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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Youth Justice

Scientific article
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Abstract Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) among young people in youth detention in Australia. Neurodevelopmental impairments due to FASD can predispose young people to engagement with the law...

Congreso internacional sobre cannabis y sus derivados: Salud, educación y ley

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Catoira
Spain

El I Congreso Internacional sobre Cannabis y sus Derivados: Salud, Educación y Ley, es una iniciativa científica que pretende aglutinar a profesionales sanitarios y de la educación, estudiantes de las ramas socio-sanitarias y todas aquellas personas interesadas en dar una respuesta a los problemas derivados del consumo de cannabis, fenómeno que ha sufrido un gran auge en los últimos años.

Alcohol and Criminal Justice: Costs and Consequences

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Darlington
United Kingdom

Team ALPHA (Alcohol and Public Health) at Teesside University are hosting a one-day international conference focusing on alcohol and the criminal justice system at our Darlington Campus. 

The Licensing Act (2003): Its Uses and Abuses 10 Years on

Scientific article
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Seen as excluding health concerns and requiring an individualistic and ‘premises by premises’ approach, interviews with stakeholders and a revisiting of the 2003 Licensing Act for England and Wales suggest it could nevertheless be used to...

Webinar: Alcohol Interventions for Males on Remand in Prison

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Webinar
United Kingdom

Alcohol use and offending behaviour often go together. Data from the Alcohol and Crime Commission indicates that 70% of the prison population in the UK, who are mostly young males, reported that they had been drinking when they committed their offence.

Study Finds Increased Cannabis Use among Certain US States

Scientific article
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Over the last few decades, the United States has entered a new phase in its cannabis control policies. As of November 2016, 28 US states and Washington, D.C. had legalised cannabis use for medicinal purposes. Eight of these and Washington...