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The Demand for Alcohol in South Africa

The sale, dispensing and distribution of liquor was prohibited in the nationwide lockdown on levels 5 and 4 (DMA, 2002; Amendment Regulations 2020:22). The alcohol ban that was imposed during these...

RESUMEN

En México, el consumo excesivo de alcohol representa uno de los principales retos de salud pública a escala nacional. Aunque existen diversas estrategias de intervención que pretenden incidir en este problema también hay un gran...

‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 4: SOBELLS DECISIVELY CRACK THE ABSTINENCE CONSENSUS

Fourth weekly instalment of the series on controlled drinking as a treatment goal. Published in 1973, hard-to-explain-away results from the solidity of a randomised...

Public stigma towards people who use substances can impact people seeking support and treatment outcomes. It can also influence how public health policy is shaped and accepted.

Researchers have been interested in understanding how people...

Why don't they just stop using drugs then? Making the case for trauma and ACE informed substance use services.

Andrew has developed trauma and ACE informed approaches in North Wales and other parts of the UK and Ireland during the last...

Young people and Sports

Sports, by its very nature, highlights ability and talent . Sports has always served as a conveyor belt for professional level sport.

Sport offers a major vehicle for addressing the high risk behaviours especially...

Não deixe o álcool acabar com o seu prazer de viver

18 de Fevereiro – Dia Nacional de Combate ao Alcoolismo

Dados do último Levantamento Nacional de Álcool e outras Drogas (II Lenad), realizado pela UNIFESP, de São Paulo, revelam a...

In ISAM-NIG's new monthly talk series "In-Love with Addicted Brains”, addiction neuroscientists from across the world share their personal stories/experiences on the beauty of addiction neuroscience and how/why they have decided to invest...

This report presents new findings from the ESCAPE (European Syringe Collection and Analysis Project Enterprise) network, based on the chemical analysis of the contents of used syringes across sentinel sites in Europe.

Syringes were...

ORGANISATIONS SET THE CONTEXT FOR CRIME-REDUCING TREATMENT

Key studies teasing out organisational-level influences on treatment for drinking problems which aims to reduce crime and safeguard family and community. In the context of a market...

This report provides a brief summary of some of the challenges, old and new, that women and girls face in the context of the tobacco epidemic in the WHO European Region, outlining the gendered nature of tobacco use and exposure and how the...

Drugs Wheel může být použit jako tréninkový nástroj a jako hra pro použití v tréninku nebo 1: 1 sezení. Na tomto webu jsou ke stažení bezplatné verze každého z nich, stejně jako řada dalších zdrojů. Při používání Drugs Wheel mějte na paměti...

Tato zpráva přezkoumává, jak je substituční léčba opiáty (OST) prováděna v evropských zemích, a zkoumá důsledky odklonu a zneužití léků OST na předpis pro veřejné zdraví.

Zabývá se tím, jak jsou léky OST odkloněny na nezákonný trh...

Oddělení pro výzkum alkoholu, tabáku a jiných léčiv SAMRC má nyní 20 let své existence. S přibližně 20+ kmenovými zaměstnanci se sídlem v Kapském Městě a Pretorii se zaměřuje na širokou škálu výzkumu zaměřeného na povahu a rozsah užívání...

A violência por parceiro íntimo (VPI) é um importante problema de saúde pública. De acordo com a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), a prevalência global ao longo da vida de VPI entre mulheres que já tiveram um parceiro é cerca de 30%...