case Reviews involving the...

A Sip as a Kid, Alcohol Problems as an Adult?

News

Introducing children to alcohol by way of their parents allowing them sips or tasters of their own drinks is typically viewed as the presiding method used in European countries. Published in the journal Psychological Medicine, a new...

Maltreatment and Marijuana Use

Scientific article

18 January 2017

Is the maltreatment of children linked with marijuana use later in life? Are behavioural problems and tobacco and alcohol consumption during adolescence associated with smoking marijuana? These are questions that an Australian study...

The Developmental Risks of Second-Hand Smoke among Young Children

Scientific article

7 December 2016

A new study published in Indoor Air: International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health has found that the more children are exposed to household tobacco smoke during early childhood, the more likely they are to show anti-social...

National Award for Child Welfare Organisation

14 November 2016

New Delhi

India

On the occasion of Children's Day, 14th November 2016, the Indian Ministry of Women & Child Development gave a prestigious award to the Society for Promotion of Youth & Masses (SPYM) for their contribution to changing the lives of vulnerable children dependent on drugs in the country. The Honourable President of India, Mr.

Rescued from Hell: Life after the High

News

This photo story documents the lives of children at a rehabilitation centre in Delhi. The majority of young drug users in India's capital city are addicted to marijuana and heroin. Rajesh Kumar, Executive Director of the Society for...

Parenting Styles and Alcohol Use

Scientific article

22 October 2016

Alcohol use is common among children and adolescents despite the fact that this particular form of risk-behaviour can have a negative impact on one’s psychological and social development. A recent article published in the journal Drugs...

What Are Kids Taking?

Book

21 September 2016

The results are in. The 2014 – 15 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs Survey shows that, on the one hand, smoking rates are generally down, while on the other, experimentation with synthetic and prescription drugs is increasing...

The Will to Stop: Explaining Smoking Habits

Scientific article

19 September 2016

A new study carried out by researchers at the University of Stirling has discovered a link between self-control and lifelong smoking habits. It claims that children identified as having low levels of self-control by age eleven are more...

The TV Made Me Do It: Children and Alcohol Consumption

Scientific article

17 September 2016

New research published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs supports evidence that alcohol adverts influence underage drinking. The authors suggest that the more exposure children receive to adverts for specific brands, the...