drug use

Top 5 Studies to Read about Drug Education

Scientific article
Drug and Alcohol Findings have announced the top five studies in the field of drug education. The five studies describe drug prevention curriculum and techniques that have been tried and tested, with varying degrees of success, in Western...

Native American Teens at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse

Scientific article
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A recent study has found that Native American adolescents are at greater risk of alcohol and drug abuse than other American teens. Survey results were collected from 1,700 Native American students at 31 schools across the United States and...

Low Self-Esteem Connected to Greater Risk for Opioid Use

Scientific article
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It has been suggested that individuals with low self-esteem are more likely to choose maladaptive coping behaviors, such as abuse of opioids, when faced with life stressors. In a recent study conducted in New York, over 1000 adults, of...

SAMHSA’s 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Book
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the most comprehensive survey of substance use, substance use disorders, mental health and the receipt of treatment services for these disorders in the United States. NSDUH began in 1971...

Drug Use on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border

Scientific article
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Abstract Objective: To compare drug use for cities along the US-Mexico border. Materials and methods: Data are from the US-Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions (UMSARC, 2011-2013), a survey of 4,796 randomly selected Mexican and...

Diploma de Especialización en Intoxicaciones Agudas por Drogas de Abuso

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Sevilla
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Spain

El consumo de drogas de abuso, es uno de los que más impacto tiene sobre la salud y la vida de las personas. En las sociedades occidentales se están produciendo cambios en los patrones de consumo de alcohol y drogas en jóvenes y adolescentes, con consumos intensivos, asociados fundamentalmente a contextos recreativos y de ocio .

Diploma de Especialización en Intoxicaciones Agudas por Drogas de Abuso