O consumo de álcool contribui para 3 milhões de mortes a cada ano em todo o mundo, bem como para as deficiências e problemas de saúde de milhões de pessoas. 

O uso de álcool entre adolescentes pode ser prejudicial ao neurodesenvolvimento e tem sido associado a um risco aumentado de ideação suicida, depressão e comportamento sexual de risco.

No México, o uso de álcool tem aumentado constantemente entre os jovens na última década, levando a uma investigação sobre a ligação entre a percepção de disponibilidade de álcool, o consumo episódico pesado e os danos relacionados ao álcool entre...

The Public Health Agency of Canada developed The Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School Approach with a policy paper. 

These new resources for preventing substance-related harms among youth are now available for administrators, school board officials, teachers, guidance counsellors, healthcare professionals and community organizations that support youth.

The Blueprint combines evidence-based prevention and intervention approaches with the Comprehensive School Health framework, an internationally recognized approach to building...

The use of alcohol and drugs is a significant public health concern and is prevalent in families. Over 100 million people are thought to be affected by a close relative's substance use, with many experiencing negative health and social consequences. Additional associated stressors, such as interpersonal conflict, financial issues, the burden of care, and family conflict, frequently increase the multi-dimensional impact of substance use. Moreover, there is evidence of a link between substance use and intimate partner violence and abuse, both in the offender and the victim, as well as a link...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world have introduced lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures to reduce the spread of the virus. Researchers are keen to understand how these policies and new measures have influenced drinking behaviours within particular groups. The drinking behaviour of adolescents has been of particular interest with researchers predicting the following outcomes in response to the introduction of social restrictions 

1) Constriction of Supply- substance use prevalence and availability will be substantially lower

2) Constriction of Use...