epidemiology

Addiction 101

Website

The Recovery Research Institute have developed a new website that aims to answer the most common questions asked about addiction. Addiction 101 addresses questions such as: What is the prevalence and cause of addiction? What does addiction...

Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders: Current Practices and Promising Perspectives

Book

UNODC has put together a discussion paper that aims to raise awareness about the latest scientific evidence concerning the treatment of psychostimulant use disorders.

Testing the Waters 2019

29 October 2019

Guangdong province

China

The Fourth International Conference on Wastewater Analysis will take place 29th October – 1st November at Marco Polo Lingnan Tiandi in Foshan, Guangdong province, China.

Target Audience:

Epidemiology of Substance Use among Forced Migrants: A Global Systematic Review

Scientific article

13 July 2016

Abstract Introduction Forced migration is occurring at unprecedented levels. Forced migrants may be at risk for substance use for reasons including coping with traumatic experiences, co-morbid mental health disorders, acculturation...

Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in a Large National Sample of Patients Receiving Opioid Substitution Treatment in Germany

Scientific article

3 January 2019

Abstract Background Knowledge of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients receiving opioid substitution treatment (OST) is limited and fragmented. The present study examines the HRQOL of a large national sample of OST patients in...

Triggering Myocardial Infarction by Marijuana

Scientific article

12 June 2001

Abstract Background: Marijuana use in the age group prone to coronary artery disease is higher than it was in the past. Smoking marijuana is known to have hemodynamic consequences, including a dose-dependent increase in heart rate, supine...

Society For Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting

20 February 2019

San Francisco

United States

The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco are holding their 25th annual meeting on the 20th- 23rd February 2019 in San Francisco, California.

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.

NIDA-NIAAA 2018 Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research

2 November 2018

San Diego

United States

The National Institute on

The temporary disability attributable to tobacco use among workers 35-64 years

Scientific article

3 August 2018

OVERVIEW Fundamentals: Few recent studies have investigated in our half the magnitude and trends of the impact of tobacco in lost productivity. The objective of this study was to describe the proportion of episodes and days in non...