ISSUP at the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Earlier this week ISSUP attended the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) at the Vienna International Centre.
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Sporting Activity and Substance Abuse among Teens: What’s the Link?
A recent survey which looked at the drug habits of over 20,000 US high-school athletes has found those who play high-contact sports, such as hockey, are more likely to use heroin and prescription opioids for non-medicinal purposes.
The...
استراتژی های بهداشت عمومی برای جلوگیری از سندرم ممتنع نوزادان: دور بزرگ مرکز کنترل بیماری ها
بار بهداشت عمومی سندرم ممتنع کودکان
سندرم دوری از کودکان (NAS) یک سندرم ترک دارو است که اغلب در کودکان پس از قرار گرفتن در معرض رحم به مواد مخدر رخ می دهد، اگر چه مواد دیگر نیز با این سندرم همراه بوده است (1). معمولاً NAS در عرض 48–72...
فراتر از سیگار: خطرات ناشی از محصولات نیکوتین غیر سیگار و پیامدهای کنترل دخانیات
سابقه و هدف
در حالی که بسیار در مورد اثرات استفاده از تنباکو شناخته شده است، وضعیت فعلی دانش در مورد محصولات نیکوتین غیر سیگار، مانند سیستم های تحویل نیکوتین الکترونیکی (سیگار الکترونیکی و دیگر دستگاه های لوله کشی)، لوله آب / قلاب،...
وب سایت جدید آگاهی از الکل
مدیر اجرایی خدمات صحی ایرلند (HSE) یک وب سایت جدید آگاهی از الکل را راه اندازی کرده است. 'درباره الکل بپرسید' فراهم می کند اطلاعات در مورد خطرات بهداشتی مرتبط با نوشیدن الکل را قادر می سازد مردم را به مدیریت سلامت خود را بهتر است. علاوه...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: The Talker in the Talking Route to Recovery
In psychosocial therapies, the enactment of the client-worker relationship is the treatment. Structured around Carl Rogers’ classic formulation of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” for therapeutic progress, the cell in the Alcohol...
Opioids Linked to Increase in Cocaine-Related Overdose Deaths
Heroin and synthetic opioids are propelling an upsurge of late in cocaine-related overdose deaths. This is according to a national survey carried out by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) amongst other drug...
Illuminating the Dark Web
The Economist reports that the drug trade is moving from the street to so-called online ‘cryptomarkets’, or secret virtual-shop-fronts.
Online markets currently facilitate a comparatively small amount of illegal drug sales. Nonetheless...
Alcohol Use Disorders Webinar
The Progress in Mind Resource Centre held a one-hour webinar on alcohol use disorders. The webinar was delivered by Wim van den Brink, Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam, and Steve Brinksman, GP and...
تقسیم لایحه : تاثیر الکل بر اقتصاد بریتانیا
سوالات اقتصادی مرکزی برای تشکیل سیاست های الکل، مانند تنظیم مالیات بر الکل، الزامات صدور مجوز و مقررات بازاریابی است. به طور خاص، استدلال در مورد درآمد، اشتغال و تجارت به طور منظم توسط صنعت الکل برای مقاومت در برابر اقدامات برای دلسرد کردن...
Counselling Parents and Teens about Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalisation of Marijuana
Abstract
Many states have recently made significant changes to their legislation making recreational and/or medical marijuana use by adults legal. Although these laws, for the most part, have not targeted the adolescent population, they...
US Pediatricians Warn of Rising Risks to Youth from Loosening Marijuana Laws
New American Academy of Pediatrics report calls on doctors to help protect patients’ developing brains and bodies from the health harms of marijuana amid increased legalisation
The AAP urges pediatricians screen adolescents and preteens...
Effectiveness of the Gold Standard Programme Compared with Other Smoking Cessation Interventions in Denmark
Strengths and Limitations of this Study
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This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).
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The study...
Socioeconomic Status and Non-Communicable Disease Behavioural Risk Factors in Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Countries
FINDINGS
Low socioeconomic groups were found to have a significantly higher prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use than did high socioeconomic groups. These groups also consumed less fruits, vegetables, fish, and fibre than those of high...
Terminology and Information on Drugs
PREFACE
The UNODC publication Terminology and Information on Drugs introduces basic concepts and materials on substances under international control, which are most frequently manufactured or processed and/or abused, as well as...
The Impact of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders on the HIV Continuum of Care
Alcohol use is highly prevalent globally with numerous negative consequences to human health, including HIV progression, in people living with HIV (PLH). The HIV continuum of care, or treatment cascade, represents a sequence of targets for...
Evaluation Report on Drug Control for the Sixth Evaluation Round of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM)
The Evaluation Report on Drug Control (2014) for the Sixth Evaluation Round of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM) measures the progress of actions taken by the 34 OAS (Organization of American States) member states to address the...
The Drug Problem in the Americas: Drugs and Public Health
Summary and Findings
Most people do not use illicit drugs and among those who try them, only a fraction will develop patterns of dependence. Still, drug use constitutes a serious health problem for many people in the Americas. Early age...
نیاز فوری به تغییر رویکرد پزشکی فعلی در مورد کاهش دخانیات در امریکا لاتین
غایب
با وجود انباشت شواهد علمی تایید عواقب بهداشتی سیگار کشیدن و الگوی جدید سیگار کشیدن به عنوان یک بیماری که در آن نیکوتین دارویی است که تغییر ویژگی های عملکردی و ریوی مغز در افراد سیگاری وابسته است، سیگار کشیدن تنباکو به عنوان یک مشکل...