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The Hardest Hit: Addressing the Crisis in Alcohol Treatment Services

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1 May 2018

This research, launched at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm on 1 May 2018, warns that the alcohol treatment sector is in crisis. These services are entering into a cycle of disinvestment, staff depletion, and reduced...

Medical Marijuana Users Are More Likely to Use Prescription Drugs Medically and Nonmedically

Scientific article

17 April 2018

ABSTRACT Objectives: Previous studies have found a negative population-level correlation between medical marijuana availability in US states, and trends in medical and nonmedical prescription drug use. These studies have been interpreted as...

Solution to Detect, Classify, and Report Illicit Online Marketing and Sales of Controlled Substances via Twitter

Scientific article

27 April 2018

ABSTRACT Background: On December 6 and 7, 2017, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted its first Code-a-Thon event aimed at leveraging technology and data-driven solutions to help combat the opioid epidemic. The authors...

Candyflipping and Other Combinations: Identifying Drug–Drug Combinations from an Online Forum

Scientific article

30 April 2018

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) refer to synthetic compounds or derivatives of more widely known substances of abuse that have emerged over the last two decades. Case reports suggest that users combine substances to achieve desired...

Taking a New Line on Drugs

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This report, ‘Taking a New Line on Drugs’, comes at a timely moment for drugs strategy both in the UK and across the world. The special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the world drug problem, which took place in New York...

Measuring the Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in Ontario, Canada

Scientific article

25 April 2018

Opioid overdose is a leading public health problem across Canada that continues to evolve, particularly as clandestinely-produced opioids enter the market (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2017). In 2014, we published a study that found that...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Medical Care in Drug Treatment Systems

Key studies relating to the roles of medical interventions and treatment in medical settings in local, regional and national drug treatment systems. Highlights a simple innovation which transformed detoxification recyclers into typical...

Videoconference "pregnancy, alcohol and drugs: consequences in the product"

1 August 2018

Webinar

Mexico

Reporter: Dr. Sara Infante Murillo

Date: on Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Time: from 10:00 to 11:30 hours (time of the city of Mexico)

Via Webcast: https://zoom.us/j/36352014

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children of Alcoholics: A Manifesto For Change

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Executive Summary One in five children in the UK lives with a parent who drinks too much – that’s over 2.5 million children. They are Britain’s innocent victims of drink. Hard-drinking parents hurt their children for life. Compared to other...

World No Tobacco Day 2018: Tobacco and Heart Disease

31 May 2018

Worldwide

World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco and Heart Disease

Date: 31 May 2018

Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption.

The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is "Tobacco and heart disease." The campaign will increase awareness on the: