Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that most commonly occurs in infants after in utero exposure to opioids, although other substances have also been...
Mentre si sa molto sugli effetti dell'uso del tabacco, lo stato attuale delle conoscenze relative ai prodotti a base di nicotina non da sigaretta, come i sistemi elettronici di rilascio della nicotina (sigarette elettroniche e...
The Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) has launched a new alcohol awareness website. ‘Ask About Alcohol’ provides information on health risks associated with drinking alcohol to enable people to manage their own health better. Furthermore...
In psychosocial therapies, the enactment of the client-worker relationship is the treatment. Structured around Carl Rogers’ classic formulation of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” for therapeutic progress, the cell in the Alcohol...
Heroin and synthetic opioids are propelling an upsurge of late in cocaine-related overdose deaths. This is according to a national survey carried out by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) amongst other drug...
L'Economist riferisce che il traffico di droga si sta spostando dalla strada ai cosiddetti "criptomercati" online, o vetrine segrete di negozi virtuali.
I mercati online attualmente facilitano una quantità relativamente piccola di...
Il Progress in Mind Resource Centre ha tenuto un webinar di un'ora sui disturbi da uso di alcol. Il webinar è stato tenuto da Wim van den Brink, professore di psichiatria e dipendenza presso l'Università di Amsterdam, e Steve Brinksman...
Sebbene l'abuso di molte sostanze sia diminuito in tutto il mondo negli ultimi anni, l'uso improprio di oppioidi farmaceutici da prescrizione e non medici è aumentato in modo significativo. Il Taylor & Francis Group, che pubblica riviste...
Le questioni economiche sono fondamentali per la formazione di politiche sugli alcolici, come la definizione di tasse sugli alcolici, i requisiti di licenza e le normative sul marketing. In particolare, le argomentazioni sul reddito, l...
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...
The AAP urges pediatricians screen adolescents and preteens...
This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).
The study...
RISULTATI
I gruppi socioeconomici bassi hanno una prevalenza significativamente più elevata del consumo di tabacco e alcol rispetto ai gruppi socioeconomici elevati. Questi gruppi hanno anche consumato meno frutta, verdura, pesce e fibre...
PREFACE
The UNODC publication Terminology and Information on Drugs introduces basic concepts and materials on substances under international control, which are most frequently manufactured or processed and/or abused, as well as...
Alcohol use is highly prevalent globally with numerous negative consequences to human health, including HIV progression, in people living with HIV (PLH). The HIV continuum of care, or treatment cascade, represents a sequence of targets for...
The Evaluation Report on Drug Control (2014) for the Sixth Evaluation Round of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM) measures the progress of actions taken by the 34 OAS (Organization of American States) member states to address the...
Sintesi e risultati
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...
Objective: To determine the efficacy of medical marijuana in several neurologic conditions.
Methods: We performed a systematic review of medical marijuana (1948–November 2013) to address treatment of symptoms of multiple...
