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Treatment Settings
Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.
The Internet and Alcoholism
The prevalence of binge drinking is highest amongst 18- to 24-year-olds. In the United States around 1,800 college students die from unintentional alcohol-related injuries each year. Given the growth of the Internet in the last twenty years...
Shoot Hoops, Not Drugs: Sport as a Healthy Alternative
Eighty percent of 3- to 17-year-olds play some form of sport. Practitioners in the field of drug prevention have looked to promote sporting activity as a healthy alternative to substance use amongst young people. The Canadian Centre on...
Zneužívání alkoholu, dospělost a ADHD
Porucha pozornosti s hyperaktivitou (ADHD) je jedním z nejčastějších vývojových stavů na světě. Nedávná společná studie provedená ve Spojených státech a následně publikovaná v časopise Addiction ukazuje, že vyšší úroveň impulzivního chování...
Poruchy duševního zdraví studentů spojené s vyšší mírou užívání drog
Nová studie nabízí pohled na souvislost mezi duševními poruchami a užíváním drog mezi studenty středních škol v Brazílii. Výzkumníci z Kolumbijské univerzity a Federální univerzity v São Paulu zjistili , že studenti s příznaky duševní...
Addiction as a Brain Disease
Even though scientific advances over the past decades have supported the concept of addiction as a brain disease, skepticism remains. Recent research has aimed to reinforce the link between addiction and brain functions and broaden the...
White House Eases Cap on Medication for Opioid Addiction
In the USA, Frontline report on changes in policy to allow doctors to issue more prescriptions for buprenorphine; new rules aimed at improving drug monitoring by federal prescribers treating Native Americans and military veterans
UNODC World Drug Report 2016
Around five per cent of the adult population, or nearly 250 million people between the ages of 15 and 64, used at least one drug in 2014, according to the latest World Drug Report released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and...
International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders: Draft for field testing
The International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (Standards) were prepared by UNODC and WHO to support Member States in the development and expansion of treatment services that offer effective and ethical treatment. The...
Pioneering methadone programme gives hope to thousands in Dar es Salaam
In a discreet corner of the Mwananyamala District Hospital grounds, in Dar es Salaam, a group of young people queue up outside a small window to get their daily fix of methadone.
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Linked to Reductions in Opioid Overdose Deaths
Implementation of prescription drug monitoring programs was associated with a reduction in opioid-related overdose deaths
EMCDDA zveřejňuje svou první zprávu o zdravotních reakcích na nové psychoaktivní látky
Během posledního desetiletí došlo k bezprecedentnímu nárůstu počtu nových léků, které se objevují na světovém trhu
Long-term follow-up of patients treated with buprenorphine/naloxone
In the first long-term follow-up of patients treated with buprenorphine/naloxone (Bp/Nx) for addiction to opioid pain relievers, half reported that they were abstinent from the drugs 18 months after starting the therapy. After 3.5 years...
Registrace otevřena na pátou evropskou drogovou letní školu
Nedovolené drogy v Evropě: poptávka, nabídka a veřejné politiky
From Coercion to Cohesion: Treating Drug Dependence through Health Care, Not Punishment
The aim of this draft discussion paper, “From coercion to cohesion: Treating drug dependence through health care, not punishment”, is to promote a health-oriented approach to drug dependence. The International Drug Control Conventions give...
