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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...
US Pediatricians Warn of Rising Risks to Youth from Loosening Marijuana Laws
New American Academy of Pediatrics report calls on doctors to help protect patients’ developing brains and bodies from the health harms of marijuana amid increased legalisation
The AAP urges pediatricians screen adolescents and preteens...
Effectiveness of the Gold Standard Programme Compared with Other Smoking Cessation Interventions in Denmark
Strengths and Limitations of this Study
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This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).
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The study...
Status socioeconomico e fattori di rischio comportamentale di malattie non trasmissibili nei paesi a basso reddito e a reddito medio-basso
RISULTATI
I gruppi socioeconomici bassi hanno una prevalenza significativamente più elevata del consumo di tabacco e alcol rispetto ai gruppi socioeconomici elevati. Questi gruppi hanno anche consumato meno frutta, verdura, pesce e fibre...
The Impact of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders on the HIV Continuum of Care
Alcohol use is highly prevalent globally with numerous negative consequences to human health, including HIV progression, in people living with HIV (PLH). The HIV continuum of care, or treatment cascade, represents a sequence of targets for...
Better Working Memory, Less Temptation: Substance Abuse and Neuro-Mechanisms
New research published in the journal Addiction suggests that poor working memory and the inability to control impulses during adolescence are key predictors for future substance abuse. ‘Working memory’ refers to one’s capacity to...
The Urgent Need to Change the Current Medical Approach on Tobacco Cessation in Latin America
Absract
Despite the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of smoking and the new paradigm of smoking as a disease where nicotine is the drug that modifies the functional and morphological characteristics...
Participation in School Sports and Marijuana Use among Male and Female Students
Systematic Review: Efficacy and Safety of Medical Marijuana in Selected Neurologic Disorders
ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the efficacy of medical marijuana in several neurologic conditions.
Methods: We performed a systematic review of medical marijuana (1948–November 2013) to address treatment of symptoms of multiple...
Substance Abuse and Schizophrenia Risk
A number of studies have looked at the relationship between schizophrenia and substance abuse. However, many contain various methodological limitations. Uncertainties, therefore, still exist.
A new investigation published in the journal...
Il problema punjabi: l'uso di droghe in una delle regioni più ricche dell'India
Secondo la BBC, una recente indagine condotta dal governo suggerisce che più di 860.000 giovani (15-35) nella regione indiana del Punjab assumono droghe. Questo è tre volte la media nazionale. L'eroina è usata dal 53% di tutti i...
Thousands Die without Access to Alcohol Treatment
The BBC reports that almost 8,000 high-risk drinkers died from alcohol-related causes in Wales, UK between 2005 – 2014 without having received treatment for alcohol addiction. This is despite repeated hospital and A&E admissions for as much...
Reducing Risk: Assessing the Effectiveness of Computer-Based Interventions
Validità e affidabilità del test di screening per il coinvolgimento di alcol, fumo e sostanze (ASSIST) negli studenti universitari
L'Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST), sviluppato dall'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS), è stato utilizzato con successo in molti paesi, ma ci sono pochi studi sulla sua validità e affidabilità per...
Proprietà psicometriche e diagnostiche del test di screening dell'abuso di droga (DAST): confronto tra DAST-20 e DAST-10
ASTRATTO
L'uso di questionari di auto-segnalazione affidabili e validi per identificare i disturbi da uso di droghe (DUD) è una strategia che ha dimostrato utilità per lo screening. Uno degli strumenti più utilizzati per il rilevamento...
Synthetic Pot: non la marijuana di tuo nonno
Nei primi anni 2000 in Europa e poco dopo negli Stati Uniti, è stato riferito che forme "legali" di marijuana venivano vendute sotto il nome di K2 e / o Spice. I principi attivi nei prodotti K2 / Spice sono stati determinati come...
Vacancy: Project Support Specialist, Tobacco Control (Grade: P2)
Vacancy: Project Support Specialist, Tobacco Control (Grade: P2)
The Unit of Risk Factors and Nutrition at the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health has opened a vacancy for a Project Support Specialist, Tobacco...
Multiple Fentanyl Overdoses — New Haven, Connecticut, June 23, 2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Fentanyl and its analogs have been substituted for heroin and other opioids, and are usually marketed to persons seeking opioids. Because of fentanyl’s high potency compared with heroin...
Enzymes Involved in Cocaine Metabolism: A New Pharmacologic Approach to Treat Overdose Due to Cocaine
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Introduction: New therapeutic strategies against cocaine overdose toxicity have been developed. These new approaches are based on the design and synthesis of proteins involved in the destruction of cocaine before...
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