How to Implement Effective School-Based Drug Education
The United Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) outlines a number of methods that can be adopted by schools.
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ISSUP at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting
Last week Joanna Travis-Roberts, ISSUP's Deputy Executive Director, and Livia Edegger, ISSUP’s Communications and Research Manager, attended the Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) in Washington, D.C. Prior to the...
How Do We Tackle the Opioid Epidemic?
The over-prescription of opioids is a significant public health issue in the United States. For example, opioids are often prescribed for minor injuries unnecessarily. This, in turn, increases the risk of addiction.
New research presented...
Γονική απουσία στην πρώιμη παιδική ηλικία και έναρξη καπνίσματος και κατανάλωσης αλκοόλ πριν από την εφηβεία
Αφηρημένος
Ιστορικό: Η απουσία των γονέων, λόγω θανάτου ή χωρισμού από έναν γονέα, έχει συσχετιστεί με το κάπνισμα και την κατανάλωση αλκοόλ στην εφηβεία και την ενήλικη ζωή. Ο στόχος αυτής της μελέτης ήταν να διερευνήσει εάν η απουσία των...
Estimating the Cost-Effectiveness of Brief Interventions for Heavy Drinking in Primary Health Care across Europe
Background
Screening and brief interventions for alcohol are an effective public health measure to tackle alcohol-related harm, however relatively few countries across the European Union (EU) have implemented them widely. This may be due...
Gender-Specific Predictors of At-Risk Adolescents’ Hazardous Alcohol Use
Abstract
Background
Previous research has found strong associations between adolescents’ hazardous alcohol use and their perception of peer behavior, as well as own spending money and a range of antisocial behaviors. However, there is...
State HCV Incidence and Policies Related to HCV Preventive and Treatment Services for Persons Who Inject Drugs — United States, 2015–2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
The United States has experienced a sharp increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence that can be attributed to injection drug use. Some states have used public health laws and treatment...
Τρέχουσα και υπερβολική κατανάλωση αλκοόλ μεταξύ μαθητών γυμνασίου — Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής, 1991-2015
Περίληψη
Τι είναι ήδη γνωστό για αυτό το θέμα;
Κάθε χρόνο από το 2006 έως το 2010, η υπερβολική κατανάλωση αλκοόλ ευθύνεται για περίπου 4.300 θανάτους μεταξύ ατόμων ηλικίας <21 ετών και, το 2010, η κατανάλωση αλκοόλ από ανήλικους κόστισε...
Does Plain Packaging Cause a Reduction in the Prevalence of Smoking?
Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death worldwide. A recently published Cochraine Review has found that standardised, or plain, tobacco packaging could make tobacco products less appealing and, in turn, lead to a reduction in...
Higher Taxes Needed to Lower Smoking Rates in South Asia
New research published in The British Medical Journal supports the need to increase taxes on tobacco products in South Asia, suggesting that doing so could reduce consumption by at least 1/3 and, in turn, avoid around 35 - 45 million...
Global Smoking Rates on Decline Thanks to Demand-Reduction Measures
New research published in The Lancet Public Health suggests that global smoking rates have decreased by 2.5% following the introduction of the global tobacco control treaty. The treaty obligates the 180 countries committed to it to...
Characteristics of Fentanyl Overdose — Massachusetts, 2014–2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Fentanyl has a growing presence in the illicit drug market and is involved in an increasing proportion of opioid overdose deaths.
What is added by this report?
Approximately two thirds of...
Background on Alcohol Marketing Regulation and Monitoring for the Protection of Public Health
This document provides evidence for arguments supporting alcohol marketing regulation, and suggests key elements that can be considered by countries in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating effective regulation. It also...
Η αυξανόμενη ανάγκη αντιμετώπισης της χρήσης νέων ψυχοδραστικών ουσιών
Μια πρόσφατη εργασία που δημοσιεύθηκε στο International Journal of Drug Policy εξετάζει τις τρέχουσες αντιδράσεις στον τομέα της υγείας σε νέες ψυχοδραστικές ουσίες (NPS), επισημαίνοντας βασικά ζητήματα για την ενημέρωση του σχεδιασμού και...
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.
Counselling Parents and Teens about Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalisation of Marijuana
Abstract
Many states have recently made significant changes to their legislation making recreational and/or medical marijuana use by adults legal. Although these laws, for the most part, have not targeted the adolescent population, they...
The Drug Problem in the Americas: Drugs and Public Health
Summary and Findings
Most people do not use illicit drugs and among those who try them, only a fraction will develop patterns of dependence. Still, drug use constitutes a serious health problem for many people in the Americas. Early age of...
Η επείγουσα ανάγκη αλλαγής της τρέχουσας ιατρικής προσέγγισης για την παύση του καπνού στη Λατινική Αμερική
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Παρά τη συσσώρευση επιστημονικών στοιχείων που επιβεβαιώνουν τις συνέπειες του καπνίσματος στην υγεία και το νέο πρότυπο του καπνίσματος ως ασθένεια όπου η νικοτίνη είναι το φάρμακο που τροποποιεί τα λειτουργικά και μορφολογικά...
Συμμετοχή σε Σχολικά Αθλήματα και Χρήση Μαριχουάνας μεταξύ Ανδρών και Γυναικών Μαθητών
Η μαριχουάνα είναι η πιο συχνά χρησιμοποιούμενη παράνομη ουσία μεταξύ των εφήβων. Υπάρχει μια έλλειψη στη βιβλιογραφία σχετικά με τη σχέση μεταξύ της συμμετοχής στα σχολικά αθλήματα και της χρήσης μαριχουάνας.
Adfam’s Manifesto for Families: 5 Key Challenges for Supporting Families Affected by Drug and Alcohol Use
“You don’t have to use drugs to be affected by them.”
In 2010 Adfam identified five key challenges for families that the Government should address, identified by stakeholders across England. They were:
- Supporting families in their own...
