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ISSUP Takes Part in the African Union Continental Consultation on Drug Demand Reduction
The African Union Continental Consultation on Drug Demand Reduction organised by the African Union took place in Tunisia from 1-3 November. ISSUP was invited to attend and contribute to the meeting through Jeff Lee, ISSUP’s Senior...
How Can We Demonstrate the Public Value of Evidence-Based Policy Making when Government Ministers Declare that the People ‘Have Had Enough of Experts’?
Abstract
Recent political campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic have led some to argue that we live in the age of ‘post-factual’ or ‘post-truth’ politics, suggesting evidence has a limited role in debate and public policy. How can we...
Tobacco Industry Strategies Undermine Government Tax Policy: Evidence from Commercial Data
Abstract
Objective: Taxation equitably reduces smoking, the leading cause of health inequalities. The tobacco industry (TI) can, however, undermine the public health gains realised from tobacco taxation through its pricing strategies. This...
Hotel Smoking Policies and Their Implementation
Abstract
Background
Most states in the U.S. permit hotels to allow smoking in some guest rooms, and only five (Indiana, Michigan, North Dakota, Vermont, and Wisconsin) require that all hotel and motel rooms be 100% smoke-free (State and...
Delinquency and Substance Misuse Among US Teens See Significant Decline
12- to 17-year-olds in the US are now far less likely to misuse alcohol, nicotine and illegal drugs. The same age group is also less prone to delinquent behaviours, such as stealing and fighting than the generation before. This is according...
Regressive or Progressive? The Effect of Tobacco Taxes in Ukraine
ABSTRACT
Tobacco taxes are usually considered regressive as the poorest individuals allocate larger shares of their budget towards the purchase of tobacco related products. However, because these taxes also discourage tobacco use, some of...
Ending the Opioid Crisis: A Practical Guide for State Policymakers
BACKGROUND
Although the opioid epidemic is a national issue, states shoulder the majority of the financial and social burden caused by addiction. Fortunately, there are many actions that states can take to effectively address the opioid...
Drug Policy Evaluation
Drug Policy Evaluation: A Seven-Step Guide to Support the Commissioning and Managing of Evaluations is a new resource from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). The document addresses the key issues...
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Statistics
Executive Summary
Data collected in drug treatment agencies play a prominent role in informing policy makers. Such data often represent the only information collected regularly and consistently over a certain period of time. What is even...
New National Alcohol Policy launched by Minster of Health
The new National Alcohol Policy for Malawi has been in the making since 2008, a process originally initiated by a group of NGOs. On the 18th of August almost ten years later the Minister of Health, Atupele Muluzi, could launch the final...
Politika v akci: nástroj pro měření provádění politiky týkající se alkoholu
ABSTRAKTNÍ
Evropa má nejvyšší spotřebu alkoholu a nejvyšší zátěž nemocí přičitatelnou alkoholem na světě. V roce 2011 všech 53 členských států evropského regionu WHO schválilo Evropský akční plán na snížení škodlivého požívání alkoholu na...
Povědomí dospělých a mladých lidí o standardizovaných obalech tabáku během závěrečné fáze provádění politiky ve Velké Británii
Abstraktní
Souvislosti: V květnu 2016 byly ve Spojeném království spolu s nejnovější evropskou směrnicí o tabákových výrobcích zavedeny standardizované právní předpisy týkající se obalů. Během následujícího 12měsíčního přechodného období...
Pubs Quizzed: What Publicans Think about Policy, Public Health and the Changing Trade
Key Points
- There is significant common ground between public health bodies and publicans, and scope to develop policies approved of by both groups
- Many publicans are deeply concerned about harmful alcohol consumption
- Both see...
Barriers to Retention in Methadone Maintenance Therapy among People who Inject Drugs in Bangkok
Abstract
Background
Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is a mainstay for treating opioid use disorder and preventing and managing HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID). While previous research suggested low dosing of methadone and...
Energy Drinks, Drug Use and the Developing Brain
New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found that university students who regularly consume energy drinks are more likely to develop alcohol use disorders later in life. The same students are also at greater...
Avoidable Emergency Department Visits: A Starting Point
Abstract
Objective
To better characterize and understand the nature of a very conservative definition of ‘avoidable’ emergency department (ED) visits in the United States to provide policy-makers insight into what interventions can target...
Vážná věc: Smíchový plyn vyzývá k přezkoumání britského zákona o psychoaktivních látkách
Zákon o psychoaktivních látkách, který byl zaveden v roce 2016, je navržen tak, aby se vypořádal s přílivem nových drog často označovaných jako "legální opojení".
Zákon zakazuje jakoukoli látku, která "stimulací nebo depresí centrálního...
Měnící se vzorce zneužívání návykových látek ve věznicích pro dospělé a reakce služeb
Výsledky inspekcí byly v roce 2014 doplněny terénní prací v osmi věznicích s cílem vytvořit celkový obraz o užívání drog a reakcích na něj ve věznicích v Anglii a Walesu. Tváří v tvář rychle se měnícím a různorodým vzorcům užívání drog byly...
The Licensing Act (2003): Its Uses and Abuses 10 Years on
Seen as excluding health concerns and requiring an individualistic and ‘premises by premises’ approach, interviews with stakeholders and a revisiting of the 2003 Licensing Act for England and Wales suggest it could nevertheless be used to...
Online intervence v oblasti pití se ukázaly jako účinné pro personál ozbrojených sil
Téměř dvě třetiny mužů v britských ozbrojených silách jsou považovány za ty, kteří pijí škodlivé množství alkoholu.
To je ve srovnání s přibližně jednou třetinou průměrné populace.
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