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Placebo Response and Media Attention in Randomized Clinical Trials Assessing Cannabis-Based Therapies for Pain A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Abstract
Importance Persistent pain is a common and disabling health problem that is often difficult to treat. There is an increasing interest in medicinal cannabis for treatment of persistent pain; however, the limited superiority of...
Worlds Aids Day Panel Discussion - Hosted by ISSUP Kenya
Targeted epigenomic editing ameliorates adult anxiety and excessive drinking after adolescent alcohol exposure
Abstract
Adolescent binge drinking is a major risk factor for psychiatric disorders later in life including alcohol use disorder. Adolescent alcohol exposure induces epigenetic reprogramming at the enhancer region of the activity...
Does cannabidiol make cannabis safer? A randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial of cannabis with four different CBD:THC ratios
Abstract
As countries adopt more permissive cannabis policies, it is increasingly important to identify strategies that can reduce the harmful effects of cannabis use. This study aimed to determine if increasing the CBD content of...
Experts’ views on how to design a tobacco control fund in the UK
Abstract
Objective To explore expert views on the potential value, and approaches to establishing and administering a tobacco control fund in the UK.
Design Semistructured interviews and follow-up discussion groups.
Subjects Twenty...
Mobilizing community resources in preventive measures: Issues, challenges and the way forward
ISSUP Malaysia would like to invite you to their upcoming webinar on Mobilizing community resources in preventive measures: Issues, challenges and the way forward.
The webinar is to inform and raise awareness on critical issues in the...
Panduan Profesional Penggunaan Zat untuk Mengatasi Ganja Medis dalam Pengaturan Perawatan Penggunaan Zat
Koreksi: Kolaborasi interdisipliner dalam pengobatan gangguan penggunaan alkohol di departemen rumah sakit umum: studi metode campuran
Latar
Kolaborasi interdisipliner (yaitu, di mana berbagai disiplin ilmu bekerja secara terkoordinasi dan saling bergantung menuju tujuan bersama) dinyatakan untuk menghasilkan efektivitas tim yang lebih tinggi daripada pendekatan...
Understanding injecting drug use in Afghanistan: A scoping review
Background
Several reports have described a growing prevalence of illicit drug use in Afghanistan, with recognition of a recent shift from traditional modes of consumption involving inhalation and oral ingestion to injecting drug use.
...Correlates of treatment engagement and client outcomes: results of a randomised controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder
Introduction and aims
There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary...
Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada
Background
Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances –...
Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19
Background
The COVID-19 emergency has tested the public health, medical, and public safety infrastructure of the United States (U.S.) in unprecedented ways. As the focal point for public health in their communities, local health...
Strategies to cut down drinking, alcohol consumption, and usual drinking frequency
Background
Relatively little is known about how risky drinkers attempt to moderate their drinking in the absence of specialist support. The broader literature has identified multiple potential strategies that people use to cope with...
Mortality and life-years lost following subsequent physical comorbidity in people with pre-existing substance use disorders: a national registry-based retrospective cohort study of hospitalised individuals in Czechia
Summary
Background
Substance use disorders constitute a major global public health problem, attributable largely to their subsequent comorbidity with other health conditions. This study aimed to investigate the risk of all-cause death...
Patterns of Health Care Use 5 Years After an Intervention Linking Patients in Addiction Treatment With a Primary Care Practitioner
Abstract
Importance Substance use disorders are associated with high rates of emergency department (ED) use and challenges engaging with primary care services.
Objective To examine 5-year health care engagement and utilization...
Prevención del uso problemático de alcohol en contextos de ocio de la población juvenil
"Situasi Kesehatan Mental, Kekerasan terhadap Perempuan dalam Konteks Pasca Pandemi COVID19" Kemajuan, Tantangan dan Tantangan
Acara Hari AIDS Sedunia 2022: Tantangan dan Perspektif dari Praktik Pengobatan SUD
Sebagai pengakuan atas Hari AIDS Sedunia, ISSUP Italia ingin mengundang Anda untuk menghadiri Webinar mereka yang akan datang.
Presentasi Pertama: Tantangan AIDS Pasca COVID-19
Karakteristik infeksi HIV dan bagaimana mereka telah...
Substance Use Prevention: A review of what it means and requires through the language of football/soccer
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