"Coalizioni comunitarie" è una strategia preventiva che coordina le attività e le risorse per ridurre il consumo di sostanze e i comportamenti delinquenziali tra gli adolescenti, mobilitando le comunità nella promozione di iniziative...
La Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care ha pubblicato una nuova linea guida basata sull'evidenza per combattere l'uso del tabacco da parte di bambini e giovani adulti di età compresa tra 5 e 18 anni, suggerendo che i medici...
Are you a teacher? Are you looking for materials or lesson plans on the effects of drugs and drug abuse? The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has created a great database of more than 70 teacher materials on the effects of drugs and...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released guidelines that cover targeted interventions to prevent misuse of drugs, including illegal drugs, ‘legal highs’ and prescription-only medicines. It aims to prevent or...
A new study published in the journal Nature has found that brain scans can predict whether or not teenagers will develop drug taking behaviours later in life.
A sample of 14-year-olds was assessed. The investigation reports that, from an...
Many states have recently made significant changes to their legislation making recreational and/or medical marijuana use by adults legal. Although these laws, for the most part, have not targeted the adolescent population, they...
New research published in the journal Addiction suggests that poor working memory and the inability to control impulses during adolescence are key predictors for future substance abuse. ‘Working memory’ refers to one’s capacity to...
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La maggior parte delle persone non fa uso di droghe illecite e tra coloro che le provano, solo una frazione svilupperà modelli di dipendenza. Tuttavia, l'uso di droghe costituisce un serio problema di salute per molte...
Despite the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of smoking and the new paradigm of smoking as a disease where nicotine is the drug that modifies the functional and morphological characteristics...
"Non devi usare droghe per esserne influenzato".
Nel 2010 Adfam ha identificato cinque sfide chiave per le famiglie che il governo dovrebbe affrontare, identificate dalle parti interessate in tutta l'Inghilterra. Essi erano:
What is already known about this topic?
Fentanyl and its analogs have been substituted for heroin and other opioids, and are usually marketed to persons seeking opioids. Because of fentanyl’s high potency compared with heroin...
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Introduction: New therapeutic strategies against cocaine overdose toxicity have been developed. These new approaches are based on the design and synthesis of proteins involved in the destruction of cocaine before...
La revisione recentemente pubblicata da Public Health England rivela che il sistema di trattamento dell'abuso di droga del paese sta funzionando bene. Tuttavia, ci sono ancora diversi settori che richiedono miglioramenti.
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The longer teenagers delay the use of marijuana, the better it is for their developing brains. However, a new study has found that there may be little adverse effect if one starts smoking the drug after the age of 17. According to the...
Finland plans to cut consumption of tobacco products - in any form – to less than 2% among adults by 2040. As is the case with many industrialised countries, Finland’s smoking rates have decreased in recent years as a result of various...
È ampiamente accettato che gli adolescenti sono predisposti a indulgere in comportamenti a rischio, più degli adulti. I ricercatori del Max Planck Institute for Human Development ci hanno recentemente fornito nuove informazioni sulle...
