Can Drug Prevention Programmes Reduce Substance Use by Participants’ Friends?
Besides reducing substance use between its participants one prevention programme also reduced drug use among the friends of those who took part.
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Opioids Linked to Increase in Cocaine-Related Overdose Deaths
Heroin and synthetic opioids are propelling an upsurge of late in cocaine-related overdose deaths. This is according to a national survey carried out by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) amongst other drug...
Illuminating the Dark Web
The Economist reports that the drug trade is moving from the street to so-called online ‘cryptomarkets’, or secret virtual-shop-fronts.
Online markets currently facilitate a comparatively small amount of illegal drug sales. Nonetheless...
Alcohol Use Disorders Webinar
The Progress in Mind Resource Centre held a one-hour webinar on alcohol use disorders. The webinar was delivered by Wim van den Brink, Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam, and Steve Brinksman, GP and...
منابع عالی برای معلمان
تو معلمی؟ آیا شما به دنبال مواد و یا برنامه های درس در مورد اثرات مواد مخدر و سوء مصرف مواد مخدر؟ موسسه ملی سوء مصرف مواد مخدر (NIDA) یک پایگاه داده بزرگ از بیش از 70 مواد معلم در اثرات مواد مخدر و سوء مصرف مواد مخدر بر مغز، بدن، و زندگی...
آموزش آموزش همتایان در زندان مرکزی تیهار
سازمان جاسوسی امریکا برنامه مداخله در زندان را در میان جوانان سوء مصرف کننده مواد مخدر که زندانیان زندان مرکزی تیهار در دهلی نو هستند، آغاز کرده است. مربیان همکار شناسایی شده اند و یک برنامه آموزشی توسط دکتر راجش کومار، مدیر اجرایی SPYM...
Drug Misuse Prevention: Targeted Interventions
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released guidelines that cover targeted interventions to prevent misuse of drugs, including illegal drugs, ‘legal highs’ and prescription-only medicines. It aims to prevent or...
Synthetic Drugs on the Rise in Afghanistan
Seizures of methamphetamine have increased in Afghanistan, according to a new report from the United Nations drug and crime agency. It also suggests that the drug is being produced inside the country.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime...
Is There a Link Between a Father's Environment and Drug Tolerance in Children?
A new study published in the journal eLife suggest that a father’s nicotine use could have an effect on children’s risk of some diseases. The investigation found that the offspring of mice routinely exposed to nicotine developed chemical...
گزارش استراتیژی بین المللی کنترول مواد مخدر در سال 2017
در این هفته اداره امور بین المللی مواد مخدر و اجرای قانون (INL) گزارش استراتژی بین المللی کنترول مواد مخدر (INCSR) سال ۲۰۱۷ را که گزارش سالانه وزارت خارجه به کانگرس امریکا مطابق به قانون کمک های خارجی تهیه شده بود، به صورت علنی منتشر کرد...
Does AA Really Help Drinkers Stop?
12-step fellowships offer a way to reconcile shrunken resources with the desire to get more patients safely out of treatment. Accounting for the self-selection bias which has obscured AA’s impacts, this synthesis of US trials finds that...
تقسیم لایحه : تاثیر الکل بر اقتصاد بریتانیا
سوالات اقتصادی مرکزی برای تشکیل سیاست های الکل، مانند تنظیم مالیات بر الکل، الزامات صدور مجوز و مقررات بازاریابی است. به طور خاص، استدلال در مورد درآمد، اشتغال و تجارت به طور منظم توسط صنعت الکل برای مقاومت در برابر اقدامات برای دلسرد کردن...
Cocaine Addiction Leads to Build-Up of Iron in the Brain
According to a new study, cocaine addiction may alter the way the body processes iron.
Drugs on the Brain: Neurological Scans Predict Future Substance Use
A new study published in the journal Nature has found that brain scans can predict whether or not teenagers will develop drug taking behaviours later in life.
A sample of 14-year-olds was assessed. The investigation reports that, from an...
خواب و مصرف مواد: لینک چیست؟
یک مطالعه جدید گزارش ارتباط بین خستگی در طول روز و مصرف الکل، همراه با آسیب های مرتبط با آن، در آینده است.
Counselling Parents and Teens about Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalisation of Marijuana
Abstract
Many states have recently made significant changes to their legislation making recreational and/or medical marijuana use by adults legal. Although these laws, for the most part, have not targeted the adolescent population, they...
US Pediatricians Warn of Rising Risks to Youth from Loosening Marijuana Laws
New American Academy of Pediatrics report calls on doctors to help protect patients’ developing brains and bodies from the health harms of marijuana amid increased legalisation
The AAP urges pediatricians screen adolescents and preteens...
Effectiveness of the Gold Standard Programme Compared with Other Smoking Cessation Interventions in Denmark
Strengths and Limitations of this Study
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This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).
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The study was...
Socioeconomic Status and Non-Communicable Disease Behavioural Risk Factors in Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Countries
FINDINGS
Low socioeconomic groups were found to have a significantly higher prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use than did high socioeconomic groups. These groups also consumed less fruits, vegetables, fish, and fibre than those of high...