Addiction

58th Annual Institute on Addiction Studies

9 July 2017

Innisfil

Canada

The Annual Institute on Addiction Studies offers professional development and learning opportunities to those working and involved in substance use and related fields in Canada. All workshops and presentations attended at the Annual Institute on

Sexual Orientation and Estimates of Adult Substance Use and Mental Health

Book

1 December 2016

Abstract Background: Research suggests that sexual minorities (e.g. people who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual) are at greater risk for substance use and mental health issues compared with the sexual majority population that...

WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours

News

To mark World Drug Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a three-day global forum event on alcohol, drugs and addictive behaviours.

Quit Methods Used by US Adult Cigarette Smokers, 2014–2016

Scientific article

13 April 2017

Abstract To quantify the prevalence of 10 quit methods commonly used by adult cigarette smokers, we used data from a nationally representative longitudinal (2014–2016) online survey of US adult cigarette smokers (n = 15,943). Overall, 74.7%...

Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Settings: What Works, What Doesn’t and What's Next?

Book

23 June 2017

This week saw the seminar launch at Edinburgh’s Royal College of Physicians of two key reports on alcohol interventions in primary care settings published by the Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) in collaboration with the...

Mortality Risk During and After Opioid Substitution Treatment

Scientific article

17 March 2017

ABSTRACT Objective To compare the risk for all cause and overdose mortality in people with opioid dependence during and after substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine and to characterise trends in risk of mortality after...

Smoking Report: New Figures from NHS England

Book

20 June 2017

New figures from NHS England present the most recent smoking statistics nationwide. The report offers a general image of smoking habits and related health issues across England. It includes information on: Smoking patterns in adults and...

Life in Recovery from Addiction in Canada

Book

20 June 2017

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has recently teamed up with the National Recovery Advisory Committee to produce the first Canadian survey of people in recovery from drug addiction and/or alcoholism. The findings...

European Drug Report 2017

Book

20 June 2017

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has recently released its European Drug Report for 2017. The document offers an overview of the drug situation across the continent. It covers drug supply and use as well...

The Societal Cost of Heroin Use Disorder in the United States

Scientific article

30 May 2017

ABSTRACT Objective Heroin use in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. The objective of this paper is to estimate the annual societal cost of heroin use disorder in the United States in 2015 US dollars. Methods An analytic...