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Gender, employment, and continuous pandemic as predictors of alcohol and drug consumption during the COVID-19.
Aims
This study aims to assess the impacts of the continuous pandemic state, gender and employment status on changes in substance use during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Methods
A sample of 828 Israelis participated in an online survey...
Substances use between early and later stages of the COVID 19 pandemic in Israel
Aims
Only several empirical studies have examined substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic in general populations. Most of these studies compared self-reported substances use before the pandemic and during the pandemic's early stages...
گندے پانی کی نگرانی صحت کے نئے خطرات کے لئے تیاری کو کس طرح فروغ دے سکتی ہے
مقصد: یورپی یونین کی تیاری اور ردعمل میں کردار ادا کرنے والے طریقہ کار کے طور پر گندے پانی کے تجزیہ کو تلاش کرنا
پس منظر: کوویڈ 19 نے یورپ اور عالمی سطح پر ممکنہ ہنگامی حالات کے لئے تیاری کی اہمیت پر توجہ مبذول کرائی ہے۔ بہتر اور جدید...
Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada
Background
Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances –...
Mortality and life-years lost following subsequent physical comorbidity in people with pre-existing substance use disorders: a national registry-based retrospective cohort study of hospitalised individuals in Czechia
Summary
Background
Substance use disorders constitute a major global public health problem, attributable largely to their subsequent comorbidity with other health conditions. This study aimed to investigate the risk of all-cause death...
Cannabis y Adolescencia
ISSUP Chile presentó un seminario web sobre los resultados de la investigación actual sobre el impacto del consumo de cannabis en el cerebro adolescente en desarrollo.
Effect of Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerine Ratio in E-Liquid on Aerosol Formation: Overview of Relevant Properties
BACKGROUND:
Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) generate an aerosol by vaporising e-liquids that usually consist of propylene glycol (PG), vegetable glycerine (VG), and other ingredients (water, nicotine, and flavours). The...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
Contribution of SocioDemographic and Structured Leisure Activities’ Characteristics to Adolescents’ Alcohol Use
BACKGROUND:
Leisure can be a context that can promote positive adolescent development, but it can also be a context that contributes to adolescents engaging in risk behaviours.
AIMS:
The aim of this study is to determine the extent...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in the Czech Republic: Study Design
INTRODUCTION:
Screening and brief interventions (SBI) consist of a variety of activities aimed at people who engage in risky alcohol drinking, but who are not severely alcohol-dependent. Many studies have proved that SBI might serve as a...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
Patterns of Heated Tobacco Product Use Among Czech Adult Tobacco Users in 2020: An Online Survey
BACKGROUND:
Heated tobacco products represent a new phenomenon, called novel tobacco products, and one that is not unique to the Czech market. These are electronic tobacco heating and aerosol-producing devices. Although studies on the...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
گلوبل ایڈلٹ ٹوبیکو سروے (جی اے ٹی ایس)-ایس اے: پالیسی پر عمل درآمد، نتائج اور مضمرات
آئی ایس ایس یو پی جنوبی افریقہ، آئی ٹی ٹی سی-ایس اے اور ایس اے ایم آر سی - جی اے ٹی ایس-ایس اے، جنوبی افریقہ میں تمباکو کے استعمال پر اپنی ویبینار سیریز پیش کرنے پر خوش ہیں۔
Changes in Emergency Department Visits for Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome Following Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Subsequent Commercialization in Ontario, Canada
Abstract
Importance Prior research suggests that the legalization of recreational cannabis is associated with increases in cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), but it is unclear how cannabis commercialization (ie, greater retail store...
European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Emerging findings in Lebanon
The European Web Survey on Drugs1 collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries including Lebanon. In this period, the populations in many European and...
Adolescents with substance use problems in outpatient treatment: a one-year prospective follow-up study focusing on mental health and gender differences
Background
Although several studies have found a high incidence of coexisting mental health problems among adolescents with substance use problems, follow-up studies addressing how these conditions change over time are rare. The study...
Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain, 2022
Summary of key findings
The evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain is monitored using the ASH Smokefree GB survey of 11-18 year olds 2013-2022 (see Appendix 2 for methodology), in the context of changes in tobacco use and the...
Highlights from the 2022 UNODC World Drug Report: Implications for drug prevention, treatment and care responses
ISSUP presented a webinar on Thursday, July 7, 2022, featuring Giovanna Campello, Chief of the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) presenting highlights from the 2022...
International Collaboration Activities: Which role for ECMAPS in tackling global health challenges? - Sophia Achab, Day 5, 11:00-12:31
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 16th May, 2022
Presentation:
- International Collaboration Activities: Which role for ECMAPS in tackling global health challenges...
COVID 19—impact on substance use treatment utilisation and provision in South Africa
Background
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected persons suffering from substance use disorders (SUDs) all around the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in the number of SUD treatment...
Impact of Cannabis Legalization on Youth Contact with the Criminal Justice System
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) provided funding to Dr. Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Dr. Scot Wortley from the University of Toronto to research youth interactions with the criminal justice system, including the nature...
ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکہ میں افیون کے ساتھ قومی سطح پر نمائندہ آبادی میں صحت کی دیکھ بھال کے اخراجات اور وسائل کے استعمال میں رجحانات: ایک سلسلہ وار کراس سیکشنل مطالعہ، 2008 سے 2017
حالیہ دہائیوں میں صحت عامہ کے سب سے سنگین خدشات میں سے ایک ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکہ (امریکہ) میں اوپیوئڈ کی وبا ہے۔ 2018 میں 12 سال اور اس سے زیادہ عمر کے 9.9 ملین سے زیادہ امریکیوں نے درد کی ادویات کا غلط استعمال کیا ، اور تقریبا 2 ملین...
