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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
په حمل کی څښل: د ټیټی کچې د الکولو استعمال دوام لرونکی اغیز؟
دا په عمومی توګه پیژندل شوې او منل شوې ده چې د حمل په وخت کې د څښاک دروند څښل د نازیږیدو ماشوم په وده کې زیان رسوونکی اغیزې لری. هغه څه چې لږ ښه پوهیدل کیږی، او د خلکو په منځ کې د ناڅرګندتیا لامل کیږی، د امیدوارۍ په وخت کې د ټیټې کچې الکول...
Changing Perceptions: How Harmful Is Drinking in Later Life?
Given the current growth of ageing populations, alcohol consumption among the elderly has received increased attention.
What is deemed to be a ‘safe’ level of consumption has also been thrown into question, in the light of new evidence...
Participants Required: Online Consultation on Stigmatizing Attitudes
In response to Resolution 61/11 ‘Promoting non-stigmatizing attitudes to ensure the availability of, access to and delivery of health, care and social services for drug users’ adopted during the 61st session of the Commission on Narcotic...
‘Doing More With Less’: An Appropriate Response to Alcohol-Related Death?
Deaths in England directly caused by alcohol rose by 11% between 2006 and 2017. During the same period, hospital admissions in which alcohol misuse was a primary factor increased by 17%.
In 2017 alone almost 1 million hospital admissions...
Wine Glass Size and Wine Sales
Excessive alcohol consumption is a continuous global public health concern.
It is believed that glass size can influence pouring behaviour, with larger glasses resulting in more alcohol being poured into them, and also by influencing...
Awareness of Information on Alcohol Packaging
Although alcohol consumption among young people in the UK has been declining there remains a concerning level of binge drinking amongst 16–24-year-olds.
One intervention, that is cost-effective and has a wide reach, is the inclusion of...
Drug-related Deaths and Mortality in Europe: Update from the EMCDDA Expert Network
This publication provides an update on drug-related deaths in Europe, presenting and analysing the latest data and trends in drug-induced deaths and overall mortality among high-risk drug users in the European Union and beyond.
It draws...
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Initiating Tobacco and Alcohol Consumption in Adolescents Living in Urban and Rural Ethiopia
Both alcohol and tobacco use is an increasing public health concern in low- or middle-income countries. Due to an annual economic growth rate of approximately 10%, Ethiopia is a target for both the alcohol and tobacco industries.
Althoug...
Hepatitis C New Models of Care for Drugs Services
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has a high prevalence in people who inject drugs in Europe, although HCV infection is both preventable and curable.
European clinical guidelines recommend that all patients with chronic liver disease as...
په استرالیا کې د الکول ، تمباکو او نورو نشه یی توکو راپور
د الکولو ، تمباکو او نورو درملو مصرف په اسټرالیا کې د مخنیوی وړ ناروغۍ او ناروغۍ یو لوی لامل دی.
دا راپور په اسټرالیا کې د الکولو ، تمباکو او نورو نشه یی توکو د استعمال په اړه تر ټولو تازه شته معلومات سره یوځای کوی، او د زیانمنو وګړو...
د نشه یی توکو نړیوال رپوټ ۲۰۱۹
د نشه یی توکو نړیوال راپور د نړۍ د نشه یی توکو د ستونزې د درک د ښه کولو او په روغتیا ، حکومتدارۍ او امنیت باندې د هغې د اغیز د وړاندې کولو لپاره د نړیوالې نړیوالې همکارۍ د پراختیا په برخه کې د مرستې موخه لری.
د نشه یی توکو نړیوال راپور...
Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) Report
The Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) monitoring report 2019 presents all the latest available data on key alcohol indicators in Scotland.
Changing the Narrative
Changing The Narrative is a network of reporters, researchers, academics, and advocates concerned about the way media represents drug use and addiction.
Alcohol Use and Breast Cancer Risk
Despite the clear associations between alcohol consumption and breast cancer, public awareness of this issue is low.
Infographics: European Drug Report 2019
EMCDDA has developed a range of downloadable infographics to illustrate findings from the European Drug Report 2019.
The aim of the report is to provide reliable and detailed evidence of the drug situation in Europes so that practice and...
Substance Use Prevention for Adolescents: The Icelandic Model
Back in the 1990s, results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) highlighted concerning levels of adolescent substance use in Iceland. Since the publication of the ESPAD results, Icelandic authorities...
European Drug Report (EDR) 2019: Trends and Developments
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has published the latest European Drug Report, which provides an analysis of the latest data on the drug trends across the European Union, Norway and Turkey.
The aim of...
