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Alcohol’s Secondhand Harms: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Harmful drinking can have severe physical and psychological consequences for the person consuming alcohol. However, the negative impact does not just stop at the individual level.
Researchers from the US have examined data from two...
Addiction News
The Addiction Journal has put together a news section highlighting noteworthy updates in the field of substance use prevention treatment and recovery from countries around the world.
Have a browse through the past 6 months of headlines...
Review of Methamphetamine Use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
Research suggests methamphetamine use is higher amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders compared to non-Indigenous Australians.
The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the key information on the use of...
SPYM Newsletter
The Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses has produced its latest newsletter!
The newsletter highlights the new relationship with SPYM and ISSUP through the establishment of the ISSUP India National Chapter.
There is a report of the...
Penggunaan Tembakau di Afrika Sub-Sahara: Risiko dan Tantangan
Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, besarnya dan lintasan pandemi tembakau telah bergeser dari negara-negara berpenghasilan tinggi ke negara-negara berpenghasilan rendah dan menengah dan begitu juga upaya dan taktik pemasaran industri tembakau.
...Gangguan Penggunaan Alkohol dan Jantung
Dampak negatif dari penggunaan zat berbahaya pada masyarakat kesejahteraan fisik dan mental adalah masalah global.
Sebagai pengakuan atas hal ini, Addiction memulai serangkaian ulasan baru yang ditugaskan, masalah klinis: gangguan...
Alcohol Interventions in Secondary and Further Education
Alcohol use during the teenage years is related to a wide range of health and social problems. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has developed new guidelines to help schools and colleges when teaching their pupils about...
Long-Term Joint Trajectories of Heroin Use and Treatment Utilisation
There has been a concerning steady increase in heroin-related deaths in countries around the world. Treatment is rarely simple, and it often requires multiple attempts before a person is able to abstain from using or reduce their use.
Long...
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Offspring Alcohol Use
Despite increasing awareness of the negative consequences of alcohol, rates of consumption among young adults remain high.
Longitudinal studies provide insight into the risk and protective factors in a young persons life that might...
Tobacco Use Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Young Adults
It is recognised that smoking and use of tobacco products among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) young adults is higher compared to their heterosexual and cisgender peers.
Although it is believed that within the LGBTQ...
Pilih, Adaptasi, Evaluasi - Alat Pencegahan Kekerasan
Pendekatan pencegahan kekerasan berdasarkan bukti terbaik yang tersedia adalah pendekatan yang telah dievaluasi secara ketat dalam satu atau lebih studi penelitian dan ditemukan memengaruhi hasil yang diinginkan.
Karena setiap pengaturan...
Drinking in Pregnancy: Lasting Effects of Low-level Alcohol Use?
It is generally known and accepted that heavy drinking during pregnancy can have harmful effects on the development of the unborn child. What is less well understood, and is causing uncertainty amongst the public, is the impact of low-level...
Changing Perceptions: How Harmful Is Drinking in Later Life?
Given the current growth of ageing populations, alcohol consumption among the elderly has received increased attention.
What is deemed to be a ‘safe’ level of consumption has also been thrown into question, in the light of new evidence of...
Participants Required: Online Consultation on Stigmatizing Attitudes
In response to Resolution 61/11 ‘Promoting non-stigmatizing attitudes to ensure the availability of, access to and delivery of health, care and social services for drug users’ adopted during the 61st session of the Commission on Narcotic...
‘Doing More With Less’: An Appropriate Response to Alcohol-Related Death?
Deaths in England directly caused by alcohol rose by 11% between 2006 and 2017. During the same period, hospital admissions in which alcohol misuse was a primary factor increased by 17%.
In 2017 alone almost 1 million hospital admissions...
Wine Glass Size and Wine Sales
Excessive alcohol consumption is a continuous global public health concern.
It is believed that glass size can influence pouring behaviour, with larger glasses resulting in more alcohol being poured into them, and also by influencing...
Kesadaran Informasi tentang Kemasan Alkohol
Meskipun konsumsi alkohol di kalangan anak muda di Inggris telah menurun, masih ada tingkat pesta minuman keras yang memprihatinkan di antara anak-anak berusia 16-24 tahun.
Salah satu intervensi, yang hemat biaya dan memiliki jangkauan...
Drug-related Deaths and Mortality in Europe: Update from the EMCDDA Expert Network
This publication provides an update on drug-related deaths in Europe, presenting and analysing the latest data and trends in drug-induced deaths and overall mortality among high-risk drug users in the European Union and beyond.
It draws on...
Prevalensi dan Faktor Risiko untuk Memulai Konsumsi Tembakau dan Alkohol pada Remaja yang Tinggal di Perkotaan dan Pedesaan Ethiopia
Penggunaan alkohol dan tembakau merupakan masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang meningkat di negara-negara berpenghasilan rendah atau menengah. Karena tingkat pertumbuhan ekonomi tahunan sekitar 10%, Ethiopia adalah target untuk industri...
Hepatitis C New Models of Care for Drugs Services
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has a high prevalence in people who inject drugs in Europe, although HCV infection is both preventable and curable.
European clinical guidelines recommend that all patients with chronic liver disease as a...
