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ABSTRAKTNÍ
Evropa má nejvyšší spotřebu alkoholu a nejvyšší zátěž nemocí přičitatelnou alkoholem na světě. V roce 2011 všech 53 členských států evropského regionu WHO schválilo Evropský akční plán na snížení škodlivého požívání alkoholu...
Souvislosti: V květnu 2016 byly ve Spojeném království spolu s nejnovější evropskou směrnicí o tabákových výrobcích zavedeny standardizované právní předpisy týkající se obalů. Během následujícího 12měsíčního přechodného období...
- There is significant common ground between public health bodies and publicans, and scope to develop policies approved of by both groups
- Many publicans are deeply concerned about harmful alcohol consumption
- Both...
Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is a mainstay for treating opioid use disorder and preventing and managing HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID). While previous research suggested low dosing of methadone and...
New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found that university students who regularly consume energy drinks are more likely to develop alcohol use disorders later in life. The same students are also at greater...
Objective
To better characterize and understand the nature of a very conservative definition of ‘avoidable’ emergency department (ED) visits in the United States to provide policy-makers insight into what interventions can...
Zákon o psychoaktivních látkách, který byl zaveden v roce 2016, je navržen tak, aby se vypořádal s přílivem nových drog často označovaných jako "legální opojení".
Zákon zakazuje jakoukoli látku, která "stimulací nebo depresí centrálního...
Výsledky inspekcí byly v roce 2014 doplněny terénní prací v osmi věznicích s cílem vytvořit celkový obraz o užívání drog a reakcích na něj ve věznicích v Anglii a Walesu. Tváří v tvář rychle se měnícím a různorodým vzorcům užívání drog byly...
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...
Téměř dvě třetiny mužů v britských ozbrojených silách jsou považovány za ty, kteří pijí škodlivé množství alkoholu.
To je ve srovnání s přibližně jednou třetinou průměrné populace.
Podle nové studie publikované v časopise Journal of...
Published by the Society for Prevention Research in 2011, Standards of Knowledge for the Science of Prevention is an important document for those working within substance use prevention.
With the aim of professionalising the field, it...
Much the result of a poor understanding of how to treat chronic pain, the United States has in recent years been rocked by an unprecedented drug crisis: The opioid epidemic.
Opioids include drugs derived from opium, such as heroin, as...
There is no more important document for doctors treating problem drug use in the UK than the so-called ‘Orange guidelines’. This major update will substantially inform judgements of what constitutes acceptable medical practice - should...
Senior health professionals are calling for Westminster to introduce minimum unit pricing of alcohol and clampdown on drinks advertising in England.
They claim that within the next five years up to 63,000 people across the country will...
Objective: To describe the adult population perception of cigarette advertising at point of sale, according to their tobacco use status and socio-demographic characteristics such as sex, age, race/color, region, household...
Previous reports have shown that physicians who smoke underestimate the effects of smoking on health and this influences their practice. This study was designed to investigate the views of Estonian physicians on...
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...
The Justice Programme for the period 2014 to 2020 established by Regulation (EU) No 1382/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on 17 December 2013, and in particular Art. 4 and 6(1), outlines as a specific objective the support...
Objectives: Since the Health Promotion Act was introduced in Korea in 1995, anti-smoking policies and regulations have undergone numerous revisions, and non-smoking areas have gradually been expanded. The purpose of this study...