The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) has released a new report detailing possible effects of psychoactive prescription drugs while driving. The study was carried out with the effort to inform policy decisions aimed at reducing the...
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Canadians will soon know whether marijuana will be made legal. If legalised, should the drug carry an age restriction?
This question is central to new research published in the journal Health which suggests that young users report...
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has issued a new evidence-based guideline for combatting tobacco use by children and young adults aged 5 – 18, suggesting that physicians ought to have a more active role in the prevention...
Research has shown that the problem of driving while impaired by drugs has become comparable in seriousness to alcohol-impaired driving. In order to inform driving school staff and young drivers about drug-impaired driving, the Canadian...
A new study published in Indoor Air: International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health has found that the more children are exposed to household tobacco smoke during early childhood, the more likely they are to show anti-social...
The results are in. The 2014 – 15 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs Survey shows that, on the one hand, smoking rates are generally down, while on the other, experimentation with synthetic and prescription drugs is increasing...
3 - 17 жастағылардың 80 пайызы спорттың қандай да бір түрін ойнайды. Нашақорлықтың алдын алу саласындағы тәжірибелі мамандар жастар арасында субстанцияларды пайдаланудың сау баламасы ретінде спорттық белсенділікті ілгерілетуге ұмтылды. Кана...
Suicide ranks among the top five causes of death among 15- to 19-year-olds. Research has shown that youth who misuse drugs are more likely to commit suicide than their peers who do not abuse substances. An estimated 27-50 percent of...
Канаданың уытқұмарлық жөніндегі орталығы (CCSA) жасөспірім кезінде каннабисті пайдаланудың салдары туралы дәлелді ақпарат беретін шұғыл оқыту модулін шығарды. Модуль CCSA-ның жастар арасында марихуананы қолданудың психологиялық, әлеуметтік...
Prescription drug abuse has become a major public health concern. Although the abuse of many substances among youth has declined in recent years, misuse of prescription drugs has increased. The reasons students give for misusing...
