A decision analytic dynamic Markov model on the US population aged 12 years or older was used to project the number of fatal overdoses caused by any opioid between 2020 – 2029 and project the number of deaths that can be averted by prescribing restrictions, naloxone distribution, and expansion of MAT interventions. Based on data taken from 2010-2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the US Census, and the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions- III, the status quo, the...

We are witnessing, arguably, the greatest public health issue of our time. However, that is not to say the public health concerns that were present before the pandemic have disappeared.

Opioid addiction and opioid-related deaths continue to cause great harm to society.

This article discusses the way these two critical issues are interacting and causing damage to particularly vulnerable groups of people.

The author describes how social determinants- the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age- influence levels of risk and overall wellbeing.

He comments on the...

Перттегі Кертин университетінің Есірткі саласындағы ұлттық ғылыми-зерттеу институты (NDRI) жариялаған жақында жүргізілген зерттеудің бағалауы бойынша героинді заңсыз қолдану және фармацевтикалық апиынды мақсатсыз пайдалану Австралияға шамамен $15,7 млрд тұрады және жылына 2200-ден астам өлімге әкеледі. 

Бұл 2007 жылы жиналған алдыңғы рекордтан едәуір өсті.

Профессор Стив Алсоп өз пікірін білдірді:

«Апиынды медициналықтан тыс қолдану денсаулық сақтау қызметтерін пайдалануды, еңбек өнімділігін төмендетуді талап ететін немесе қылмыстық сот төрелігі жүйесімен байланысқа түсіретін жағымсыз...

The coronavirus pandemic has presented a new challenge for public health services around the world.

Although scientists are working tirelessly to comprehend more about the virus, there are still many unanswered questions.

In a recent interview, Dr. Nora Volkow, who heads the National Institute on Drug Abuse, describes factors that may increase the risk of coronavirus causing greater harm to the infected individual.

Read the full interview here.

What is Naloxone?

Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It is an opioid antagonist—meaning that it binds to opioid receptors and can reverse and block the effects of other opioids. It can very quickly restore normal respiration to a person whose breathing has slowed or stopped as a result of overdosing with heroin or prescription opioid pain medications. 

Find out more here.

One area of substance misuse among adolescents that is currently a problem, and has not been fully understood in the Nigerian context is the attitudes of adolescents towards cough syrup abuse. Thus, to inform policy actions for reducing cough syrup abuse among Nigerian adolescents, this study explored the attitudes of adolescents towards cough syrup abuse in two Southwest states of Nigeria, where substance abuse is rampant.

By a stratified sampling method, 302 adolescents (152 males, 150 females; mean age = 13.61 years, SD = 2.09) were selected from secondary schools in Lagos and Oyo states...