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Background: Annually, 600 000 deaths are attributed to exposure of non-smokers to secondhand smoke (SHS). These include 165 000 among children, about 60% of which occur in Africa and Southeast Asia. As of 2017, only seven...
Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Centre for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health have been exploring the link between drug dependence, ongoing drug use, relapse and exposure to stress or experience of stressful events...
A new study published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal focuses on an often-neglected topic – opioid use in older adults. This systematic literature review, Treatment for Opioid Use and Outcomes in Older Adults, included 76 papers...
A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston has published a new study suggesting changes to the way opioids are prescribed after surgery could be a way to reduce misuse.
Featured in the British Medical Journal, the study ...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new report Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda.
The document has been prepared by the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Workgroup which was formed...
Mentor UK,un'organizzazione focalizzata sulla prevenzione e l'educazione alla droga, ha lanciato un marchio di qualità per l'educazione all'alcol e alle droghe.
Il marchio di qualità è stato sviluppato in aggiunta a una serie di standard...
Researchers from the University of Sheffield have investigated UK drinker's decision making. This research examines public knowledge and use of UK drinking guidelines exploring a representative sample of the English population.
Published...
L'Istituto canadese per la ricerca sull'uso di sostanze presso l'Università di Victoria ha pubblicato il modello internazionale dei danni e delle politiche dell'alcol .
Composta da una serie di linee guida, metodi e strumenti, questa...
Per chiunque sia interessato agli interventi comportamentali sulla salute digitale, questo manuale di SAMHSA si rivelerà interessante. Esplorare come può essere implementata l'assistenza assistita dalla tecnologia, il valore delle...
'Million Hearts' is an initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by promoting evidence-based intervention through communities, health systems, non-profit...
Keeping Youth Drug Free is a new publication from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Aimed at parents, the guide offers advice for keeping children substance-free. It includes a review of the latest...
Quanto è importante l'alimentazione per il recupero dai disturbi da uso di sostanze (SUD)?
Secondo una nuova ricerca pubblicata sulla rivista accademica Drug and Alcohol Dependence la risposta è: molto.
Il documento, che ha esaminato...
Una nuova ricerca finanziata dal National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ha rilevato che gli studenti universitari che consumano regolarmente bevande energetiche hanno maggiori probabilità di sviluppare disturbi da uso di alcol più avanti...
Poor academic (eg. “I am a bad student”) and behavioral (eg. “I am a troublemaker”) self-concepts are strongly linked to adolescent substance use. Social networks likely influence self-concept. However, little is...
Line Up Live Up is a new United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Trainer Manual prepared by Peer van der Kreeft of HoGent University College Ghent’s Department for Education, Health and Social Work.
It looks to promote sport and...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood (2017) is a special volume that supplements the organisation’s Preventing Drug Abuse Among Children and Adolescents, released in 2003...
