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Informe Sobre el Consumo de Drogas en las Américas 2019 Resumen Ejecutivo

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19 November 2018

El consumo de drogas sigue representando un problema importante en las Américas, y uno que desa a a los formuladores de polí cas en los niveles más altos. La Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas (CICAD), de la...

Report on Drug Use in the Americas 2019, Executive Summary

Book

19 November 2018

Drug use continues to represent a significant problem in the Americas, and one that challenges policy makers at the highest levels. The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (known by its Spanish language acronym, CICAD), of the...

2019 NIDA International Forum

14 June 2019

San Antonio

The National Institute on

Infographic: Drugged Driving

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

Driving under the influence of any drug that acts on the brain can impair one's motor skills, reaction time, and judgment, making drugged driving a serious public health and safety concern. The National Institute on Drug Abuse have released...

Society for Prevention Research - 27th Annual Meeting

28 May 2019

San Francisco

The Society for Prevention Research’s 27th annual meeting will be held May 28 – May 31, 2018, in San Francisco.

The theme for the event is “Prevention Science in a Big Data World”. It is hoped that the event will open up a discussion about ways in which the prevention science community can make use of data and innovative technologies to develop new opportunities in prevention research.

Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2018: Preventing Problematic Substance Use in Youth

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23 October 2018

The Public Health Agency of Canada has released its latest report on the state of public health, with a spotlight on the prevention of problematic substance use among youth. Results from the analysis found that almost 80% of Canadians aged...

Encuesta consumo de drogas, nivel medio de educación - Guatemala

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29 October 2014

Guatemala cuenta con una población de 15,073,375 personas, con pirámide poblacional mayoritariamente joven. Este estudio de tipo transversal, descriptivo, correlacional en una muestra de 13,856 estudiantes de ambos sexos, en edades...

Smoking and Obesity in Chile’s Third National Health Survey

Scientific article

18 October 2018

ABSTRACT The Chilean Ministry of Health recently disclosed the first results of the 2016–2017 National Health Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Salud, ENS). The survey was cross-sectional and used a multistage stratified random sampling strategy...

Despite Falling Rates, Smoking-Related Lung Cancer Will Remain a Major Health Concern

Scientific article

9 October 2018

Tobacco control interventions introduced in the United States over the past 50 years have led to notable decrease in smoking and smoking-related diseases, including lung cancer. In a recent study, published by University of Michigan's...

Investigating the Growing Trend of Non-Drinking among Young People

Scientific article

10 October 2018

Abstract Background Non-drinking among young people has increased over the past decade in England, yet the underlying factor driving this change is unknown. Traditionally non-drinking has been found to be associated with lower socio...