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Alcohol and Cancer Risks: A Guide for Health Professionals
Drinking alcohol increases the risk of mouth cancer, pharyngeal (upper throat) cancer, oesophageal (food pipe) cancer, laryngeal (voice box) cancer, breast cancer, bowel cancer and liver cancer.
Having conversations with patients about...
WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use 2000-2025
Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers. WHO has estimated that tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) is currently responsible for the death of about six million people across...
New Zealand Government to Grant Police the Power to Conduct Roadside Drug Testing
Taking drugs influences your ability to drive safely putting yourself and those around you at risk.
In a bid to prevent harm caused by drug driving, the New Zealand Government have introduced police random roadside drug testing.
Drive...
Vaping Makes Lung Bacteria more Harmful
Despite vaping becoming more common by the year, researchers are still uncovering the short and long-term consequences of using e-cigarettes.
The most recent research from the University of Belfast has concluded that bacteria commonly...
Global Drug Survey 2020
GDS 2020 — GDS believes that the expertise and experience of people who use alcohol and other drugs can be used to inform the creation of better drug policy, whilst helping people use drugs more safely, regardless of the legal status of...
Key Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews
The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is an ongoing illicit drug monitoring system which has been conducted in all states and territories of Australia since 2000 and forms part of Drug Trends.
This year, we have provided a suite of...
Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)
The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) is an illicit drug monitoring system which has been conducted in all states and territories of Australia since 2003 and forms part of Drug Trends.
The EDRS consists of annual...
منشیات کا انجکشن لگانے والے افراد: ایک عالمی جائزہ
عالمی سطح پر، ایک اندازے کے مطابق 15-64 سال کی عمر کے 15.6 ملین افراد منشیات کا انجکشن لگاتے ہیں. منشیات کے انجیکشن لگانے والے نوجوان افراد کو زیادہ مقدار، منشیات پر انحصار، اور خون سے پھیلنے والے وائرس کی منتقلی اور خطرناک جنسی طرز عمل میں...
Teen E-Cigarette Use Doubles Since 2017
Data from the 2019 Monitoring the Future Survey of 8th, 10th and 12th graders show alarmingly high rates of e-cigarette use compared to just a year ago, with rates doubling in the past two years.
The Monitoring the Future Survey...
صحت اور ترقی کے لئے الکحل پر کارروائی کو ترجیح دینا
ایک اندازے کے مطابق دنیا بھر میں شراب نوشی غیر متعدی بیماریوں کے 10 فیصد سے زائد بوجھ کا سبب بنتی ہے جن میں جگر کی سوزش، سانس کی بیماری، پینکریٹائٹس، کینسر (منہ اور پھیپھڑوں، گلے، غذائی نالی، جگر، کولوریکٹل)، فالج اور ہائی بلڈ پریشر شامل...
تمباکو کے خلاف جنگ میں پیش رفت
تمباکو سے ہونے والے نقصانات واضح ہیں۔ تحقیق نے اس بات کی تصدیق کی ہے کہ تمباکو نوشی کسی فرد کی صحت کے ساتھ ساتھ ان کے آس پاس کے لوگوں کی فلاح و بہبود کو بھی نقصان پہنچاتی ہے۔ سالانہ 70 لاکھ سے زائد اموات براہ راست تمباکو نوشی کا نتیجہ ہیں...
Post Event Resources: 2019 NDARC Annual Research Symposium
The 2019 National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) Annual Research Symposium was held on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at the John Niland Scientia Conference and Events Centre, UNSW Sydney.
NDARC have put together a selection of...
Seizures of Illegal Diazepam Tablets Double in a Year
Diazepam, first marketed as Valium, is a medicine of the benzodiazepine family. It is often used to treat anxiety, spasms, seizures and occasionally withdrawal.
Diazepam typically slows down the functioning of the body and produce a...
How Alcohol Affects the Sustainable Development Goals: Upgraded and Revised Resource
IOGT International has released an upgraded and revised resource to present state-of-the-art evidence about how alcohol affects sustainable development.
The brand new booklet illustrates alcohol adversely affects and acts as a harmful...
EU Drug Markets Report 2019
The EU Drug Markets Report 2019 is the third comprehensive overview of illicit drug markets in the European Union by the EMCDDA and Europol.
The analysis presented in the report examines topics such as the links between drugs and other...
نیشنل ڈرگس لائبریری: آئرش صورتحال فیکٹ شیٹ
ہیلتھ ریسرچ بورڈ نے آئرلینڈ میں منشیات کے استعمال اور علاج سے متعلق اپنی فیکٹ شیٹس کو اپ ڈیٹ کیا ہے۔
SSA Annual Conference 2019 Posters
The Society for the Study of Addiction has uploaded the posters that researchers and students presented at the SSA Annual Conference 2019.
Poster categories:
- Research, service evaluation and audit
- Student-led Research
Introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences - Slideshow
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are highly stressful events or situations that happen during childhood and/or adolescence.
Evidence suggests strong links between ACEs and a wide range of health and social problems across the...
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)- Evidence Briefing
There is a pressing need to protect the wellbeing of children growing up within our society.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are highly stressful events or situations that happen during childhood and/or adolescence.
There is...
Jersey and Guernsey Sign up to WHO's Tobacco Control
A public health treaty set up to cut tobacco-related diseases and deaths has been extended to Jersey and Guernsey by the UK.
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is the distinguished global tobacco control...
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