The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Fentanyl and its Analogues - 50 years on
ABSTRACT Fentanyl and its analogues are potent synthetic opioids, which are liable to abuse. They are often sold under the guise of heroin or prescription medicines, such as oxycodone, and this exacerbates the risk of overdose and...
Illicit Drug Use, Illicit Drug Use Disorders, and Drug Overdose Deaths in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas — United States
Abstract Problem/Condition: Drug overdoses are a leading cause of injury death in the United States, resulting in approximately 52,000 deaths in 2015. Understanding differences in illicit drug use, illicit drug use disorders, and overall...
Needle Acquisition Patterns, Network Risk and Social Capital among Rural PWID in Puerto Rico
Abstract Background People who inject drugs (PWID) take on significant risks of contracting blood-borne infection, including injecting with a large number of partners and acquiring needles from unsafe sources. When combined, risk of...
Like Sugar for Adults: The Effect of Non-Dependent Parental Drinking on Children & Families
This study set out to explore the effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children, making a direct link between parental drinking habits and the attitudes, behaviours and impacts reported by their children. It explores the effect of...
PLGF, a Placental Marker of Fetal Brain Defects after in Utero Alcohol Exposure
Abstract Most children with in utero alcohol exposure do not exhibit all features of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), and a challenge for clinicians is to make an early diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) to avoid lost...
Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix: Going with the Grain; Organisation, Ethos and Harm Reduction
On-line course moves up to the level of the organisation and its influence on drug-related harm. Learn how in methadone clinics and needle exchanges, misguided ‘good intentions’ placed service users at risk. A possible rule of thumb emerges...
Elements regulatory marijuana, to consideration for the effective protection of the health of the population
Abstract When discussing the public health approach to the use of marijuana, the complexity of rigorous regulatory interventions for population protection is omitted. Using the experience of governments where these practices already exist...
“Gestaltomics”: Systems Biology Schemes for the Study of Neuropsychiatric Diseases
The integration of different sources of biological information about what defines a behavioral phenotype is difficult to unify in an entity that reflects the arithmetic sum of its individual parts. In this sense, the challenge of Systems...
Symposium: "Marijuana and health, medicinal and recreational use considerations"
Tuesday, 24 October, 19:00 to 21:00 hours (time of the city of Mexico)
Symposium
MARIJUANA AND HEALTH: CONSIDERATIONS ON MEDICINAL AND RECREATIONAL USE
Coordinator
ACAD. Dr. Manuel Mondragon and Kalb
National Commission against Addictions, academic honorary of the Mexican Academy of surgery
Blood Alcohol Concentration-Related Lower Performance in Immediate Visual Memory and Working Memory in Adolescent Binge Drinkers
The binge drinking (BD) pattern of alcohol consumption is prevalent during adolescence, a period characterized by critical changes to the structural and functional development of brain areas related with memory and cognition. There is...