Specialised Drug Education Programmes Are Growing in Popularity
Specialised programmes that look to educate and prepare a new professional workforce have increased in number
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Combating Alcohol Misuse: Soldiers and the Fight against Addiction
New research published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology argues that telephone-based interventions seem an effective way of helping members of the military overcome alcohol addiction. The study demonstrates that such a...
The Lasting Health Effects of Alcohol Dependency
A new study conducted in the United States and subsequently published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs suggests that those who suffered from symptoms of alcohol dependence during their youth may still experience the mental and...
Substance Abuse and the Transition to Adulthood
Transitioning from childhood to adulthood can be a particularly difficult time for a lot of young people. A new study published in Emerging Adulthood investigates the way that adolescent substance users view this change in relation to their...
Parent-Child Relationships and Substance Use in Adolescence
Past research has often suggested parent-child connectedness and communication to be important for the prevention of substance, particularly alcohol, misuse among adolescents. A new study recently published in Drugs: Education, Prevention...
75% of Teens See E-Cigarettes as a Safer Alternative to Tobacco
Almost 3 out of 4 teenagers in the United States think that e-cigarettes are less harmful or addictive than smoking tobacco, a new study has found. The researchers also found that increases in the perceived safety of what has become known...
Weaker Bones Linked to Cannabis Use
Research conducted at the University of Edinburgh has found a link between cannabis use and bone mass density. More specifically, the findings, recently published in the American Journal of Medicine, report that frequent cannabis users are...
تمباکو نوشی اور ڈپریشن: تعلقات کیا ہیں؟
تقریبا 20 فیصد امریکی بالغ افراد سگریٹ نوشی کرتے ہیں۔ معتدل ذہنی صحت کے مسئلے کی تشخیص کرنے والے افراد میں تمباکو نوشی کا امکان تقریبا دوگنا ہوتا ہے ، جبکہ شدید بیمار ہونے کی تشخیص کرنے والوں کے لئے خطرات تقریبا تین گنا زیادہ ہوتے ہیں۔...
What are the Second-Hand Effects of Alcohol Consumption?
The ‘second hand effects’ of alcohol use can be defined as the negative consequences of drinking experienced by people other than the drinker. They can include, for example, serious acts of sexual and physical violence as well as more...
Parenting Styles and Alcohol Use
Alcohol use is common among children and adolescents despite the fact that this particular form of risk-behaviour can have a negative impact on one’s psychological and social development. A recent article published in the journal Drugs...
Is There a Biological Link Between Anti-Depressants and the Effects of Alcohol on the Body?
The ‘self-medication hypothesis’ is commonly known to refer to a human behaviour which sees people with depression turn to alcohol as a way of coping. New research published in the journal Nature Communications has now discovered a...
آسٹریلیا: سماجی دباؤ اور الکحل کی کھپت
آسٹریلیا کے تقریبا 20٪ فی دن اوسطا دو الکحل مشروبات سے زیادہ ہیں. تاہم، شراب نوشی کو کم کرنے یا چھوڑنے کی خواہش سماجی بدنامی کا باعث بن سکتی ہے. ڈرگ اینڈ الکحل ریویو میں شائع ہونے والی ایک نئی تحقیق میں بتایا گیا ہے کہ ، بہت سے معاشرتی...
Marijuana and Maternity: What Are the Effects?
Four US states currently allow r
ecreational marijuana use and twenty-four allow medical marijuana. However, little research has been carried out to uncover the drug’s effect on the development of human embryos if smoked or consumed in...
Opioid Abuse Linked to Heroin Use
New research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors has found the likelihood of 18- to 34-year-old nonmedical prescription opioid users having a prescription opioid use disorder has increased between 2002 – 2014. More specifically...
Identifying At-Risk Personalities
A new substance abuse prevention programme called Preventure uses personality tests to identify children most at risk of indulging in harmful drug-taking behaviour. The traits it has identified amongst at-risk children include: sensation...
Are Smoking Bans Having the Desired Effect?
A new study carried out by researchers at Ohio State University and subsequently published in the Journal of Health and Social Behaviour shows how smoking bans in the United States have led to a decrease in social or light smoking amongst...
Adolescence, Alcoholism and Interventions
Substance abuse entails a whole host of social, physical and mental health problems. A recent overview published in the Journal of Adolescent Health evaluates the effectiveness of interventions focused on smoking, alcohol or combined drug...
شراب کا استعمال اور دماغی نقصان
تقریبا 88,000 امریکی ہر سال شراب سے متعلق نقصانات کی وجہ سے ہلاک ہو جاتے ہیں. الکحل کے غلط استعمال کے جسمانی اثرات ، بشمول کچھ کینسر ، دل کی بیماری اور جگر کی بیماری ، مشہور ہیں۔ اس بات کے بھی بہت سے ثبوت موجود ہیں کہ شراب ادراک پر منفی اثر...
Student Smokers in US at All-Time Low
Smoking, and the desire to smoke, cigarettes amongst high school students in the United States is currently at an all-time low, according to a recent article published in Preventing Chronic Disease. The study found that between 2012 – 2014...
E-Cigarettes and Passive Smoking: Is There a Risk?
E-cigarettes are becoming more and more popular. As such, many in the field of drug prevention and treatment are eager to uncover how they affect our health. E-cigarettes do not contain tobacco. However, it has been found by researchers at...