The popular US children’s show “Sesame Street” has revealed that a character’s mother is battling addiction, acquainting kids with the opioid crisis that has devastated swaths of the country.
A fuzzy green Muppet introduced in May is in...
Opium cultivators, who were de-licensed or banned between crop year 1999 and 2017, can once again undertake opium poppy farming, subject to clearance from the Narcotics Commissioners. According to the United Nations Office of Drugs and...
Drug abuse in India is a silent public health problem with “iceberg phenomenon” like implications: Dr. Edmond Fernandes
The drug addicts turning into dealers, number of on-going tip-offs where political patronage is provided and the soft...
An Amritsar-based private hospital has opened Punjab's first mobile de-addiction centre for ditigal detox of adults besides the school children and even small kids. The hospital was in the news after it opened a drug de-addiction centre for...
Drug abuse and violence both are dangerous phenomena in all countries. The relation between drug abuse and violence is obscure, and what comes first is the question. This study clarifies the changes in drug abuse...
La problemática del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas es definida como compleja y multidimensional, por lo tanto obliga a recurrir a enfoques renovadores dentro de la epidemiología que permitan abordajes a la medida de dicha complejidad...
بیمارستان بینا ارزل تراست (ریاضی)، گوجرانوالا پاکستان (ارائه دهنده آموزش تایید شده طرح کلمبو GCCE) با همکاری ISSUP پاکستان فصل قرار است یک کارگاه آموزشی برنامه درسی درمان جهانی 4 و 7 را در سالن کنفرانس ریاضی، گوجرانوالا از 24 اکتبر 2019...
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Imagine going through treatment numerous times but not being able to stop using. Imagine deciding not to use and doing everything you possibly can to stop using but relapsing despite all your efforts. If this sums up your situation or If...
It has long been known that individuals will engage in voluntary inhalation of volatile solvents for their rewarding effects. However, research into the neurobiology of these agents has lagged behind that of more commonly...
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شیوع سیگار الکترونیکی، یا تخلیه، استفاده از محصول مرتبط با آسیب ریه (EVALI) از منبع ناشناخته در ایالات متحده در حال انجام است.
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Brasil, 22 de outubro de 2019
Os efeitos do consumo de drogas pelos pais, no desenvolvimento das crianças, dependem muito da intensidade e do tempo de consumo. Porém, sempre são prejudiciais, tanto as legais, quanto as ilegais.
No que...
جلسه ای را در مورد پیشگیری از خودکشی و سوء مصرف مواد که توسط گرین استار در کراچی پاکستان برگزار شده بود، برگزار کرد.
Conducted a Seminar on Cultivating Resiliency: Building Adaptive Capacity for Development for Students. It was organized by the Department of Psychology, Bahria University, Lahore Campus.
A seminar and two day training workshop were conducted for Faculty and Senior Students at the Department of Psychology, Bahria University, Islamabad on August 29, 2019.
سوء مصرف مواد یک مشکل قابل توجه در پاکستان است (حسین، ۲۰۱۷)، با این حال، مطالعات کمی از عوامل خطر در این جمعیت، به ویژه در مناطق دور افتاده وجود دارد. نوجوانان مرد( ن = 243 ؛ M = 16.9 سال، SD = 1.3 سال) از مدارس در گیلگیت‐بالتستان...
A pre conference training workshop on "Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment" was conducted at the Department of Psychology, RIPHAH International University, Lahore. Training goals of the workshop were:
A recent study, conducted by the Guardian and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, has revealed that Facebook has marked hundreds of thousands of children as “interested in” adverts about gambling and alcohol.
Facebook gains information...
Recreational drug use in Kenya is common among men, women, and youth from both rural and urban environments.
Heroin is the primary drug taken by injection in Kenya and it is linked with increased rates of HIV transmission.
Recent...
Harmful alcohol consumption remains a critical public health concern in Uganda. Despite efforts by the government to introduce policies that will improve the situation, alcohol companies are finding new ways to advertise and sell their...
