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Rise in Glutamate Levels Can Be Used to Predict Drug High

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A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) explores the action of psychostimulant drugs on glutamate, one of the most abundant neurotransmitters in the human body. Drugs with a stimulant effect are commonly prescribed to...

Rise in glutamate levels can be used to predict drug high

New Resource Centre from SAMHSA

Website

4 March 2018

SAMHSA has launched the new Evidence Based Resource Center which will allow practitioners to find tools, manuals, clinical practice guidelines and science based-resources. Available directly through the SAMHSA website, the digital resource...

Evidence-Based Practices Resource Centre

Alcohol and Other Substance Use among a Sample of Young People in the Solomon Islands

Scientific article

14 June 2017

Abstract Objective: Investigate alcohol and other substance use, with a focus on harmful alcohol use patterns, among young people in the Solomon Islands. Methods: A structured, interviewer‐administered questionnaire was administered to...

EU Drug Use Revealed through Wastewater Analysis

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The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released the results of their largest wastewater analysis study. The EU project analysed the wastewater around 60 European cities and towns. This has allowed...

Who smoke in a general hospital? Clinical comment

Scientific article

OVERVIEW Justification and objective: Tobacco consumption is a public health problem. There is a group of workers who smoke in hospitals, it must be investigated who are smokers. Method: A survey was conducted with closed questions 659...

New Dataset Made Available from Study of Adolescent Brain Development

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In February of 2018 the US National Institute of Health (NIH) released the first dataset from an "unprecedented study of adolescent brain development", the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. The study has, to date...

Workshop on Gender Equality and Early Career Development

22 March 2018

Zurich

Switzerland

Aimed at young and early career researchers this two day workshop aims to build capacity for those working in an interdisciplinary field.

Factors That Make Thai Teenagers Drink Alcohol

Scientific article

30 January 2018

Abstract Thailand teenagers currently have more alcohol consumption habits. Especially in the younger age group, which the government has banned the sales of alcohol to children under 18 years old. However, the legislation was not...

The Association between Smoking and Electronic Cigarette Use in a Cohort of Young People

Scientific article

27 February 2018

Abstract Purpose Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is associated with smoking initiation among young people; however, it is also possible that smoking is associated with e-cigarette initiation. This study explores these associations...

National Trends in Alcohol Consumption in Mexico

Scientific article

1 March 2018

Abstract: Introduction: Worldwide, binge drinking of alcohol has increased, especially among young people. In Mexico, various epidemiological sources allow us to account for the growth this pattern of consumption has had. Given this context...