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Revealed: The Global Cost of Smoking
Smoking and its related harms cost the world more than $1 trillion and claim the lives of around 6 million people each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Cancer Institute.
$1 trillion...
The Multiple Health Effects of Marijuana Use
In its first report for almost 20 years, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), has found the use of marijuana seems to be particularly connected to:
- Breathing problems
- Mental health issues such as psychosis, social anxiety and...
Neural Processing, Risky Behaviour and Cocaine Use
According to new research published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuro-science and Neuroimaging, compared to people without a drug problem, cocaine addicts tend to make riskier choices after losing out on a potential...
د الکولو د بازارموندنې مقررات : له څېړنې څخه د عامې روغتیا پالیسۍ ته
د ساینسی ژورنال اعتیاد په یوه ضمیمه کې یو لړ راپورونه د الکولو بازارموندنې او په ماشومانو باندې د هغې د اغېز په اړه وروستی شواهد وړاندې کوی. د همتا له خوا د بیا کتنې شویو لاسلیکونو له ټولګې څخه کلیدی موندنې عبارت دی له :
- د الکولو...
د استرالیا د سګرټ څکولو عادتونه
سګرټ څکول په نړۍ کې یوه جدی روغتیایی مسله ده. په هر صورت، په تیرو څو لسیزو کې په استرالیا کې د عامې روغتیا د یو شمیر بریالیو کمپاینونو له وجدې څخه په پرله پسې توګه کموالی راغلی. په دې هیواد کې د سګریټ څکوونکیو شمیر اوس په نړۍ کې تر ټولو کم...
Key Points from EMCDDA’s 2016 European Drug Report
As we welcome in the New Year it seems an ideal time to take stock and present the key points from the 2016 European Drug Report (EDR), the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Addiction’s (EMCDDA) annual review of the European drug...
Inside a Killer Drug Epidemic: A Look at America’s Opioid Crisis
The New York Times article traces the impact of America's opioid epidemic on Americans of all backgrounds throughout the country. Photos depict the human face of a tragedy that is taking too many lives.
د چرسو کارول او د چرس کارول
ایا د ماشومانو ناوړه ګټه اخیستنه په ژوند کې وروسته د ماریجوانا سره تړاو لری؟ ایا د چلند ستونزې او د تنباکو او الکول مصرف د ځوانۍ په جریان کې د چرس څښلو سره تړاو لری؟
دا هغه پوښتنې دی چې د اسټرالیا یوې مطالعې ، چې پدې وروستیو کې د روږدی...
Suicide and Substance Abuse
New research has found a significant link between suicide risk and simultaneous cocaine and alcohol consumption.
The study examined the drug-taking habits of 874 participants hospitalised for displaying suicidal tendencies, ranging from...
ایا د شخصیت په هدف د مخنیوی نوښتونه بریالی دی؟
څېړنې موندلې چې د یو شخصیت د نشه یی توکو او الکولو د ناوړه چلند ګټور وړاندوینه کوی. یو د پام وړ پروګرام چې په شخصی خصوصیاتو باندې تمرکز کولو سره د مادې مخنیوی ته نږدی کیږی، پری ونچر دی. پری وینچر له پخوا څخه د کاناډا او انګلستان په دواړو...
Returning from Rehab: What Are The Challenges of Re-Integration?
Residential ‘in-patient’ treatment for substance abuse – more commonly known as ‘rehab’ - is the favoured option among those wanting to recover from addiction.
The rate of relapse within the first year following being discharged, however...
ایا خلک لږ او کم سګریټ څکوی؟
'big data' on American Youth
Which European City Consumes the Most Cocaine?
A new study suggests that Londoners consume the most cocaine during the week. However, it was also found that, when weekends were taken into account, the Belgian city of Antwerp overtook the UK’s capital for cocaine consumption. The results...
مخکینی پوسټ مخکینی پوسټ:د فرانسوی ځوانانو لپاره د انتخاب نوی درمل؟
یو خبر توکی چې اوس مهال په فرانسوی مطبوعاتو کې رجحان لری د فرانسوی تنکی ځوانانو په مینځ کې د څښاک خطرناک زیاتوالی اندیښنه لری چې په عام ډول د 'ارغوانی څښاک' په نوم پیژندل کیږی ، مګر د 'لین' یا 'سیزرپ' په نوم هم پیژندل کیږی. Le Monde لومړی...
Opium Addiction Destroying Families
We are in the middle of the first quarter of the 21st century. It is a technologically advanced era, in which people across the world, and within a country are trying to excel in their lives, exploring new opportunities and trying to build...
Smoking in Films: Adolescents and Unregulated Exposure
In its latest Smoke-Free Movies Report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised governments that films featuring tobacco use ought to be classified for their adult content. Published in the journal Tobacco Control, a new study supports...
Do Cognitive Processes Influence Nicotine Addiction?
A new study suggests that the way in which the human brain responds to nicotine depends on what a smoker believes about the drug’s content in a cigarette. The investigation found that smoking a cigarette that contains nicotine, but thinking...
Alcohol Use Disorders: Resilience and Risk Behaviour
New research suggests that certain personality traits, such as having a lack of restraint or being impulsive, increase the likelihood of developing alcohol use disorders. On the flip side, the study found that people with high resilience...
Scotland and New Psychoactive Substances
A collaborative research project geared towards understanding the patterns of use, motives and harms of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) - commonly referred to as ‘Legal Highs’ - in Scotland has recently published its findings. Amongst the...
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