Addiction

Lisbon Addictions 2017 - 2nd European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies

24 October 2017

Lisbon

Portugal

The 2nd European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies is a multidisciplinary conference that provides a forum for networking across the addictions.

The conference is organised around three themes:

'Big data' on American Youth

Book

13 December 2016

Last week the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the results of the annual Monitoring the Future Survey.

Which European City Consumes the Most Cocaine?

Scientific article

14 December 2016

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...

Purple Drank: The New Drug of Choice for French Teenagers?

News

A news item currently trending in the French press concerns the alarming increase in consumption amongst French teenagers of a drink most commonly known as ‘purple drank’, but also referred to as ‘lean’ or ‘sizzurp’. Le Monde first reported...

Opium Addiction Destroying Families

Scientific article

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

Scientific article

13 December 2016

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?

Scientific article

13 December 2016

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

Scientific article

13 December 2016

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...

International Medicine in Addiction Conference 2017

24 March 2017

Sydney

Australia

This year’s conference programme is structured to provide in-depth perspectives on common clinical presentations by leading clinical academics in the

Scotland and New Psychoactive Substances

Book

11 December 2016

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...