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Teen Athletes and Opioid Use

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Previous research has shown that young athletes might be at greater risk of nonmedical prescription opioid use due to injuries. However, a new study found that sports participation might act as a protective factor against opioid as well as...

Substance Misuse: Everybody's Business

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London
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Substance misuse has a long reach into many medical specialties. Although substance misuse in patients has been managed primarily by psychiatrists, assessment and management of this should be a competency developed by all doctors. This event presents a selection of clinically relevant topics in substance misuse including:

Survey Sheds Light upon Students' Drug Use in the Caribbean

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The Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID) has published a comparative analysis of drug use among secondary school students in the Caribbean. The report relies on data that was collected through the use of standardised surveys among...
A Report on Students’ Drug Use in 13 Caribbean Countries

UNODC World Drug Report 2016

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Around five per cent of the adult population, or nearly 250 million people between the ages of 15 and 64, used at least one drug in 2014, according to the latest World Drug Report released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and...
UNODC World Drug Report 2016

Latest UK drug related deaths statistics

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On 3rd September 2015, the UK's Office of National Statistics released a Statistical Bulletin Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, 2014 registrations. The report's main points included a number of serious statistics...

European Drug Report 2015

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The EU Drug Agency (EMCCDA) has published the European Drug Report 2015. In its annual review, the agency reflects on 20 years of monitoring and examines the global influences and local ramifications of Europe’s ever-changing drugs problem...
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