NADCP is partnering with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to offer a new training for medical providers working with participants in drug treatment courts. This training will help medical providers learn how to successfully...
ستمبر 2020 میں ختم ہونے والے 12 ماہ کے عرصے میں 87,000 سے زیادہ امریکی منشیات کے زیادہ استعمال کی وجہ سے ہلاک ہو چکے ہیں۔
اس میں کوئی شک نہیں کہ منشیات کی زیادہ مقدار سے مرنے والے افراد کی بڑھتی ہوئی تعداد اور کوویڈ 19 وبائی امراض کے...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released its five point strategy to combat opioid abuse, misuse, and overdose.
The five points that the strategy is based on are to:
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found an association with young people being exposed to adverts for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and taking up smoking later in life.
The study followed 10 989...
نیشنل انسٹی ٹیوٹ آن الکوحل ایبیوز اینڈ الکوحلزم (این آئی اے)، ہیلتھ اینڈ ہیومن سروسز یو ایس گورنمنٹ ڈپارٹمنٹ (ایچ ایس ایس) اور سبسٹنس ایبیوز اینڈ مینٹل ہیلتھ سروسز ایڈمنسٹریشن (ایس اے ایم ایچ ایس اے) نے الکحل کے استعمال کی خرابی کے علاج میں...
ایس اے ایم ایچ ایس اے نے نیا ثبوت پر مبنی ریسورس سینٹر لانچ کیا ہے جو ڈاکٹروں کو اوزار ، دستی ، کلینیکل پریکٹس گائیڈ لائنز اور سائنس پر مبنی وسائل تلاش کرنے کی اجازت دے گا۔
ایس اے ایم ایچ ایس اے کی ویب سائٹ کے ذریعے براہ راست دستیاب ،...
نیشنل انسٹی ٹیوٹ آن ڈرگ ایبیوز (این آئی ڈی اے) نے این آئی ڈی اے کے بھنگ پالیسی ریسرچ ایجنڈا کے لئے ایک نئی رپورٹ سفارشات جاری کی ہیں۔
یہ دستاویز نیشنل ایڈوائزری کونسل آن ڈرگ ایبیوز ورک گروپ نے تیار کی ہے جسے 2017 میں تشکیل دیا گیا تھا۔...
12- to 17-year-olds in the US are now far less likely to misuse alcohol, nicotine and illegal drugs. The same age group is also less prone to delinquent behaviours, such as stealing and fighting than the generation before. This is according...
New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found that university students who regularly consume energy drinks are more likely to develop alcohol use disorders later in life. The same students are also at greater...
Much the result of a poor understanding of how to treat chronic pain, the United States has in recent years been rocked by an unprecedented drug crisis: The opioid epidemic.
Opioids include drugs derived from opium, such as heroin, as...
Over the last few decades, the United States has entered a new phase in its cannabis control policies.
As of November 2016, 28 US states and Washington, D.C. had legalised cannabis use for medicinal purposes.
Eight of these and Washington...
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.
An analytic...
The over-prescription of opioids is a significant public health issue in the United States. For example, opioids are often prescribed for minor injuries unnecessarily. This, in turn, increases the risk of addiction.
New research presented...
Residential ‘in-patient’ treatment for substance abuse – more commonly known as ‘rehab’ - is the favoured option among those wanting to recover from addiction.
The rate of relapse within the first year following being discharged, however...
According to new findings published in the journal Tobacco Control, more than 53 million people in 88 countries have stopped smoking between 2008 – 2014 because of tobacco control measures.
Statistically, this means that during the 4-year...
Younger people consider flavoured variations of tobacco products, for example, cigarettes and e-cigarettes less harmful and more appealing, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger...
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a seven-chapter report covering all forms of drug and alcohol addiction, including public policy recommendations for prevention and treatment. The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and...
Even though scientific advances over the past decades have supported the concept of addiction as a brain disease, skepticism remains. Recent research has aimed to reinforce the link between addiction and brain functions and broaden the...
