Now in its 20th year of publication, the UNODC World Drug Report for 2017 is now available.
It consists of 5 accessible booklets:
Booklet 1 provides a summary of the subsequent 4 booklets. It also discusses the policy implications of...
Although marijuana (MJ) has been used for thousands of years, the public’s opinion of MJ has shifted drastically over the past century, leaving many wondering about its potential risks and benefits. This article summarizes resea...
This week saw the seminar launch at Edinburgh’s Royal College of Physicians of two key reports on alcohol interventions in primary care settings published by the Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) in collaboration with the U...
Diperkenalkan oleh Resolusi Majelis Umum Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa 42/112 Desember 1987 dan diperingati setiap tahun sejak 1988, hari ini menandai Hari Internasional ke-29 Melawan Penyalahgunaan Narkoba dan Perdagangan Gelap.
Apa...
Luego de muchos años de investigación en el área de publicidad del alcohol, incluye varias publicaciones en revistas científicas y libros, un grupo de investigadores se fue formando en Brasil y nos encontramos...
Angka-angka baru dari NHS Inggris menyajikan statistik merokok terbaru secara nasional.
Laporan ini menawarkan gambaran umum tentang kebiasaan merokok dan masalah kesehatan terkait di seluruh Inggris.
Ini termasuk informasi tentang:
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Pusat Penggunaan Zat dan Kecanduan Kanada (CCSA) baru-baru ini bekerja sama dengan Komite Penasihat Pemulihan Nasional untuk menghasilkan survei Kanada pertama tentang orang-orang yang dalam pemulihan dari kecanduan narkoba dan / atau...
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has recently released its European Drug Report for 2017. The document offers an overview of the drug situation across the continent. It covers drug supply and use as well...
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...
Objectives: To investigate whether moderate alcohol consumption has a favourable or adverse association or no association with brain structure and function.
Design: Observational cohort study with weekly alcohol intake and...
Do high-risk pupils benefit more so from psychological interventions than standard drug education initiatives?
Much research suggests there are, in fact, a number of significantly positive effects associated with the former.
What is...
Penelitian baru yang diterbitkan dalam jurnal European Addiction Research melukiskan gambaran layanan perawatan obat untuk masalah terkait ganja antara 2003 – 2014 di 22 negara Eropa.
Khususnya, ini menunjukkan bahwa, secara keseluruhan...
Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia (WHO) telah merilis serangkaian pengarahan tentang pencegahan kekerasan. Yang menarik adalah Bab 3: Mencegah Kekerasan dengan Mengurangi Ketersediaan dan Penggunaan Alkohol yang Berbahaya.
"Penggunaan alkohol...
Kantor Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa untuk Narkoba dan Kejahatan (UNODC) baru-baru ini menerbitkan apa yang digambarkan organisasi sebagai 'alat peningkatan kesadaran' yang ditujukan untuk pembuat kebijakan, pejabat kesehatan masyarakat...
‘High-risk drug use and new psychoactive substances’, a new report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), takes a look at the emergence of more problematic forms of new psychoactive substance use among a...
This misuse of prescription opioids is a major public health challenge. Buprenorphine-naloxone (bup-nx) is typically used to treat opioid use disorders. However, the drug’s clinical trial primarily involved heroin users. It was therefore...
Last week Joanna Travis-Roberts, ISSUP's Deputy Executive Director, and Livia Edegger, ISSUP’s Communications and Research Manager, attended the Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) in Washington, D.C. Prior to the...
New research published in The Lancet Public Health has examined the link between alcohol-related health effects and socioeconomic status.
The study suggests that the less affluent a person is, the less likely they are to suffer from...
