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The United States has experienced a sharp increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence that can be attributed to injection drug use. Some states have used public health laws and...
Each year from 2006 to 2010, excessive alcohol consumption was responsible for approximately 4,300 deaths among persons aged <21 years, and, in 2010, underage drinking cost the United...
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Prospektivní kohortová studie.
Group Health, integrovaný systém...
A recently published White Paper by the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre Newtork (ATTC) starts with the premise that the substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment and recovery workforce is currently undergoing an evolution as a...
A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine suggests that a tele-psychiatric approach which uses video-link technology in combination with medicinal treatment in the form of buprenorphine could be as effective as the usual...
Nelegální užívání marihuany a hlášené případy závislosti se zvýšily rychleji v amerických státech, které přijaly zákony o zavedení lékařské marihuany ve srovnání s těmi, které tak neučinily.
Na počátku roku 1990 byla léčebná marihuana...
British people love an alcoholic beverage or two (or three, or four), so the stereotype goes.
New statistics from the Office for National Statistics, however, suggest a decrease in levels of alcohol consumption across the country. The...
Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death worldwide. A recently published Cochraine Review has found that standardised, or plain, tobacco packaging could make tobacco products less appealing and, in turn, lead to a reduction in...
Crack emerged in the late 1980s in Brazil. This emergence was a critical moment for public health; the growing AIDS epidemic led intravenous cocaine users to migrate toward crack use to avoid the use of injection drugs. At the same time...
Nový výzkum publikovaný v časopise The British Medical Journal podporuje potřebu zvýšit daně z tabákových výrobků v jižní Asii a naznačuje, že by to mohlo snížit spotřebu nejméně o 1/3 a následně zabránit přibližně 35 až 45 milionům...
Nový výzkum publikovaný v časopise The Lancet Public Health naznačuje, že celosvětová míra kouření se po zavedení globální smlouvy o kontrole tabáku snížila o 2,5 %. Smlouva zavazuje 180 zemí, které se k ní zavázaly, aby zavedly politiky...
Nová zjištění publikovaná v časopise Tobacco Regulatory Science naznačují, že ochucené e-cigarety oslovují zejména mládež a mladé dospělé.
Ze vzorku populace ve studii uvedlo 99 % 12–17letých a 95 % mladých dospělých, že jejich...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a number of new resources.
These are aimed at those working within the criminal justice system and other environments where people in recovery from drug addiction are ready to...
Marijuana use may increase the risk of stroke and heart failure.
This was concluded to be the case even after accounting for demographic and lifestyle risk factors, as well as other health conditions.
The new findings on the potential...
Background and aims: There is increasing research evidence about the causal role of alcohol in cancer, accompanied by unclear and conflicting messages in the media. This paper aimed to clarify the strength of the evidence for alcohol as a...
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Fentanyl has a growing presence in the illicit drug market and is involved in an increasing proportion of opioid overdose deaths.
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Approximately two...
Alcohol use during pregnancy is the direct cause of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and FAS in the general population and, by linking these two indicators...
Canadians will soon know whether marijuana will be made legal. If legalised, should the drug carry an age restriction?
This question is central to new research published in the journal Health which suggests that young users...
Studies have shown that alcohol may play a role in more that 13% of deaths resulting from infectious diseases, including HIV.
Evidence suggests that alcohol consumption negatively affects the fight against HIV primarily by:
Americká pilotní studie publikovaná v časopise Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research zjistila, že nezletilí mladí lidé ve věku od 13 do 20 let s větší pravděpodobností než dospělí hlásí, že vidí marketing alkoholu online. Šetření...