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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...

Hasil yang baru-baru ini diterbitkan dari Survei Sosial Eropa memberi kita indikasi siapa di Eropa yang paling banyak mengonsumsi alkohol.

Di antara temuan, yang penting adalah:

• Semakin kaya Anda, semakin banyak Anda minum.
• Semakin...

A free online training course from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now available.

The course addresses the CDC recommendations with respect to the prescription of opioids for chronic pain as well as their treatment...

Among US neighbourhoods, poverty and disorganisation, that is high levels of crime, drug trafficking and graffiti etc., may increase the risk of problem drinking, more so than the presence of bars or stores that sell alcohol.

In other...

Summary

What is already known about this topic?

Each year from 2006 to 2010, excessive alcohol consumption was responsible for approximately 4,300 deaths among persons aged <21 years, and, in 2010, underage drinking cost the United States...

Abstract

Objectives

To determine whether prescription opioid use is associated with higher dementia risk or greater cognitive decline.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Group Health, an integrated healthcare delivery system.

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A recently published White Paper by the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre Newtork (ATTC) starts with the premise that the substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment and recovery workforce is currently undergoing an evolution as a...

A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine suggests that a tele-psychiatric approach which uses video-link technology in combination with medicinal treatment in the form of buprenorphine could be as effective as the usual...

British people love an alcoholic beverage or two (or three, or four), so the stereotype goes.

New statistics from the Office for National Statistics, however, suggest a decrease in levels of alcohol consumption across the country. The...

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...

Crack muncul pada akhir 1980-an di Brasil. Kemunculan ini merupakan momen kritis bagi kesehatan masyarakat; epidemi AIDS yang berkembang menyebabkan pengguna kokain intravena bermigrasi ke penggunaan crack untuk menghindari penggunaan obat...

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...

New findings published in the journal Tobacco Regulatory Science suggest that flavoured e-cigarettes appeal particularly to youth and young adults.

From the study's sample population, 99% of 12-17-year-olds and 95% of young adults said...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a number of new resources.

These are aimed at those working within the criminal justice system and other environments where people in recovery from drug addiction are ready to return...

Penggunaan ganja dapat meningkatkan risiko stroke dan gagal jantung.

Ini disimpulkan menjadi kasus bahkan setelah memperhitungkan faktor risiko demografi dan gaya hidup, serta kondisi kesehatan lainnya.

Temuan baru tentang  potensi efek...

Background and aims: There is increasing research evidence about the causal role of alcohol in cancer, accompanied by unclear and conflicting messages in the media. This paper aimed to clarify the strength of the evidence for alcohol as a...