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Research on the Perception of Brazilian Parliamentarians on Drug Policy
Seeking to qualify the public debate on drug policy and guide the actions of its members, the Brazilian Drug Policy Platform conducted a survey with the Federal Legislative Branch to map the opinions and perceptions of the congressmen on...
Pesquisa sobre percepção dos parlamentares brasileiros sobre política de drogas
Buscando qualificar o debate público sobre política de drogas e orientar as ações de seus membros, a Plataforma Brasileira de Política de Drogas (PBPD) realizou uma pesquisa com o Poder Legislativo federal para mapear as opiniões e as...
Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Row 5: Reducing Crime, Protecting Families
Time to consolidate the lessons of the last five instalments of our course on drug treatment research. Row 5 explored key studies on treatment in relation to safeguarding the family and the community from crime. A common theme was the...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Coercion Tests Therapeutic Skills
Key studies on the contribution of the practitioner to reducing crime and safeguarding the community. Commentary risks formulating a general rule: The trickier the situation, the more the worker matters. Implication is that therapeutic...
Perceived Importance of Substance Use Prevention in Juvenile Justice: A Multi-Level Analysis
Abstract
Background
Youth under juvenile justice (JJ) supervision are at high-risk of adverse outcomes from substance use, making prevention important. Few studies have examined prevention-related attitudes of JJ employees, yet such...
Evropská zpráva o drogách za rok 2018
Evropské monitorovací centrum pro drogy a drogovou závislost (EMCDDA) zveřejnilo svou nejnovější zprávu o evropských drogách.
Zpráva zahrnuje 30 evropských zemí a zkoumá drogové trendy, vývoj v oblasti prevence a léčby, otázky veřejného...
Pokyny k provádění minimálních cen alkoholu
S legislativou zavedenou dne 1. května 2018 skotská vláda vydala pokyny k provádění minimálních cen alkoholu pro prodejce alkoholu a donucovací orgány týkající se alkoholu ve Skotsku.
Pokyny se týkají důvodů změny zákona, problémů, ...
Risk Assessment Tools in Criminal Justice and Forensic Psychiatry: The Need for Better Data
Abstract
Violence risk assessment tools are increasingly used within criminal justice and forensic psychiatry, however there is little relevant, reliable and unbiased data regarding their predictive accuracy. We argue that such data are...
Vývoj a implementace modulu zdravotní výchovy a podpory pro vězněné matky
Abstraktní
Diskutovat o získaných znalostech a budoucích důsledcích pro uvězněné rodiče a členy komunity prostřednictvím vývoje a implementace standardizovaného modulu zdravotní výchovy a podpory pro uvězněné matky. Popisná pilotní studie...
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Youth Justice
Abstract
Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) among young people in youth detention in Australia. Neurodevelopmental impairments due to FASD can predispose young people to engagement with the law...
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...
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...
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...
UK Health Professionals Call for Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol in England
Senior health professionals are calling for Westminster to introduce minimum unit pricing of alcohol and clampdown on drinks advertising in England.
They claim that within the next five years up to 63,000 people across the country will die...
Study Finds Increased Cannabis Use among Certain US States
Over the last few decades, the United States has entered a new phase in its cannabis control policies.
As of November 2016, 28 US states and Washington, D.C. had legalised cannabis use for medicinal purposes.
Eight of these and Washington...
US Adult Illicit Cannabis Use, Cannabis Use Disorder, and Medical Marijuana Laws 1991-1992 to 2012-2013
IMPORTANCE: Over the last 25 years, illicit cannabis use and cannabis use disorders have increased among US adults, and 28 states have passed medical marijuana laws (MML). Little is known about MML and adult illicit cannabis use or cannabis...
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Mandatory Assessment for Arrestees Does Not Cut Crime
Further evidence from England that the ‘Tough Choices’ schemes which force people arrested for certain offences to be tested for heroin or cocaine use and if positive to be assessed for treatment do not pay back in terms of treatment...
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.
Synthetic Drugs on the Rise in Afghanistan
Seizures of methamphetamine have increased in Afghanistan, according to a new report from the United Nations drug and crime agency. It also suggests that the drug is being produced inside the country.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime...
Zpráva o strategii mezinárodní kontroly narkotik za rok 2017
Tento týden Úřad pro mezinárodní narkotika a záležitosti vymáhání práva (INL) veřejně zveřejnil Zprávu o strategii mezinárodní kontroly narkotik (INCSR) za rok 2017, výroční zprávu ministerstva zahraničí pro Kongres připravenou v souladu se...
