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Alcohol and illicit drug use among young people living with HIV compared to their uninfected peers from the Kenyan coast: prevalence and risk indicators

Scientific article

24 November 2021

There is a scarcity of research on drug use patterns among HIV-positive young individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa (YLWH). To fill the gap, the following was set out: compare the prevalence of substance use, specifically alcohol and illicit...

Alcohol Availability, Use, and Harms Among Adolescents in Three Mexican Cities.

Scientific article

Alcohol consumption contributes to 3 million deaths each year globally as well as to the disabilities and poor health of millions of people. Alcohol use among adolescents can be harmful to neurodevelopment and has been linked to an...

Population-wide interventions for reducing alcohol consumption: What is the per capita consumption indicator telling us?

16 November 2021

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Tuesday, 16 November 2021 - 15:00-16:30 CET

This event aims at discussing the validity and reliability of alcohol per capita consumption, its sensitivity to describe changes in alcohol control policies and reflect on the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic in alcohol consumption projected trends by 2030.

Cannabis and tobacco use prior to pregnancy and subsequent offspring birth outcomes: a 20-year intergenerational prospective cohort study

Scientific article

19 August 2021

Abstract There is increasing evidence that the life-course origins of health and development begin before conception. We examined associations between timing and frequency of preconception cannabis and tobacco use and next generation...

Synthetic drugs and new psychoactive substances in Latin America and the Caribbean- 2021

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The report provides a regional analysis of the key trends and emerging developments of the synthetic drugs and NPS market as well as options for response in Latin America and the Caribbean. Over the past years, the synthetics drug market...

Smoking and drinking- Selected articles from the journal of alcohol and alcoholism

Scientific article

The featured articles investigate the association of smoking products and alcohol consumption, identify causes and influences, and explore therapeutic avenues and cessation interventions. Free to access until 31 January! Articles Targeting...

Study: Combined treatments are the most effective to stop smoking

Scientific article

12 October 2021

This is a study, led by the University of Bristol, and published in Addiction Journal. It was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the research partner of the NHS, public health and social care. The most effective...

Network meta-analysis of eligible comparisons for sustained abstinence (a), prolonged abstinence (b), any abstinence (c) and 7-day point prevalence abstinence (PPA) (d). Thicker edges in network figures represent comparisons with a higher number of randomized patients, while interventions with a larger number of randomized patients have larger circles. Interventions were excluded if they were disconnected from the main network. Credit: DOI: 10.1111/add.15675

Biographic Burden and Initiation into the Use of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants from the Perspective of Users: The Qualitative Arm of the ATTUNE Research Study in the Czech Republic

Scientific article

3 February 2021

BACKGROUND: The Czech Republic has a long tradition of methamphetamine use. Less is known about the circumstances of initiation into its use at the level of individual users. The aim of the research was to analyse the biographic burden...

Call for Papers- African Journal of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

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The African Journal of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (AJADA) invites researchers & scholars to contribute their original articles to a DIAMOND open-access, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal. Manuscripts are invited for submission in the...

Call for Papers- Dual Diagnosis in Older Adults

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This new annual themed issue of Advances in Dual Diagnosis will focus on issues surrounding dual diagnosis in older adults in order to improve assessment intervention, treatment and care of older adults with dual diagnosis from both public...